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HB468Introduced in the House of Delegates

Students with disabilities; development of transition IEP, access by students, report.

Passed

Introduced by Laura Jane Cohen, District 15

What does this bill do?

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Official 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.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 2, 2026

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101370D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)

  4. Assigned HED sub: Higher Education

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)

  7. Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26106853D-H1

  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)

  10. Read first time

  11. Read second time

  12. committee substitute agreed to

  13. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  14. Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N 0-A)

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  16. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  17. Assigned Education sub: Higher Education

  18. Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  19. Rules suspended

  20. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  21. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  22. Read third time

  23. Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  24. Enrolled

  25. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB468ER)

  26. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB468)

  27. Signed by Speaker

  28. Signed by President

  29. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  30. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  31. Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 7/1/2026)

  32. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)

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