HB 468 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act)

HB 468 establishes a 5-day initial limit for emergency mental health evaluation petitions in Maryland, allowing courts to extend them in 5-day increments (up to a 30-day total) for "good cause." It requires courts to include expiration dates on petitions and clarifies when peace officers may use reasonable force to execute them. The bill directly affects individuals seeking emergency evaluations, courts issuing petitions, and law enforcement officers carrying out the process. Key changes standardize timeframes, mandate expiration dates, and specify extension procedures for mental health emergencies.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2025

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First - Petitions for Emergency Evaluation → Third - Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act) · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill adds several new sponsors to the legislation and updates the procedural status to show it was adopted by the House. The substantive policy content regarding emergency evaluation petitions remains largely unchanged, though the formatting and line numbering were adjusted during the amendment process.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; no new substantive provisions were added or removed.

TECHNICAL

Multiple new sponsors were added to the bill, including Cullison, Bhandari, Chisholm, Guzzone, Hill, Hutchinson, S. Johnson, Kaiser, Kerr, Kipke, Lopez, M. Morgan, Reilly, Rosenberg, Szeliga, Taveras, White Holland, Woods, Woorman, Valentine, Cardin, Toles, Schmidt, Simmons, Phillips, Arikan, Conaway, and Williams.

The bill title was updated to include 'Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act' and the page numbering and formatting were adjusted during the amendment process.

TIMELINE

Added a committee report indicating the bill was favorable with amendments, and recorded that the House action was adoption on February 25, 2025.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

134–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 139

Feb 27, 2025

D Democratic100

97 Yea 3

97% Yea

R Republican39

37 Yea 2

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred Finance Judicial Proceedings

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

lower

Feb 27, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (134-0-5)

house of delegates

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

lower

31 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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