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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 incorporates HB 53 and is identical to SB 341."
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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: "HB 894"
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citation: "Virginia HB 894 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 12
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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/0050ca1d-50a7-4025-9580-2d4a04f420a7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB894"
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source_hash: "69614c55908d109da98997d4d7a0878693a7ebd5a587deb4a58f9056d6ad2238"
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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 HB 894 (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 incorporates HB 53 and is identical to SB 341.
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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/1086352.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216941.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209171.HTML)
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4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209167.PDF)
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5. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139933.PDF)
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6. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186352.PDF)
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7. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1138191.PDF)
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8. **Senator Boysko Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187573.PDF)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213670.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **72–24** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **28–11** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **65–30** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **0–98** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **18–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **25–15** (pass) · upper
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (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 26104005D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894)
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- **2026-02-05** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Incorporates HB53 (Cole, J.G.)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107679D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894)
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute printed 26108791D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Floor substitute printed 26108740D-S2 (Boysko)
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- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-03** Floor offered Senator Boysko Substitute
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- **2026-03-03** Senator Boysko Substitute withdrawn `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-11** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-11** Senate Conferees: Boysko, Favola, Head
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Sullivan, Dougherty, Whittle
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- **2026-03-12** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 30-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB894ER) `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 (HB894)
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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 236 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236)
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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/0050ca1d-50a7-4025-9580-2d4a04f420a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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