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Bill Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; policies for establishing eligibility for accommodations; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with representatives of public institutions of higher education, disability advocacy organizations, students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, higher education disability accommodation professionals, and a subject matter expert, to (i) study the processes by which each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth determines the eligibility for accommodations of an admitted or enrolled student with a temporary or permanent disability, (ii) identify in such processes any potential barriers to establishing eligibility, and (iii) make recommendations on reducing any such barriers and on the development and establishment of a uniform accommodations eligibility determination in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 21. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 509 Virginia HB 509 (2024)
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Virginia HB 509 (2024) — Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations.

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; policies for establishing eligibility for accommodations; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with representatives of public institutions of higher education, disability advocacy organizations, students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, higher education disability accommodation professionals, and a subject matter expert, to (i) study the processes by which each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth determines the eligibility for accommodations of an admitted or enrolled student with a temporary or permanent disability, (ii) identify in such processes any potential barriers to establishing eligibility, and (iii) make recommendations on reducing any such barriers and on the development and establishment of a uniform accommodations eligibility determination in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 21.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0444 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24105855D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107749D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB509ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100566D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) — 909 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 6-N) — 916 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) — 73 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 148 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N) — 099 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100566D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2024-01-19 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2024-01-22 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) substitution
  • 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB509)
  • 2024-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-29 Committee substitute printed 24105855D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 24105855D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB509H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB509H1)
  • 2024-02-02 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 9-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-02 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) passage
  • 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-02-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-15 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-15 Committee substitute printed 24107749D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 24107749D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB509S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-21 Senate substitute rejected by House 24107749D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
  • 2024-02-21 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
  • 2024-02-23 Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-23 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-02-26 House acceded to request
  • 2024-02-28 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-02-28 Senators: Salim, Hashmi, Pillion
  • 2024-02-28 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-02-28 Delegates: Cohen, Rasoul, Tata
  • 2024-03-05 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 6-N)
  • 2024-03-06 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB509ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 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
  • 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 444 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e65addf-620a-485b-a019-587b97a09858. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).