SB 109 VA

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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.

• Stella G. Pekarsky Democratic · primary

1. Jan 2, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100638D · upper
2. Jan 2, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 15, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N) · upper
5. Jan 23, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
6. Jan 23, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
7. Jan 23, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Jan 23, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
9. Jan 26, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Jan 26, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Jan 26, 2026 Engrossed by Senate · upper
12. Jan 27, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 3, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
14. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
15. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
16. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109) · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) · lower
18. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) · lower
19. Feb 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
20. Mar 2, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26108675D-H1 (Cohen) · lower
21. Mar 2, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Cohen Substitute · lower
22. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109) · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · lower
24. Mar 2, 2026 committee amendments rejected · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Delegate Cohen Floor substitute agreed to · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 4, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 20-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 4, 2026 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 4, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled · lower
31. Mar 10, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB109ER) · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109) · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
34. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by President · upper
35. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
36. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
37. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
38. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089) · 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
• Delegate Cohen Substitute · PDF
• Delegate Cohen Substitute · HTML
• Education Amendment · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML