HB 592 VA

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Alyssa's Law; public schools; wearable panic alarm systems permitted. Permits any school board to provide any school board employee in a public elementary or secondary school building in the local school division with a wearable panic alarm system, defined in the bill as a security system that is capable of being worn on the body of the user and by which the user manually activates a device that sends (i) a signal to the local 9-1-1 public safety answering point that indicates a school security emergency that requires immediate response and assistance from such public safety answering point and (ii) a multisensory schoolwide school security emergency notification, when appropriate.

• Shelly A. Simonds Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103594D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
4. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) · lower
5. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N) · lower
6. Feb 4, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education · lower
7. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB592) · lower
8. Feb 9, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
9. Feb 9, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107489D-H1 · lower
12. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB592) · lower
13. Feb 11, 2026 Read first time · lower
14. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · lower
15. Feb 12, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
16. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
17. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A) · lower
18. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
19. Feb 16, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
20. Feb 19, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
23. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
26. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 6, 2026 Enrolled · lower
28. Mar 6, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB592ER) · lower
29. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB592) · lower
30. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
33. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 2, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
35. Apr 2, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045) · 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
• Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML