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2001 SESSION

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HB 2491 Involuntary commitment hearing.

Introduced by: Robert H. Brink | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Involuntary commitment hearing. Eliminates the 72- or 96-hour maximum extension periods for a commitment hearing to conform to the duration of a temporary detention order, which was changed in 1998. The bill provides that when the maximum 48-hour period of temporary detention would expire on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the person may be detained until the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 013483648  pdf
• 02/22/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2491ER)  pdf
• 03/27/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 013483648
• 01/10/01  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/29/01  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 4
• 02/03/01  House: Reported from H. W. I. (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/01  House: Read first time
• 02/04/01  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/05/01  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/01  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/01  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/05/01  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/01  House: Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/01  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/07/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/01  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/15/01  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/01  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/01  Senate: Reconsider motion to pass by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/01  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/01  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/19/01  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/01  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2491ER)
• 02/23/01  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/26/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/25/01  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 658 (effective 7/1/01)
• 03/27/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658)