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2006 SESSION

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SB 649 Drug treatment courts; eliminates requirement for General Assembly approval.

Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Drug treatment courts.  Eliminates the requirement for General Assembly approval when establishing drug treatment courts in localities of the Commonwealth and requires localities that intend to establish a drug court to apply to the state drug treatment court advisory committee which will review the application and make recommendations for approval or denial to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

FULL TEXT

• 01/17/06  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 068222752  pdf | impact statement
• 02/09/06  Senate: Printed as engrossed 068222752-E  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/17/06  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 068222752
• 01/17/06  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/23/06  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/06  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/07/06  Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/06  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/06  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/09/06  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/09/06  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB649E
• 02/09/06  Senate: Printed as engrossed 068222752-E
• 02/10/06  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/06  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/14/06  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/06  House: Read first time
• 02/14/06  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/16/06  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 03/06/06  House: Left in Courts of Justice