SB75
Emergency and temporary detention transportation; alternative transportation providers, etc.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Louise Lucas (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Emergency and temporary detention transportation.
Clarifies that the term 'law-enforcement officer' as used in relevant law relating to emergency and involuntary civil transportation includes retired law-enforcement officers, defined in the bill, for the purposes of laws related to emergency custody and involuntary temporary detention. The bill also permits an alternative transportation provider to provide transportation ... (More) of a person in the temporary detention process in a safe manner if the alternative transportation provider is (i) an employee of, or the person providing services pursuant to a contract with, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or (ii) an employee of a private or state hospital within the confines of the Commonwealth. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/19/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102169D
- 12/19/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Incorporates SB395 (Jordan)
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106122D-S1
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Read first time
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB75)
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/19/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/19/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108189D-H1
- 02/23/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/24/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/24/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/24/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB75ER)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB75)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB75)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
