republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-592.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 592	Virginia HB 592 (2026)	bill		enacted	Shelly A. Simonds	5	35	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/89d5e3c5-1ab2-4799-97d9-f9d10042b8d4	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB592	6cbad2f37e8a75cc61d932246634986927390cb8f1a3e7e6debb2c3b9295257e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/89d5e3c5-1ab2-4799-97d9-f9d10042b8d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).