---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools; wearable panic alarm systems."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 592"
citation: "Virginia HB 592 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d5e3c5-1ab2-4799-97d9-f9d10042b8d4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB592"
source_hash: "6cbad2f37e8a75cc61d932246634986927390cb8f1a3e7e6debb2c3b9295257e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 592 (2026) — Public schools; wearable panic alarm systems.

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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085107.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135820.PDF)
3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1215520.PDF)
4. **Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135816.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194073.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — **18–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- John Chilton McAuliff — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103594D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB592)
- **2026-02-09** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Committee substitute printed 26107489D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB592)
- **2026-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB592ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB592)
- **2026-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89d5e3c5-1ab2-4799-97d9-f9d10042b8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).