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2024 SESSION
HB 509 Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations.
Introduced by: Laura Jane Cohen | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; policies for establishing eligibility for accommodations; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with representatives of public institutions of higher education, disability advocacy organizations, students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, higher education disability accommodation professionals, and a subject matter expert, to (i) study the processes by which each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth determines the eligibility for accommodations of an admitted or enrolled student with a temporary or permanent disability, (ii) identify in such processes any potential barriers to establishing eligibility, and (iii) make recommendations on reducing any such barriers and on the development and establishment of a uniform accommodations eligibility determination in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 21.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100566D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105855D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107749D-S1 pdf
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB509ER) pdf
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100566D
- 01/08/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/24 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/22/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/24 House: Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/29/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105855D-H1
- 01/31/24 House: Read first time
- 02/01/24 House: Read second time
- 02/01/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105855D-H1
- 02/01/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB509H1
- 02/02/24 House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 9-N)
- 02/02/24 House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N)
- 02/05/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/15/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107749D-S1
- 02/16/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107749D-S1
- 02/19/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB509S1
- 02/19/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/24 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24107749D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- 02/21/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/26/24 House: House acceded to request
- 02/28/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/28/24 Senate: Senators: Salim, Hashmi, Pillion
- 02/28/24 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/28/24 House: Delegates: Cohen, Rasoul, Tata
- 03/05/24 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/05/24 House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N)
- 03/05/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 6-N)
- 03/06/24 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB509ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 444 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)