republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-894.md

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Bill	Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc.	Charlie's Law to Protect All Students; private elementary and secondary schools; student codes of conduct, policies, and procedures relating to bullying and cyberbullying prevention. Requires each principal, headmaster, or other chief administrator of each private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth to include in such school's codes of student conduct policies and procedures (i) for addressing and handling instances of bullying and cyberbullying and (ii) that include a prohibition against bullying and a requirement to notify the parent of any student involved in a confirmed incident of bullying within 24 hours of confirming the incident of bullying. This bill incorporates HB 53 and is identical to SB 341.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 894	Virginia HB 894 (2026)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	9	53	12	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0050ca1d-50a7-4025-9580-2d4a04f420a7	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB894	69614c55908d109da98997d4d7a0878693a7ebd5a587deb4a58f9056d6ad2238	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 894 (2026) — Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc.

Charlie's Law to Protect All Students; private elementary and secondary schools; student codes of conduct, policies, and procedures relating to bullying and cyberbullying prevention. Requires each principal, headmaster, or other chief administrator of each private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth to include in such school's codes of student conduct policies and procedures (i) for addressing and handling instances of bullying and cyberbullying and (ii) that include a prohibition against bullying and a requirement to notify the parent of any student involved in a confirmed incident of bullying within 24 hours of confirming the incident of bullying. This bill incorporates HB 53 and is identical to SB 341.

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. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
8. Senator Boysko Substitute (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 8–6 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 72–24 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 65–30 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 23–16 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Education with substitute — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 25–15 (pass) · upper
• Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — 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 26104005D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894)
• 2026-02-05 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Incorporates HB53 (Cole, J.G.)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107679D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894)
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-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)
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108791D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894)
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Floor substitute printed 26108740D-S2 (Boysko)
• 2026-03-02 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-03 Floor offered Senator Boysko Substitute
• 2026-03-03 Senator Boysko Substitute withdrawn withdrawal
• 2026-03-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-03 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-05 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-09 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-11 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-11 Senate Conferees: Boysko, Favola, Head
• 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Sullivan, Dougherty, Whittle
• 2026-03-12 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 30-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB894ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 236 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0050ca1d-50a7-4025-9580-2d4a04f420a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).