Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB576
Legislation Overview
Title: Mental health; prohibition of firearms.
Subject: Courts Not of Record: Judges, Justices, and Other Elective Officers: Behavioral Health and Developmental Services: Weapons: Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Description: Mental health; prohibition of firearms. Requires the district court judge or special justice to file any order from a commitment hearing for involuntary admission or involuntary outpatient treatment or any certification of voluntary admission subsequent to a temporary detention order with the district court clerk for the county or city where the hearing took place as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following the completion of the hearing. The bill also amends guardianship provisions to require that a copy of the court's findings that a person is incapacitated or has been restored to capacity or a copy of any order appointing a conservator or guardian shall be filed by the judge with the clerk of the circuit court for the county or city where the hearing took place as soon as practicable, but no later than the close of business on the next business day following the completion of the hearing. Current law does not specify in which county or city the copy shall be filed, nor does it provide a deadline. The bill also changes the deadline for a clerk to certify and forward to the Central Criminal Records Exchange a copy of any order adjudicating a person incapacitated, any order appointing a conservator or guardian, or any order of restoration of capacity to as soon as practicable, but no later than the close of business on the following day instead of the current requirement that a clerk perform these actions "forthwith."
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)
Last Action Date: March 27, 2014
Companion Bill: HB743
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: A. Donald McEachin; Adam P. Ebbin
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374) | |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/14) | |
| Senate | Mar 1, 2014 | Signed by President |
| House | Feb 27, 2014 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2014 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB576ER) |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2014 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2014 | House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | Read third time |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | Engrossed by House as amended |
| House | Feb 20, 2014 | Passed by for the day |
| House | Feb 19, 2014 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 17, 2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 7, 2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Feb 7, 2014 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 7, 2014 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2014 | Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2014 | Reading of substitute waived |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2014 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB576S1 |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104471D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2014 | Read second time |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2014 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104471D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2014 | Presented and ordered printed 14101408D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 27, 2014 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 27, 2014 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 27, 2014 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 10, 2014 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
