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| Bill | Temporary detention; certified evaluators, sunset extended. | Temporary detention; certified evaluators; sunset extended. Extends from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2027, the sunset date on the current provisions of law authorizing hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in the City of Hampton to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The current law also requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in the City of Hampton to submit monthly and annual reports on temporary detentions and crisis evaluations. This bill is identical to SB 735. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1292 | Virginia HB 1292 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1292 (2026) — Temporary detention; certified evaluators, sunset extended.
Temporary detention; certified evaluators; sunset extended. Extends from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2027, the sunset date on the current provisions of law authorizing hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department located in the City of Hampton to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The current law also requires participating hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments in the City of Hampton to submit monthly and annual reports on temporary detentions and crisis evaluations. This bill is identical to SB 735.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Behavioral Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Education and Health — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 26102364D
introduction - 2026-01-15 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1292)
- 2026-02-12 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26107578D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1292)
- 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-02 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1292)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1292ER)
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 283 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/933a0843-7ec5-4bad-a62e-92f9398bced9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).