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| Bill | Students with disabilities; development of transition IEP, access by students, report. | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; guidelines for developing a transition IEP; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), in consultation with the Department of Education and representatives of public institutions of higher education and public secondary schools in the Commonwealth, to develop and submit to the Department of Education for public posting and access by the individualized education program (IEP) team of any student with a disability guidelines for developing a transition IEP to help facilitate the timely provision of transition services and accommodations for students with disabilities by public institutions of higher education across the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Council to encourage private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to make such guidelines available to help facilitate the timely provision of transition services and accommodations for such students at such institutions. The bill requires the Council to submit to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2026, a report on its findings and recommendations that includes a copy of such guidelines. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 468 | Virginia HB 468 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 468 (2026) — Students with disabilities; development of transition IEP, access by students, report.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; guidelines for developing a transition IEP; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), in consultation with the Department of Education and representatives of public institutions of higher education and public secondary schools in the Commonwealth, to develop and submit to the Department of Education for public posting and access by the individualized education program (IEP) team of any student with a disability guidelines for developing a transition IEP to help facilitate the timely provision of transition services and accommodations for students with disabilities by public institutions of higher education across the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Council to encourage private institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth to make such guidelines available to help facilitate the timely provision of transition services and accommodations for such students at such institutions. The bill requires the Council to submit to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2026, a report on its findings and recommendations that includes a copy of such guidelines.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education with substitute — 18–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–2 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 87–10 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101370D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)
- 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
substitution - 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106853D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)
- 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB468ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)
- 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-05 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6cd515f0-13ab-41f7-a2cc-5ac0e835c9b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).