republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1094.md

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Bill	Involuntary temporary detention orders; amends definition of "psychiatric emergency department."	Involuntary temporary detention orders; definition of "psychiatric emergency department." Amends the definition of "psychiatric emergency department" as it relates to involuntary temporary detention orders to remove the requirement that a psychiatric emergency department be located adjacent to a facility licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and to add requirements that a psychiatric emergency department (i) be licensed by either the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or the Department of Health and (ii) provide that at least one physician who is primarily responsible for the emergency department be on duty and physically present at all times that the hospital is operating as an emergency service. This bill applies to hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in the City of Hampton for the purpose of employing certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment and has an expiration date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to HB 1895.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1094	Virginia SB 1094 (2025)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Jordan	5	31	5	2025-01-07	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/40b18d25-8fad-40cd-9015-1f859127aae5	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1094	b4f74d8c2940d3a58a9db3c64c15859dbd4d8582c35a3d3b2e6d5667dfd67314	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1094 (2025) — Involuntary temporary detention orders; amends definition of "psychiatric emergency department."

Involuntary temporary detention orders; definition of "psychiatric emergency department." Amends the definition of "psychiatric emergency department" as it relates to involuntary temporary detention orders to remove the requirement that a psychiatric emergency department be located adjacent to a facility licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and to add requirements that a psychiatric emergency department (i) be licensed by either the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or the Department of Health and (ii) provide that at least one physician who is primarily responsible for the emergency department be on duty and physically present at all times that the hospital is operating as an emergency service. This bill applies to hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in the City of Hampton for the purpose of employing certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment and has an expiration date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to HB 1895.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Education and Health Amendments (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100811D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1094)
• 2025-01-21 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-24 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-27 Reading of amendments waived
• 2025-01-27 Education and Health Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-01-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2025-01-27 Printed as engrossed 25100811D-E
• 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1094)
• 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1094ER) passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1094)
• 2025-02-23 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 218 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0218)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40b18d25-8fad-40cd-9015-1f859127aae5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).