2026 Regular Session
HB860
Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act)
Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and on certain findings, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a total of 30 days from the date the petition was endorsed by the court; and authorizing peace officers to act in accordance with best practices on how to take an emergency evaluee to an emergency facility and, if deemed necessary, to be joined by a mobile crisis team when executing a petition.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 20, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
131 yea–0 nay · 4 not voting · 6 absent
Committee referrals
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
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Senate Hearing canceled (Finance)
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Senate Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
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Senate Referred Finance Judicial Proceedings
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House Third Reading Passed (131-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {333723/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
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House Hearing 2/17 at 2:00 p.m. (Health)
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House Hearing canceled (Health)
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House Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Health)
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House First Reading Health and Judiciary