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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special education; certain educational settings, student age range restriction."
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description: "Special education; student age range restrictions in educational settings. Prohibits any student with a disability in grades kindergarten through six from being regularly assigned to any educational setting, including any specialized educational setting, in which the maximum age range exceeds four years unless the student's individualized education program (IEP) team determines that an exception is appropriate and justifies such exception in the student's IEP. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 461"
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citation: "Virginia HB 461 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e122e6ee-db41-4a35-84ee-687e68a1865c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB461"
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source_hash: "a930f38e6392f151973f6147577cd99b0c1aeb5e0a32b365bf7f62dc54cc9f50"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 461 (2026) — Special education; certain educational settings, student age range restriction.
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Special education; student age range restrictions in educational settings. Prohibits any student with a disability in grades kindergarten through six from being regularly assigned to any educational setting, including any specialized educational setting, in which the maximum age range exceeds four years unless the student's individualized education program (IEP) team determines that an exception is appropriate and justifies such exception in the student's IEP. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084545.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221493.PDF)
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3. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135213.HTML)
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4. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139846.PDF)
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5. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196852.HTML)
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6. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136315.HTML)
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7. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203784.HTML)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212303.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **68–28** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **71–28** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **16–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101364D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB461)
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- **2026-02-05** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-02-11** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107653D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB461)
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (69-Y 28-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-03-05** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Education and Health Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate amendment agreed to by House (71-Y 28-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB461ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB461)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e122e6ee-db41-4a35-84ee-687e68a1865c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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