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Bill School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. 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. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 201 Virginia HB 201 (2026)
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Virginia HB 201 (2026) — School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household.

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.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 6235 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 73 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education — 147 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6433 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 2018 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 96 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
  • Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101358D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201)
  • 2026-01-23 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
  • 2026-01-28 Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-19 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108236D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201)
  • 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-23 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-25 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-02 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB201ER) passage
  • 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-02 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201)
  • 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
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca2c343f-a9d6-4645-9448-710b6f48f32d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).