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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 HB 1292. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 735 Virginia SB 735 (2026)
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Virginia SB 735 (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 HB 1292.

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. Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health and Human Services — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Rereferred from Education and Health — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 340 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 26104967D introduction
  • 2026-01-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) referral-committee
  • 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB735)
  • 2026-02-13 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-02-13 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26106495D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (34-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB735)
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
  • 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Blank Action
  • 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-20 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-27 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB735ER) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB735)
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by President passage
  • 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
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 284 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4324659b-5fa8-457b-b5ee-808bbbd924c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).