republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-1805.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individuals w/disabilities; postsecondary transition planning & services, documentation or evidence."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; policies; individuals with disabilities; postsecondary transition planning and services; documentation or evidence; report. Requires any individualized education program (IEP) meeting for any student with a disability held for the purpose of postsecondary transition planning and consideration of postsecondary transition services to include, consistent with the guidance developed by the Department of Education pursuant to applicable law, consideration and documentation of any information relating to such student's postsecondary transition planning and service needs that may be necessary or relevant to coordinating and facilitating the successful and efficient transition of such student from secondary school to an institution of higher education. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study and make recommendations in a report by November 1, 2025, on improving and standardizing the quality and consistency of IEPs or sections of IEPs developed and implemented for students with disabilities dedicated to postsecondary transition planning and services for students with disabilities by public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1805"
citation: "Virginia HB 1805 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c89816f1-b8a0-48e4-af87-7b1aec9fdcce"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1805"
source_hash: "e22249cb02bfff3d9bdffddd003b44d35054f54c48c1a3b034981e5fc4daf4a7"
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 HB 1805 (2025) — Individuals w/disabilities; postsecondary transition planning & services, documentation or evidence.

Public institutions of higher education; policies; individuals with disabilities; postsecondary transition planning and services; documentation or evidence; report. Requires any individualized education program (IEP) meeting for any student with a disability held for the purpose of postsecondary transition planning and consideration of postsecondary transition services to include, consistent with the guidance developed by the Department of Education pursuant to applicable law, consideration and documentation of any information relating to such student's postsecondary transition planning and service needs that may be necessary or relevant to coordinating and facilitating the successful and efficient transition of such student from secondary school to an institution of higher education. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study and make recommendations in a report by November 1, 2025, on improving and standardizing the quality and consistency of IEPs or sections of IEPs developed and implemented for students with disabilities dedicated to postsecondary transition planning and services for students with disabilities by public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013037.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071952.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060900.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and rereferred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (82-Y 14-N) — **82–14** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N) — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104384D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1805)
- **2025-01-16** Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
- **2025-01-22** Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Assigned Approps sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1805ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1805)
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 202 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0202)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c89816f1-b8a0-48e4-af87-7b1aec9fdcce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).