republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-460.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 HB 772.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 460	Virginia SB 460 (2024)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	4	30	5	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/7ca59eb3-12b7-4269-86a7-58a8a8e1be8b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB460	faf47bb53bca22ea56222b29206c7dd328176acac359c852373d2fa1a662e4ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 460 (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 HB 772.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0710 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101727D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24101727D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB460ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101727D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB460)
• 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB460E
• 2024-01-31 Printed as engrossed 24101727D-E
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB460E)
• 2024-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB460ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB460ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ca59eb3-12b7-4269-86a7-58a8a8e1be8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).