---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors; parental admission for inpatient treatment."
description: "Parental admission of minors for inpatient treatment. Clarifies that for the purposes of admission of a minor to a willing mental health facility for inpatient treatment, the finding required to be made by a qualified evaluator that the minor appears to have a mental illness serious enough to warrant inpatient treatment may include a finding of substance abuse and such inpatient treatment may be related to such mental illness, which may include substance abuse. The bill also specifies that a temporary detention order shall not be required for a minor 14 years of age or older who objects to admission to be admitted to a willing facility upon the application of a parent. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to SB 460."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 772"
citation: "Virginia HB 772 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84817e15-338f-4533-abd5-7d5f1dad23df"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB772"
source_hash: "7626a1640cdc8de72e636151b2f26d6bcd6425d06941c811c93e39adbe6dfdfb"
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 772 (2024) — Minors; parental admission for inpatient treatment.

Parental admission of minors for inpatient treatment. Clarifies that for the purposes of admission of a minor to a willing mental health facility for inpatient treatment, the finding required to be made by a qualified evaluator that the minor appears to have a mental illness serious enough to warrant inpatient treatment may include a finding of substance abuse and such inpatient treatment may be related to such mental illness, which may include substance abuse. The bill also specifies that a temporary detention order shall not be required for a minor 14 years of age or older who objects to admission to be admitted to a willing facility upon the application of a parent. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to SB 460.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0695** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0695)
2. **HB772ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB772ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101726D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB772)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24101726D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB772E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101726D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB772)
- **2024-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House as amended HB772E
- **2024-02-07** Printed as engrossed 24101726D-E
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB772E)
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB772ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB772ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84817e15-338f-4533-abd5-7d5f1dad23df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).