Marcus alert system; participation in the system is optional for localities, etc. (HB1191)
Introduced By
Del. Margaret Ransone (R-Kinsale) with support from 19 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton), Del. Jason Ballard (R-Pearisburg), Del. Amanda Batten (R-Toano), Del. Emily Brewer (R-Suffolk), Del. Ronnie Campbell (R-Raphine), Del. Mike Cherry (R-Colonial Heights), Tara Durant (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), Del. Karen Greenhalgh (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun), Del. Marie March (R-Floyd), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater), Del. Kim Taylor (R-Dinwiddie), Del. Wendell Walker (R-Lynchburg), Del. Bill Wiley (R-Winchester), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Del. Scott Wyatt (R-Mechanicsville)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Marcus alert system; participation. Extends the date by which localities shall establish voluntary databases to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide relevant mental health information and emergency contact information for appropriate response to an emergency or crisis from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2023, and provides an exemption to the requirement that localities establish protocols for local law-enforcement agencies to enter into memorandums of agreement with mobile crisis response providers regarding requests for law-enforcement back-up during mobile crisis or community care team response and minimum standards, best practices, and a system for the review and approval of protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system for localities with a population that is less than or equal to 40,000, so that localities with a population that is less than or equal to 40,000 may but are not required to establish such protocols. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to include in its annual report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees for Courts of Justice and on Health, Welfare and Institutions, the Senate Committees on the Judiciary and Education and Health, and the Behavioral Health Commission information regarding barriers to establishment of local Marcus alert programs and community care or mobile crisis teams to provide mobile crisis response in geographical areas served by community services boards or behavioral health agencies in which such programs and teams have not been established and a plan for addressing such barriers. This bill is identical to SB 361.
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/17/2022 | Committee |
| 01/17/2022 | Presented and ordered printed 22103509D |
| 01/17/2022 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 02/02/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1191) |
| 02/08/2022 | Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 02/10/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) |
| 02/10/2022 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/11/2022 | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22106450D-H1 |
| 02/13/2022 | Read first time |
| 02/14/2022 | Read second time |
| 02/14/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22106450D-H1 |
| 02/14/2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1191H1 |
| 02/15/2022 | Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N) |
| 02/15/2022 | VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1191H1) |
| 02/16/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/16/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/24/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22106949D-S1 |
| 02/25/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/28/2022 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/28/2022 | Read third time |
| 02/28/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/28/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22106949D-S1 |
| 02/28/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1191S1 |
| 02/28/2022 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/01/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1191S1) |
| 03/02/2022 | Senate substitute rejected by House 22106949D-S1 (0-Y 99-N) |
| 03/02/2022 | VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/04/2022 | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/04/2022 | Senate requested conference committee |
| 03/07/2022 | House acceded to request |
| 03/08/2022 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 03/08/2022 | Senators: Stuart, McPike, Hashmi |
| 03/09/2022 | Conferees appointed by House |
| 03/09/2022 | Delegates: Ransone, Ballard, Kory |
| 03/10/2022 | C Amended by conference committee |
| 03/10/2022 | Conference substitute printed 22107587D-H2 |
| 03/11/2022 | Passed by temporarily |
| 03/11/2022 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/11/2022 | Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 47-N) |
| 03/11/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 47-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/21/2022 | Enrolled |
| 03/21/2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1191ER) |
| 03/21/2022 | Signed by President |
| 03/22/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/22/2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022 |
| 03/22/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 |
| 03/23/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1191ER) |
| 04/11/2022 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 7/1/22) |
| 04/11/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619) |
Comments
OPPOSE this bill that makes the Marcus Alert system optional for local governments. LRIDD worked hard to ensure that we begin the process of removing police from responding to incidents involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis. This needs to be a statewide program if we are to reduce the high incidence of death and injury to individuals and police in these kinds of cases.