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type: "Bill"
title: "Retired law-enforcement officers; emergency and temporary detention admissions."
description: "Retired law-enforcement officers; emergency and temporary detention admissions. Clarifies that the term \"law-enforcement officer\" as used in relevant law relating to emergency and involuntary civil admissions includes retired law-enforcement officers, defined in the bill, for the purposes of laws related to emergency custody and involuntary temporary detention.The provisions of this bill are identical to relevant provisions of SB 75."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 681"
citation: "Virginia HB 681 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc9f6bb9-f3e4-418a-a75c-c97a4e7a9dfc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB681"
source_hash: "cec3aeb0170a88fcff76c29ba70373f3a6e36f3cc5fc3ed8b6f87b7393dba3da"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 681 (2026) — Retired law-enforcement officers; emergency and temporary detention admissions.
Retired law-enforcement officers; emergency and temporary detention admissions. Clarifies that the term "law-enforcement officer" as used in relevant law relating to emergency and involuntary civil admissions includes retired law-enforcement officers, defined in the bill, for the purposes of laws related to emergency custody and involuntary temporary detention.The provisions of this bill are identical to relevant provisions of SB 75.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085479.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221756.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197819.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **150** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102815D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-03** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB681)
- **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** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB681ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB681)
- **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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 661 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc9f6bb9-f3e4-418a-a75c-c97a4e7a9dfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).