Virginia House Bill 96 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on December 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-10 - Continued to 2017 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Problem-Solving Courts; established. Establishes the Problem-Solving Court Act (the Act). The bill allows the establishment of problem-solving courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system, offering judicial monitoring of intensive treatment and supervision of offenders who have special conditions and needs based on military service, mental illness, or societal reentry. The bill establishes a state problem-solving court docket advisory committee and requires localities intending to establish such courts to establish local advisory committees. The Supreme Court of Virginia is given administrative oversight for the implementation of the Act. The Act is modeled on the Drug Treatment Court Act (§18.2-254.1).

Problem-Solving Court Act; established, report.

Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]

Del. Tony Wilt [R]

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-10	House	Continued to 2017 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2015-12-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-12-14	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101603D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	254.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2001.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB96
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB96+hil