---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marcus Alert Evaluation Task Force; created."
description: "Marcus Alert Evaluation Task Force creation. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convene and adjust and update the membership of a Marcus Alert Evaluation Task Force to assist in determining the effectiveness of the Marcus Alert system. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "Virginia SB 514 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/086247fd-992d-4f45-acab-1ee601c8bc75"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB514"
source_hash: "6a8e13b0cf70888a8d3bba5a38c1e231adbb3653b00685bf65ad053acaa05b1e"
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 SB 514 (2026) — Marcus Alert Evaluation Task Force; created.

Marcus Alert Evaluation Task Force creation. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convene and adjust and update the membership of a Marcus Alert Evaluation Task Force to assist in determining the effectiveness of the Marcus Alert system. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090630.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217738.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108652.PDF)
4. **Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105004.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181706.PDF)

## Votes

- Rereferred from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102862D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB514)
- **2026-01-22** Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Senate committee offered
- **2026-01-30** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB514)
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB514ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB514)
- **2026-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 371 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/086247fd-992d-4f45-acab-1ee601c8bc75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).