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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 869: Autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; custodial interrogation of person.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 869 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; custodial interrogation of person. Primary sponsor: Barbara Favola (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2025): Left in Courts of Justice.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Custodial interrogation of a person with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; best practices for conducting interviews or interrogations. Adds best practices for conducting interviews or interrogations, including reading constitutional rights to the list of compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara FavolaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate40

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Courts of Justice
  2. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
  3. Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
  4. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  5. Read first time
  6. Placed on Calendar
  7. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  8. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB869)
  9. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
  10. Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  11. Reading of substitute waived
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source