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Bill Special education due process hearings; dismissal of certain vexatious and repetitive complaints. Students with disabilities; due process hearings; certain complaints; study. Permits (i) a special education due process hearing officer, upon determination that a due process hearing complaint filed pursuant to applicable law contains substantively the same issues as a previously adjudicated due process hearing complaint and evidences a clear pattern of initiating vexatious and repetitive litigation, to dismiss the complaint and (ii) any party aggrieved by such a dismissal to bring a civil action pursuant to applicable law. The bill provides that none of the bill's provisions shall be construed to require the dismissal of any complaint or any portion thereof that alleges a new claim of noncompliance within the subject matter jurisdiction of the due process hearing officer under applicable law and regulations. The bill also directs the Virginia Commission on Youth to study and make recommendations on the provisions of the bill as a part of its ongoing study of the Commonwealth's special education dispute resolution system required pursuant to applicable law. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2606 Virginia HB 2606 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2606 (2025) — Special education due process hearings; dismissal of certain vexatious and repetitive complaints.

Students with disabilities; due process hearings; certain complaints; study. Permits (i) a special education due process hearing officer, upon determination that a due process hearing complaint filed pursuant to applicable law contains substantively the same issues as a previously adjudicated due process hearing complaint and evidences a clear pattern of initiating vexatious and repetitive litigation, to dismiss the complaint and (ii) any party aggrieved by such a dismissal to bring a civil action pursuant to applicable law. The bill provides that none of the bill's provisions shall be construed to require the dismissal of any complaint or any portion thereof that alleges a new claim of noncompliance within the subject matter jurisdiction of the due process hearing officer under applicable law and regulations. The bill also directs the Virginia Commission on Youth to study and make recommendations on the provisions of the bill as a part of its ongoing study of the Commonwealth's special education dispute resolution system required pursuant to applicable law. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Delegate Ware Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Education and Health Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  8. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  9. K-12 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N) — 0–95 (fail) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-N) — 68–31 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 18-N) — 77–18 (pass) · lower
  • Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 25104660D introduction
  • 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2606)
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106164D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2606)
  • 2025-01-31 Floor substitute printed 25106606D-H2 (Ware)
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Education Substitute rejected
  • 2025-02-03 Delegate Ware Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - floor substitute
  • 2025-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2606)
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-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: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107372D-S1 substitution
  • 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 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-18 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2606)
  • 2025-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Pekarsky, VanValkenburg, Pillion
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Rasoul, McQuinn, Ware
  • 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-21 Conference substitute printed 25107997D-H3
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 18-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2606ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2606)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 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 294 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6ad3572-ca05-4347-8b54-040cce63b107. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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