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Bill	Temporary detention order; alternative transportation.	Temporary detention order; alternative transportation. Provides that when a magistrate is determining whether an alternative transportation provider is available for the purposes of designating a transportation provider for the transportation of a person who is the subject of a temporary detention order, an alternative transportation provider shall be deemed available if the provider states that it is available to take custody of the person from law enforcement within six hours of issuance of the temporary detention order or an order changing the transportation provider. The bill also provides that if (i) no alternative transportation provider is available to provide transportation, willing to provide transportation, and able to provide transportation in a safe manner or (ii) the law-enforcement agency elects to provide transportation, the magistrate shall designate the primary law-enforcement agency and jurisdiction designated to execute the temporary detention order to provide transportation of the person. This bill is identical to SB 497.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 823	Virginia HB 823 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mike A. Cherry	4	30	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/6282557e-5ddd-4deb-bd29-d639c0e58851	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB823	9dc384b91a2a349ccad1db4960260a0fc475b7c2212dab5b6aa359a1f6038606	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 823 (2024) — Temporary detention order; alternative transportation.

Temporary detention order; alternative transportation. Provides that when a magistrate is determining whether an alternative transportation provider is available for the purposes of designating a transportation provider for the transportation of a person who is the subject of a temporary detention order, an alternative transportation provider shall be deemed available if the provider states that it is available to take custody of the person from law enforcement within six hours of issuance of the temporary detention order or an order changing the transportation provider. The bill also provides that if (i) no alternative transportation provider is available to provide transportation, willing to provide transportation, and able to provide transportation in a safe manner or (ii) the law-enforcement agency elects to provide transportation, the magistrate shall designate the primary law-enforcement agency and jurisdiction designated to execute the temporary detention order to provide transportation of the person. This bill is identical to SB 497.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0643 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB823ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102923D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24102923D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)
• Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102923D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB823)
• 2024-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-31 Engrossed by House as amended HB823E
• 2024-01-31 Printed as engrossed 24102923D-E
• 2024-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB823E)
• 2024-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB823ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB823ER)
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 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 643 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6282557e-5ddd-4deb-bd29-d639c0e58851. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).