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2020 SESSION
SB 670 Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.
Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
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. This bill is identical to HB 259.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100776D pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB670ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100776D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/20 House: Read first time
- 02/12/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Read second time
- 02/19/20 House: Read third time
- 02/19/20 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/19/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/19/20 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 House: VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB670ER)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
- 03/04/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
- 03/11/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)