republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-546.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 HB 1242.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 546	Virginia SB 546 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	4	32	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/24fe6140-820c-4c62-948e-3a310d273ab5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB546	abc766e722f317d4518c5647ff79e03a5ba08a9ab5c86d465d3e337e81839db1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 546 (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 HB 1242.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0682 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106649D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104732D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB546ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104732D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB546)
• 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 substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24106649D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106649D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB546S1 substitution
• 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 (SB546S1)
• 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 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB546ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB546ER)
• 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 682 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24fe6140-820c-4c62-948e-3a310d273ab5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).