SB 1248 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Juveniles; competency evaluation, receipt of court order.

Summary
Juveniles; competency evaluation; receipt of court order. Requires the appointed evaluator or the director of the community services board, behavioral health authority, or hospital to acknowledge receipt of the court order requiring a competency evaluation to be performed to the clerk of the court on a form developed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following receipt of the court order. The bill also provides that if the appointed evaluator or the director of the community services board, behavioral health authority, hospital, or private evaluator is unable to conduct the evaluation, he shall inform the court on the acknowledgment form.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021 Signed Mar 24, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2021

How they voted

320
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Jan 28, 2021
D Democratic17
16 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Mar 24, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1248E
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101003D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Creigh Deeds
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
VA
11