HB 201 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 SB 109.

• Laura Jane Cohen Democratic · primary

1. Jan 7, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101358D · lower
2. Jan 7, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201) · lower
4. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
5. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) · lower
6. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) · lower
7. Jan 30, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
9. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
10. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
11. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
12. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) · upper
13. Feb 19, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
14. Feb 19, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108236D-S1 · upper
15. Feb 20, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
16. Feb 20, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 20, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
18. Feb 22, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201) · lower
19. Feb 23, 2026 Read third time · upper
20. Feb 23, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
21. Feb 23, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
22. Feb 23, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
23. Feb 25, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
24. Mar 2, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB201ER) · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201) · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088) · 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
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• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
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