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| Bill | Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; development of behavioral health co-response teams. | Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; behavioral health co-response teams. Provides that interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements may allow for the development of co-response teams staffed by one or more law-enforcement agencies that respond to behavioral health-related calls in multiple jurisdictions. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to SB 317. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 248 | Virginia HB 248 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 248 (2026) — Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; development of behavioral health co-response teams.
Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; behavioral health co-response teams. Provides that interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements may allow for the development of co-response teams staffed by one or more law-enforcement agencies that respond to behavioral health-related calls in multiple jurisdictions. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to SB 317.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102852D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-01-16 Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-23 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-28 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-30 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB248)
- 2026-02-23 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-24 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB248ER)
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB248)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 535 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-10 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bedac1ce-7d31-48cc-8d4f-5ad41acdb0fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).