Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Summary
Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Revising provisions relating to the voluntary admission of minors to a facility for examination and treatment; requiring that a minor’s assent to voluntary care be verified through a clinical review; requiring law enforcement officers transporting individuals for involuntary treatment to take certain actions; requiring law enforcement officers transporting individuals for certain treatment to take certain actions, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 18, 2022
Signed Apr 6, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2022 · House Mar 8, 2022
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Mar 1, 2022
D
Democratic14
92% Yea
R
Republican23
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Apr 6, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (302042)
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/07/22, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 18, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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