Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia SB75: An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-340.2 and §§ 37.2-808 and 37.2-810, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to emergency and temporary detention transportation.
Status: Chaptered, April 13, 2026
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 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. The bill provides that, for purposes of transporting a minor during the temporary detention process, an alternative transportation provider is deemed available if it states it is available to take custody from law enforcement within six hours of issuance of the temporary detention order or an order changing the transportation provider. The bill also provides the alternative transportation provider shall maintain custody from the time custody is transferred by the primary law-enforcement agency until custody is transferred to the temporary detention facility, including while awaiting transport and during transport. The bill also specifies when a law-enforcement agency or alternative transportation provider providing transportation of a minor in the temporary detention process may transfer custody of such minor to a facility or location where the minor is awaiting transport. When a bed becomes available at the temporary detention facility, the bill provides that facility or location shall notify the law-enforcement agency or alternative transportation provider specified on the order, which shall then return to transport the minor to the facility of temporary detention. This bill incorporates SB 395. The provisions of this bill are identical to both HB 681 and HB 976.
What the bill says
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-340.2 and §§ 37.2-808 and 37.2-810, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to emergency and temporary detention transportation. [S 75] Approved April 13, 2026 1. That § 16.1-340.2 and §§ 37.2-808 and 37.2-810, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: § 16.1-340.2. Transportation of minor in the temporary detention process. A. In specifying the primary law-enforcement agency and jurisdiction for purposes of thi.