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Bill Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; replaces certain terminology. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; replaces certain terminology. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2137 Virginia HB 2137 (2019)
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Education
Health
Persons with Disabilities
enacted
Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr.
5 17 5 2019-01-08 2019-03-08 openstates ocd-bill/77e613f8-47f7-4ce5-b6c7-406cf28ccba9 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2137 20ae13e561cc13c700c0430a6fb71ae7fbae69ad5352ef0752775b9599b90f09 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 2137 (2019) — Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; replaces certain terminology.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2137ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101301D (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Printed as engrossed 19101301D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101301D introduction
  • 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2019-01-24 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-25 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-25 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2019-01-25 Engrossed by House as amended HB2137E
  • 2019-01-25 Printed as engrossed 19101301D-E
  • 2019-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-21 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
  • 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 288 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77e613f8-47f7-4ce5-b6c7-406cf28ccba9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).