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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 HB 509. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 21 Virginia SB 21 (2024)
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Virginia SB 21 (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 HB 509.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0491 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24105963D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24106794D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Committee substitute printed 24107903D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Conference substitute printed 24108871D-S3 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB21ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (86-Y 10-N) — 8510 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) — 73 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 039 (fail) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A) — 86 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 157 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 381 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Saddam Azlan Salim — primary (person)
  • Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-12-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102839D filing, introduction
  • 2023-12-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-01-19 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2024-01-22 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB21)
  • 2024-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-25 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-25 Committee substitute printed 24105963D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-01-29 Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
  • 2024-01-29 Recommitted to Education and Health
  • 2024-02-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-01 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106794D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-02 Committee substitute rejected 24105963D-S1
  • 2024-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 24106794D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB21S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-05 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB21S2)
  • 2024-02-15 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2024-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-21 Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-21 Committee substitute printed 24107903D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24107903D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB21H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-26 Passed House with substitute (86-Y 10-N) passage
  • 2024-02-26 VOTE: Passage (86-Y 10-N) passage
  • 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB21H1)
  • 2024-02-28 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
  • 2024-02-29 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2024-02-29 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-03-04 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-03-04 Senators: Salim, Hashmi, Pillion
  • 2024-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-03-05 Delegates: Cohen, Rasoul, Tata
  • 2024-03-06 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-06 Conference substitute printed 24108871D-S3
  • 2024-03-06 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB21ER) 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
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB21ER)
  • 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11e0c9f0-daaa-4b19-9ecb-dddcd7f1c379. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).