Criminal cases; deferred disposition.
Summary
Deferred disposition in criminal cases. Allows a court to defer and dismiss a criminal case where the defendant has been diagnosed with autism or an intellectual disability and the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the criminal conduct was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 18, 2019
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1004 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (89-Y 7-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB133H1
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20109032D-H1
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101156D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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