Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB606
Legislation Overview
Title: Temporary detention order; voluntary admission.
Description: Temporary detention order; voluntary admission. Provides that a magistrate shall issue a temporary detention order if a person (i) has a mental illness and there exists a substantial likelihood in the near future that he will cause serious harm to himself or others or suffer serious harm due to his lack of capacity to protect himself or provide for his basic needs and (ii) is in need of hospitalization or treatment, regardless of whether the person is willing and capable of volunteering for hospitalization or treatment. Currently, a temporary detention order cannot be issued if a person volunteers for hospitalization or treatment. If the person accepts voluntary admission, the bill provides that the temporary detention order will be deemed to have expired at that time and no commitment hearing need be held.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 16, 2016
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Robert Bell;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 16, 2016 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Feb 5, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote |
| House | Jan 14, 2016 | Assigned App. sub: Subcommittee Mental Health |
| House | Jan 11, 2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100291D |
| House | Jan 11, 2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 11, 2016 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
