Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB670
Legislation Overview
Title: Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.
Description: Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report. Provides that in cases where a defendant is likely to remain incompetent for the foreseeable future due to an ongoing and irreversible medical condition and prior medical or educational records are available to support the diagnosis, a competency report may recommend that the court find the defendant unrestorably incompetent to stand trial, and the court may proceed with the disposition of the case based on such recommendation. Under current law, the defendant is required to undergo treatment to restore his competency before the court can find a defendant unrestorably incompetent to stand trial. The bill also provides that such person who is found unrestorably incompetent to stand trial shall be prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)
Last Action Date: March 11, 2020
Companion Bill: HB259
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Monty Mason (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299) | |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/20) | |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020 | |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2020 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020 |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2020 | Signed by President |
| House | Feb 27, 2020 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2020 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB670ER) |
| Senate | Feb 21, 2020 | House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 19, 2020 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| House | Feb 19, 2020 | Read third time |
| House | Feb 19, 2020 | Engrossed by House as amended |
| House | Feb 19, 2020 | Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 19, 2020 | VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 18, 2020 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 14, 2020 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 12, 2020 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Feb 12, 2020 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 12, 2020 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2020 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2020 | Read second time and engrossed |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100776D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 11, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 26, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) | 02/3/2020 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/4/2020 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/6/2020 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) | 02/14/2020 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) | 02/19/2020 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) | 02/21/2020 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
