republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-497.md

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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 HB 823.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 497	Virginia SB 497 (2024)	bill		enacted	Jennifer D. Carroll Foy	5	38	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/1b35728a-5efb-4621-8e4f-12f18be0c071	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB497	c06b96b716e00ef03f1633c57b9b408b398e8488f92daadc344f070936801597	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 497 (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 HB 823.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0680 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107781D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102928D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24102928D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. SB497ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102928D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB497)
• 2024-02-05 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB497E
• 2024-02-09 Printed as engrossed 24102928D-E
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB497E)
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Committee substitute printed 24107781D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB497H1)
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 24107781D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB497H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-23 Title replaced 24107781D-H1
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB497ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB497ER)
• 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
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 680 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b35728a-5efb-4621-8e4f-12f18be0c071. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).