Virginia House Bill 1997 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Warrantless arrest for misdemeanor; transportation to crisis stabilization unit. Authorizes a law-enforcement officer who makes a warrantless arrest of a person for a misdemeanor offense who the officer believes has a mental illness to transport such person to a crisis stabilization unit or similar facility in lieu of taking him before a magistrate, provided that the use of such unit or facility has been approved by the chief judge of the circuit court serving the jurisdiction where the arrest occurred. Any person transported to such unit or facility shall be issued a summons by the arresting officer for the offense for which he was arrested.

Warrantless arrest for misdemeanor; transportation to crisis stabilization unit.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101845D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	82	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1997
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1997+hil