Maryland House Bill 860

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 20 2026 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-24 - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and on certain findings, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a total of 30 days from the date the petition was endorsed by the court; and authorizing peace officers to act in accordance with best practices on how to take an emergency evaluee to an emergency facility and, if deemed necessary, to be joined by a mobile crisis team when executing a petition.

Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act)

Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]
Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]
Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]
Del. Kim Ross [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Teresa Woorman [D]

2026-03-20 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 131 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-24	Senate	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
2026-03-24	Senate	Hearing canceled (Finance)
2026-03-23	Senate	Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
2026-03-23	Senate	Referred Finance Judicial Proceedings
2026-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (131-0)
2026-03-19	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-19	House	Favorable with Amendments {333723/1 Adopted
2026-03-18	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
2026-02-17	House	Hearing 2/17 at 2:00 p.m. (Health)
2026-02-17	House	Hearing canceled (Health)
2026-02-05	House	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Health)
2026-02-04	House	First Reading Health and Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	10	623	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	10	624	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0860?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0860f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0860t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0000/hb0860_33372301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0860_hlt.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0860_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0620.pdf