VA SB546 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations; presence of others. Requires (i) the evaluator conducting the evaluation of an individual to determine whether such individual meets the criteria for temporary detention or (ii) the hospital emergency department and treating physician or other health care provider designated by the physician, when providing services to an individual who is being evaluated to determine whether the individual meets the criteria for temporary detention, to allow the individual's family member or legal guardian who is present and who may provide support and supportive decision making to be present with the individual unless the individual objects or the evaluator or treating physician determines that their presence would create a medical, clinical, or safety risk to the patient or health care provider or interferes with patient care.

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Title

Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations, presence of others.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-04-08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
2024-04-08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-11 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-02-28SenateSigned by President
2024-02-26HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-26SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB546ER)
2024-02-26SenateEnrolled
2024-02-21HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2024-02-21HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2024-02-21HouseRead third time
2024-02-20HouseRead second time
2024-02-16HouseReported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2024-02-15HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-02-15HouseRead first time
2024-02-15HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-02-09SenatePassed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-09SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-09SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB546S1
2024-02-09SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 24106649D-S1
2024-02-09SenateReading of substitute waived
2024-02-09SenateRead second time
2024-02-08SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-08SenateCommittee substitute printed 24106649D-S1
2024-02-08SenateReported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2024-02-05SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Health
2024-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-10SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104732D

Same As/Similar To

HB1242 (Similar To) 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
372808(n/a)See Bill Text
372809(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB546
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB546+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB546S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB546ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0682+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106649D.pdf
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB546F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB546FS1122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB546FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0146+SB0546
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0292SB0546+SB0546
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0322SB0546+SB0546
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0323SB0546+SB0546
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H08V0274+SB0546
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0949+SB0546

Bill Comments

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