Maryland House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.
Status: passed_lower. Latest action: June 20, 2026.
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-08 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-06-20 | Latest Action | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) |