Virginia House Bill 159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; custody. Requires a facility or location to which a minor or adult who is subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order is transported to accept custody of the minor or adult upon completion of transportation and arrival of the minor or adult at the facility and specifies that the primary law-enforcement agency shall provide transportation of a person who is involved in the involuntary commitment process, rather than a sheriff, as provided under current law. Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; custody. Requires a facility or location to which a minor or adult who is subject to an emergency custody or temporary detention order is transported to accept custody of the minor or adult upon completion of transportation and arrival of the minor or adult at the facility and specifies that the primary law-enforcement agency shall provide transportation of a person who is involved in the involuntary commitment process, rather than a sheriff, as provided under current law.

Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; transportation of minor, acceptance of custody.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]	Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]
Sen. Tara Durant [R]	Del. Kim Taylor [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Wren Williams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2022-02-03	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4
2022-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103519D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	340	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	340.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	808	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	809	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	829	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB159
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB159+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB159F122+PDF