---
type: "Bill"
title: "Involuntary admission or certification of eligibility order; clarifies provisions governing appeals."
description: "Involuntary admission or certification of eligibilityorder; appeals. Clarifies provisions governing appeals of ordersfor involuntary admission or for certification as eligible for admissionto a training center and provides that in cases in which a personis released during the pendency of an appeal, the appeal shall bein accordance with provisions for testing the legality of detention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1482"
citation: "Virginia HB 1482 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy W. Gooditis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39adb532-069e-4429-aa85-e4d5a26e9031"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1482"
source_hash: "acc3c505aded8be881848b78e498ab2684f5409907a0a6c7844713459142909d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1482 (2020) — Involuntary admission or certification of eligibility order; clarifies provisions governing appeals.

Involuntary admission or certification of eligibilityorder; appeals. Clarifies provisions governing appeals of ordersfor involuntary admission or for certification as eligible for admissionto a training center and provides that in cases in which a personis released during the pendency of an appeal, the appeal shall bein accordance with provisions for testing the legality of detention.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0298)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1482ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1482ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1482E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1482E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1482)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1482)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102779D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1482)
- **2020-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1482E
- **2020-02-06** Printed as engrossed 20102779D-E
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1482E)
- **2020-02-14** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-18** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-21** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1482ER)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39adb532-069e-4429-aa85-e4d5a26e9031`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).