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SB 854 Mental health courts; Office of Ex. Secretary of Supreme Court to establish for nonviolent offender.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Mental health courts; pilot program. Directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to establish by January 1, 2010, no less than two and no more than five mental health courts in Virginia for nonviolent offenders with serious mental illnesses. This bill incorporates SB 1503.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091508228 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091455228-S1 pdf
- 02/10/09 Senate: Printed as engrossed 091455228-ES1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/29/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091508228
- 12/29/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/04/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091455228-S1
- 02/04/09 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/05/09 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (9-Y 7-N)
- 02/09/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/09 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/10/09 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 091455228-S1
- 02/10/09 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/10/09 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/10/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB854ES1
- 02/10/09 Senate: Printed as engrossed 091455228-ES1
- 02/10/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/13/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/09 House: Read first time
- 02/13/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/09 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/24/09 House: Left in Courts of Justice