republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1426.md

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Bill	Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model.	Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Director of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders, to develop a comprehensive model for the use of alternative transportation providers to provide safe and efficient transportation of individuals involved in the emergency custody or involuntary admission process as an alternative to transportation by law enforcement. The bill requires that the model be completed by October 1, 2017, and reported to the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1426	Virginia HB 1426 (2017)	bill	Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	T. Scott Garrett	4	22	6	2016-11-03	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e93aa976-f1b4-46d4-aa55-c006c5741677	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1426	70f88f8adc74d15fb84bda7bc44a16fc37d82d17baed5e3a03682ed50914c341	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1426 (2017) — Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model.

Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Director of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders, to develop a comprehensive model for the use of alternative transportation providers to provide safe and efficient transportation of individuals involved in the emergency custody or involuntary admission process as an alternative to transportation by law enforcement. The bill requires that the model be completed by October 1, 2017, and reported to the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100871D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17100871D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
• Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100871D introduction
• 2016-11-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
• 2017-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-26 Engrossed by House as amended HB1426E
• 2017-01-26 Printed as engrossed 17100871D-E
• 2017-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Rereferred to Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Passed Senate (40-Y 0--N) passage
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 94 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e93aa976-f1b4-46d4-aa55-c006c5741677. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).