Legislation - HB0468

Title: Petitions for Emergency Evaluation
Sponsored by: Delegates Alston, Bagnall, Martinez, and Pena-Melnyk
Status: In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
Analysis

Synopsis

Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and for good cause shown, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a total of 30 days; requiring the court to include the date the petition expires on the petition; and authorizing peace officers to use reasonable and necessary force when executing a petition.

Committees

Original:: Health and Government Operations; Judiciary

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1019 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/20/2025 Legislative Date 1/20/2025 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Petitions for Emergency Evaluation Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/20/2025	1/20/2025	First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
			Text - First - Petitions for Emergency Evaluation

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