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School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. Requires each school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message, of (i) the importance of securely storing any prescription drug, as defined in relevant law, present in the household and (ii) the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household. The bill also requires each parental notification to include information on (a) relevant state laws and regulations relating to safe firearm storage and child access to firearms and (b) firearm-related accidents, injuries, and deaths, including current statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or an equivalent nationally recognized entity or organization on youth firearm fatality rates. Finally, the bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to SB 109.
Introduced
Jan 7, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 7 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB201ER)
Signed by Speaker
Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 0-A)
Read third time
Education and Health Substitute agreed to
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate committee offered
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108236D-S1
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101358D
Referred to Committee on Education
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Atoosa R. Reaser
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Michelle Lopes Maldonado
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
Joshua G. Cole