HB 1318 VA

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Hospitals; psychiatric emergency departments. Allows hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments located in the City of Hampton to operate without a physician on duty when certain conditions are met, including having written agreements in place with emergency medical service providers and being immediately adjacent to a non-psychiatric emergency department. The bill requires such psychiatric emergency departments to submit treatment data to the General Assembly on an annual basis by November 1. This bill is identical to SB 738.

• Rodney T. Willett Democratic · primary

1. Jan 16, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26104588D · lower
2. Jan 16, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1318) · lower
4. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned sub: Behavioral Health · lower
5. Feb 12, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 12, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N 1-A) · lower
7. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (14-Y 6-N 1-A) · lower
8. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106234D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
16. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1318) · lower
17. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · lower
24. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1318ER) · lower
25. Mar 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1318) · lower
26. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
30. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 296 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
31. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Behavioral Health Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Behavioral Health Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML