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type: "Bill"
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title: "Students with disabilities; development of transition IEP, access by students, report."
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description: "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."
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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 468"
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citation: "Virginia HB 468 (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: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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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/6cd515f0-13ab-41f7-a2cc-5ac0e835c9b1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB468"
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source_hash: "db15e21717e96a184653b8e38376dda0aba2ed21866df49dd8db4bdf094a1f60"
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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 468 (2026) — Students with disabilities; development of transition IEP, access by students, report.
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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.
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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/1084563.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221517.PDF)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116351.PDF)
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4. **Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1107643.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193919.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **18–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **87–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (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 26101370D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned HED sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26106853D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB468ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)
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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/6cd515f0-13ab-41f7-a2cc-5ac0e835c9b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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