SB735
Temporary detention; certified evaluators, sunset extended.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Danny Diggs (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/16/2026 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 26104967D
- 01/16/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB735)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106495D-S1
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (34-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB735)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Blank Action
- 02/20/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/20/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 02/23/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/24/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/27/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/27/2026 - House: Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB735ER)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB735)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/2026 - 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
