HB 894 VA

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Charlie's Law to Protect All Students; private elementary and secondary schools; student codes of conduct, policies, and procedures relating to bullying and cyberbullying prevention. Requires each principal, headmaster, or other chief administrator of each private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth to include in such school's codes of student conduct policies and procedures (i) for addressing and handling instances of bullying and cyberbullying and (ii) that include a prohibition against bullying and a requirement to notify the parent of any student involved in a confirmed incident of bullying within 24 hours of confirming the incident of bullying. This bill incorporates HB 53 and is identical to SB 341.

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104005D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 11, 2026 Incorporates HB53 (Cole, J.G.) · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N) · lower
8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107679D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
17. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-N) · upper
18. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108791D-S1 · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) · lower
23. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26108740D-S2 (Boysko) · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
26. Mar 3, 2026 Read third time · upper
27. Mar 3, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
28. Mar 3, 2026 Floor offered Senator Boysko Substitute · upper
29. Mar 3, 2026 Senator Boysko Substitute withdrawn · upper
30. Mar 3, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 3, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 5, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 9, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
34. Mar 9, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
35. Mar 10, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
36. Mar 11, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
37. Mar 11, 2026 Senate Conferees: Boysko, Favola, Head · upper
38. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
39. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Sullivan, Dougherty, Whittle · lower
40. Mar 12, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
41. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N 0-A) · upper
42. Mar 13, 2026 Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
43. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) · upper
44. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 30-N 0-A) · lower
45. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
46. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB894ER) · lower
47. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
48. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) · lower
49. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
50. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
51. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
52. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 236 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
53. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Senator Boysko Substitute · PDF
• Senator Boysko Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML