---
type: "Bill"
title: "Persons with disabilities; rights to the full and free use of public playgrounds."
description: "Rights of persons with disabilities; public places; playgrounds. Clarifies that persons with disabilities have the same rights as other persons to the full and free use of public playgrounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1800"
citation: "Virginia HB 1800 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29afad6-96b0-4d2c-8848-12504c7e755e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1800"
source_hash: "dbf7c774d2d3775c09309a59ba6c849eb6e805f761dbaff1614bbc6cc35d2a62"
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 1800 (2025) — Persons with disabilities; rights to the full and free use of public playgrounds.

Rights of persons with disabilities; public places; playgrounds. Clarifies that persons with disabilities have the same rights as other persons to the full and free use of public playgrounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013047.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074036.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046256.PDF)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N) — **61–35** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100858D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1800)
- **2025-01-21** Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-12** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1800ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1800)
- **2025-02-15** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e29afad6-96b0-4d2c-8848-12504c7e755e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).