republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-772.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 772	Virginia HB 772 (2024)	bill		enacted	Karrie K. Delaney	4	36	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/84817e15-338f-4533-abd5-7d5f1dad23df	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB772	7626a1640cdc8de72e636151b2f26d6bcd6425d06941c811c93e39adbe6dfdfb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB772ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101726D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24101726D-E (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/84817e15-338f-4533-abd5-7d5f1dad23df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).