republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1165.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Persons with disabilities; adds definitions related to rights.	Rights of persons with disabilities; definitions.Adds definitions related to the rights of persons with disabilitiesto relevant law. The bill defines "path of travel," "place of publicaccommodation,"" "public entity," "private entity," and "readilyachievable." The bill requires places of public accommodation toensure that barriers to accessibility are removed when the removalis readily achievable.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1165	Virginia HB 1165 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Sickles	3	25	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/6d64b822-dd5c-4626-9ef8-e9b1311615bb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1165	b6ae80dbd1dc7ff33575ad4ec68b5abba459f087daca297c427e1f519306f919	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1165 (2024) — Persons with disabilities; adds definitions related to rights.

Rights of persons with disabilities; definitions.Adds definitions related to the rights of persons with disabilitiesto relevant law. The bill defines "path of travel," "place of publicaccommodation,"" "public entity," "private entity," and "readilyachievable." The bill requires places of public accommodation toensure that barriers to accessibility are removed when the removalis readily achievable.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0648 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1165ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103115D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103115D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1165)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1165ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1165ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 648 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d64b822-dd5c-4626-9ef8-e9b1311615bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).