HB 1800 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Persons with disabilities; rights to the full and free use of public playgrounds.

Summary

Rights of persons with disabilities; public places; playgrounds. Clarifies that persons with disabilities have the same rights as other persons to the full and free use of public playgrounds.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill converts HB 1800 from an enrolled legislative bill into a chaptered act, making it officially part of the Virginia Code. The substantive content of the disability rights law remains unchanged, with only formatting and layout adjustments applied to the final published version.

TECHNICAL

Added chapter number (Chapter 378) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to indicate the bill has been officially enacted into law.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing throughout the text for proper publication formatting in the Virginia Acts of Assembly.

Removed session header information and replaced with standard chaptered act formatting.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Feb 7, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1800ER)

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N)

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N)

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Jan 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors