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type: "Bill"
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title: "Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc."
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description: "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 is identical to HB 894."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 341"
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citation: "Virginia SB 341 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ee8749f-5b39-42eb-b6f8-69257551addc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB341"
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source_hash: "e342e4023d29e0164fb303e6255c67a07c56d8878564dc1243e19d3a42ba65b8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 341 (2026) — Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc.
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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 is identical to HB 894.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089681.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216957.PDF)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1192116.PDF)
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4. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190140.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209900.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **66–30** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **34–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **14–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100250D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341)
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Committee substitute printed 26108738D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341)
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- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed House with substitute (66-Y 30-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB341ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 237 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ee8749f-5b39-42eb-b6f8-69257551addc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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