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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 HB 201.
Introduced
Jan 2, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB109ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 20-N 0-A)
Floor offered Delegate Cohen Substitute
Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Delegate Cohen Floor substitute agreed to
committee amendments rejected
Read third time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109)
Floor substitute printed 26108675D-H1 (Cohen)
Read second time
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109)
Referred to Committee on Education
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100638D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Stella G. Pekarsky