Virginia Senate Bill 872 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Emergency custody; temporary detention; alternative transportation; use of restraint. Requires magistrates to authorize alternative transportation of a person subject to an emergency custody order or temporary detention order if appropriate alternative transportation is available. The bill allows an employee or contractor of an entity providing alternative transportation services pursuant to a contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who has completed training approved by the Department in the proper and safe use of restraint to use restraint (i) if restraint is necessary to ensure the safety of the person or others or prevent escape and (ii) if less restrictive techniques have been determined to be ineffective to protect the person or others from harm or to prevent escape. Emergency custody; temporary detention; alternative transportation; use of restraint. Requires magistrates to authorize alternative transportation of a person subject to an emergency custody order or temporary detention order if appropriate alternative transportation is available. The bill allows an employee or contractor of an entity providing alternative transportation services pursuant to a contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who has completed training approved by the Department in the proper and safe use of restraint to use restraint (i) if restraint is necessary to ensure the safety of the person or others or prevent escape and (ii) if less restrictive techniques have been determined to be ineffective to protect the person or others from harm or to prevent escape.

Emergency custody; temporary detention, alternative transportation.

Sen. Stephen Newman [R]

2023-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327)
2023-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 327 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB872ER)
2023-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-23	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	Read third time
2023-02-22	House	Read second time
2023-02-20	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-02-17	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2023-02-15	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-11	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-02	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB872S1
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105273D-S1
2023-02-02	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-02	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-26	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105273D-S1
2023-01-26	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2023-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103084D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	808	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	810	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB872
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB872+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB872S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB872ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0327+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105273D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB872F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB872FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB872FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0079+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0152+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0193SB0872+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0209SB0872+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0210SB0872+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0203+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0221+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0271+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H02V0230+SB0872
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2249+SB0872