SB 341 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 is identical to HB 894.

• Jennifer B. Boysko Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100250D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341) · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
5. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
6. Jan 30, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Jan 30, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Jan 30, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N 0-A) · upper
12. Feb 6, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
13. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
14. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
15. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
16. Mar 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
17. Mar 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) · lower
18. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) · lower
19. Mar 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108738D-H1 · lower
20. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341) · upper
21. Mar 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
22. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · lower
23. Mar 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
24. Mar 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
25. Mar 9, 2026 Passed House with substitute (66-Y 30-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 10, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
28. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB341ER) · upper
29. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
30. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341) · upper
31. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
32. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
33. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 237 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
35. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237) · 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
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML