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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individuals with disabilities; terminology."
description: "Individuals with disabilities; terminology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "Virginia SB 798 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hashmi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-02"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85bd0cca-fc58-447f-909c-7a5d72f80142"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB798"
source_hash: "d39c6470f94c1cc9c07865b88a353f6912670da591997ae3da325fba561a510e"
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 SB 798 (2023) — Individuals with disabilities; terminology.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0149)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100009D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB798)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23100009D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB798E)
4. **SB798ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB798ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hashmi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100009D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-02** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB798)
- **2023-01-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-13** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-17** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB798E
- **2023-01-17** Printed as engrossed 23100009D-E
- **2023-01-18** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB798E)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB798ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB798ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85bd0cca-fc58-447f-909c-7a5d72f80142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).