republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1242.md

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Bill	Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations, presence of others.	Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations; presence of others. Requires (i) the evaluator conducting the evaluation of an individual to determine whether such individual meets the criteria for temporary detention or (ii) the hospital emergency department and treating physician or other health care provider designated by the physician, when providing services to an individual who is being evaluated to determine whether the individual meets the criteria for temporary detention, to allow the individual's family member or legal guardian who is present and who may provide support and supportive decision making to be present with the individual unless the individual objects or the evaluator or treating physician determines that their presence would create a medical, clinical, or safety risk to the patient or health care provider or interferes with patient care. This bill is identical to SB 546.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1242	Virginia HB 1242 (2024)	bill		enacted	Rodney T. Willett	4	30	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/774f7991-a43c-49a6-8e2a-27685d05a111	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1242	d220750cc78a50c4bddc3d85cc6169581650b73ca666cea0019a3e3646998f7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1242 (2024) — Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations, presence of others.

Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations; presence of others. Requires (i) the evaluator conducting the evaluation of an individual to determine whether such individual meets the criteria for temporary detention or (ii) the hospital emergency department and treating physician or other health care provider designated by the physician, when providing services to an individual who is being evaluated to determine whether the individual meets the criteria for temporary detention, to allow the individual's family member or legal guardian who is present and who may provide support and supportive decision making to be present with the individual unless the individual objects or the evaluator or treating physician determines that their presence would create a medical, clinical, or safety risk to the patient or health care provider or interferes with patient care. This bill is identical to SB 546.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0649 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106583D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1242ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104731D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104731D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1242)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24106583D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1242H1)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106583D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1242H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1242ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1242ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 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 649 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/774f7991-a43c-49a6-8e2a-27685d05a111. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).