---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individuals with disabilities; terminology."
description: "Individuals with disabilities; terminology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1450"
citation: "Virginia HB 1450 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orrock"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f92df6f-85f9-47bf-9bff-07a939364d25"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1450"
source_hash: "4f3d24da3e9e706d59d6cebc76d56207d402b821678e5b6fe0b97a024621f3b6"
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 1450 (2023) — Individuals with disabilities; terminology.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0148)
2. **HB1450ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1450ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102037D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1450)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102037D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1450E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orrock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102037D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-21** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1450)
- **2023-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1450E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102037D-E
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1450E)
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1450ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1450ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 148 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f92df6f-85f9-47bf-9bff-07a939364d25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).