VA SB1405 | 2025 | Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill 1405

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency; second evaluation. Provides that if the attorney for an adult or juvenile charged with a criminal offense asks for a hearing to prove that such adult or juvenile is incompetent to stand trial, the attorney for the Commonwealth may seek his own competency evaluation for such adult or juvenile to present at such hearing.

Title

Evaluation and determination of competency; raising question of competency to stand trial or plead.

Roll Calls

2025-01-22 - Senate - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-22	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
2025-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2025-01-14	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 25104616D

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1405
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1405/text/SB1405
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1405/20251/S13V422