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type: "Bill"
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title: "Involuntary temporary detention orders; amends definition of \"psychiatric emergency department.\""
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description: "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 SB 1094."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1895"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1895 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efe72768-51bc-4b56-81b7-3707724bbfce"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1895"
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source_hash: "236d7935a5bd8a2d517004d5ab635552f48ede0dde8d444c5ad5b90e24288438"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1895 (2025) — Involuntary temporary detention orders; amends definition of "psychiatric emergency department."
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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 SB 1094.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013555.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072056.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037851.PDF)
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4. **HHS Sub: Behavioral Health Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031182.HTML)
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5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034892.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060964.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100461D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1895)
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- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Health and Human Services Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25100461D-E
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1895)
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1895ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1895)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efe72768-51bc-4b56-81b7-3707724bbfce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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