VA HB2137 | 2019 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 2137 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; terminology. Replaces the term "hearing impaired" and its variations with "deaf or hard of hearing" and "hearing loss" throughout the Code of Virginia. The bill also renames the Virginia Hearing Impairment Identification and Monitoring System as the Virginia Hearing Loss Identification

Title

Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; replaces certain terminology.

Roll Calls

2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288)
2019-03-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 288 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-28	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
2019-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2137ER)
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled
2019-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2019-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-28	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-25	House	Printed as engrossed 19101301D-E
2019-01-25	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2137E
2019-01-25	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-01-25	House	Read second time
2019-01-24	House	Read first time
2019-01-22	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101301D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	152.4:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	213	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	214	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	217.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	319	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	6528	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	64.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	64.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	342	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	5	44	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	5	45	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2600	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	384.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2137
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2137+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2137E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2137ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0288+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H12V0027+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV1912+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0299+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0724HB2137+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0743HB2137+HB2137