---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education and related services; certain deadlines."
description: "Special education and related services; certain deadlines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1492"
citation: "Virginia HB 1492 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/098e9ad4-b71a-4f4d-9b90-6296991aa32d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1492"
source_hash: "1b2262dfe0e0673b8e14f5cdcd231d9133d2dde87bd32529f48e70c6494ceae9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1492 (2023) — Special education and related services; certain deadlines.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0004** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0004)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104757D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1492H1)
3. **HB1492ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1492ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103191D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1492)

## Votes

- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103191D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1492)
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23104757D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23104757D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1492H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1492H1)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-15** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1492ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1492ER)
- **2023-02-15** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/098e9ad4-b71a-4f4d-9b90-6296991aa32d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).