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SB507Introduced in the Senate

Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning

Passed

Introduced by Craig Zucker, District 14

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Requiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain confidential annual report instances in which a public school facility became inaccessible for a student with a disability in a manner that could impede evacuations or emergency response.

Where it stands

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665

May 26, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Third Reading Passed · April 10, 2026

132

Yes

0

No

9

Absent or Not Voting

141 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

Bill history

  1. First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

  2. Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment

  4. Favorable with Amendments {503120/1 Adopted

  5. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  6. Third Reading Passed (39-0)

  7. Referred Ways and Means

  8. Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

  9. Favorable Report by Ways and Means

  10. Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

  11. Third Reading Passed (132-0)

  12. Returned Passed

  13. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665

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