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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blind or vision impaired; definition."
description: "Blind or vision impaired; definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1938"
citation: "Virginia HB 1938 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Persons with Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-06"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8579999-38eb-41ff-9eb7-14ad66fcb4b0"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1938"
source_hash: "db0269b3a970a0c6d767b6bb4e4137a9bc0b4d69f6a5ade19f2ec3990378533d"
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 1938 (2019) — Blind or vision impaired; definition.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0088)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1938ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1938ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101808D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1938)
## Votes
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **200** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101808D `introduction`
- **2019-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8579999-38eb-41ff-9eb7-14ad66fcb4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).