Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.
Summary
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 SB 670.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Signed Apr 10, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
48
Key actions
16
Committee
16
Amendments
1
Apr 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1121 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by House
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 1-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB259S1
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108211D-S1
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB259E
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101848D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
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