HB 2541 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility, definitions, procurement requirements.

Summary
Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility. Makes numerous organizational changes to the Information Technology Access Act. The bill defines "information and communications technology" as it relates to digital accessibility, defined in the bill, for all persons with disabilities. The bill permits the head of each covered entity, defined in the bill, to designate an employee to serve as such covered entity's digital accessibility coordinator and provides that such digital accessibility coordinator is responsible for developing and implementing such covered entity's digital accessibility policy. The bill has delayed effective dates of April 24, 2026, and April 26, 2027, for specific covered entities according to population size.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enacted as Chapter 571, adding a specific approval date. The text includes minor grammatical corrections to improve clarity, such as fixing a sentence fragment and adding a comma. The substantive policy content regarding accessibility requirements, definitions, and implementation timelines remains unchanged from the previous version.
TECHNICAL

Minor grammatical corrections were made to fix a sentence fragment in the 'Assurance of accessibility' section and added a missing comma in the 'Procurement requirements' section.

The header was updated to include the specific chapter number (571) and the official approval date (March 24, 2025) to finalize the bill's enactment.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
14
Committee
8
Amendments
4
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 571 (Effective - see bill)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2541ER)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
General Laws and Technology Amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute and referred to Appropriations (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned CT & I sub: Technology and Innovation
lower
Jan 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
lower
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