2023 BILLS - MENTAL HEALTH
HB 1524 Jail-based addiction recovery, etc., programs; DCJS to investigate implementing in jails.
Introduced by: Carrie E. Coyner [D] PASSED WITH DELAYED ENACTMENT DATE
Virginia opioid use reduction and jail-based substance use disorder treatment and transition programs; workgroup. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the Virginia Association of Regional Jails and the Virginia Sheriffs' Association, to convene a work group to investigate the implementation of locally administered jail-based addiction recovery and substance use disorder treatment and transition programs in local and regional jails.
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02/06/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23105968D-H1
02/07/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/17/23 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
02/22/23 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 94-N)
02/23/23 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
02/23/23 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
02/23/23 House: House acceded to request
02/23/23 House: Conferees appointed by House
02/23/23 House: Delegates: Coyner, Ballard, McQuinn
02/23/23 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
02/23/23 Senate: Senators: Deeds, Lucas, McDougle
02/23/23 Conference: Amended by conference committee
02/24/23 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/24/23 House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
02/24/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
03/26/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 649 (effective 7/1/24)
HB 2054 Information to certain defendants; services of community services boards. PASSED
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope [D]
Information to certain defendants; services of community services boards. Requires juvenile and domestic relations district courts and circuit courts, in cases in which a defendant is found not guilty of any offense after a trial at which evidence of the defendant's mental condition at the time of the alleged offense was introduced, to make available to the defendant information regarding services provided by the community services board and how such services may be accessed. The bill requires each community services board to develop, regularly update, and make available to such courts in the same locality information regarding the services provided by the community services board and information about how to access such services.
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01/20/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
01/27/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
02/14/23 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2054ER)
02/20/23 House: Signed by Speaker
02/21/23 Senate: Signed by President
03/02/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
03/22/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 217 (effective 7/1/23)
FAILED
HB 1561 Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts [D] FAILED.
Assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer; arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808 and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault or assault and battery was responding to a call for service requesting assistance for such individual. The bill provides that no law-enforcement officer acting in good faith shall be found liable for false arrest if it is later determined that the person arrested was immune from prosecution.
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01/06/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102003D
01/06/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/07/23 House: Left in Courts of Justice
SB 858 Evidence of defendant's mental condition admissible; mental illness. FAILED
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove, Jr. [R]
Evidence of defendant's mental condition admissible; mental illness. Eliminates "mental illness" from the list of mental conditions for which a defendant may offer evidence to show his mental condition at the time of an alleged offense.
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12/30/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102129D
12/30/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
01/18/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)