2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2569

Offered January 13, 2025

Prefiled January 12, 2025

A BILL to direct the Virginia State Crime Commission to conduct a study on the petty crimes that are most frequently committed by persons with mental illness; report.

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Patron—Leftwich

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Referred to Committee on Rules

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Virginia State Crime Commission (the Commission) shall, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, conduct a study on the petty crimes that are most frequently committed by persons with mental illness. The Commission shall (i) identify the petty crimes that persons with mental illness are most likely to commit and (ii) determine the viability of lengthening emergency custody, temporary detention, or any mandatory holding period for persons with mental illness who commit such crimes. The Commission shall submit a report on its findings to the Chairs of the House Committees for Courts of Justice and on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and on Education and Health by November 1, 2025.