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2000 SESSION

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SB 520 Juvenile competency.

Introduced by: J. Randy Forbes | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Juvenile competency. Provides for the civil commitment of a person who was charged with a crime when younger than the age of 18 but who reaches the age of 18 during the time that the court finds him unrestorable to competency and in need of inpatient hospitalization. In 1999, the Virginia Commission on Youth recommended legislation to provide juvenile court procedures for determining whether a juvenile is competent to stand trial, for restoration of competency and for dispositions for unrestorably incompetent juveniles. The current law provides that an unrestorably incompetent juvenile may be committed to a facility operated by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services for a period of up to three years, depending upon the charge. This bill provides the statutory authority to commit a juvenile who turns 18 to an adult facility.

FULL TEXT

• 01/24/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003906212  pdf
• 03/13/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB520ER)  pdf
• 04/03/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/24/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003906212
• 01/24/00  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/02/00  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/00  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/07/00  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/00  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/14/00  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/00  House: Read first time
• 02/14/00  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/18/00  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 3
• 02/25/00  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (23-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/00  House: Read second time
• 02/29/00  House: Read third time
• 02/29/00  House: Passed House (98-Y 1-N)
• 02/29/00  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
• 03/13/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB520ER)
• 03/15/00  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/16/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/16/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/02/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/00)
• 04/03/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)