Drug Treatment Court Act; renames the Act as the Recovery Court Act.
Summary
Drug Treatment Court Act; name change. Renames the Drug Treatment Court Act as the Recovery Court Act. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to rename the state Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee as the Recovery Court Advisory Committee. This bill is identical to SB 725.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Signed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Feb 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB292ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason Ballard
RRepublican
Co
Bill Wiley
RRepublican
Co
Chris Obenshain
RRepublican
Co
Delores Oates
RRepublican
Co
Ian Lovejoy
RRepublican
Co
Jed Arnold
RRepublican
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Earley
RRepublican
Co
Mike Jones
DDemocratic
Co
Nadarius Clark
DDemocratic
Co
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
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