School bd. policy; parental notification of responsibility of safe storage of firearms in household.
Summary
School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of firearms in the household. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the local school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message within 30 calendar days succeeding the first day of each school year, of the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household, risks associated with improperly stored firearms, statistics relating to firearm-related accidents, injuries, and death among youth, and other tips and strategies. The bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to SB 225.
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Vetoed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2024
How they voted
22–17
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
12
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House rejected Governor's recommendation paragraph #2 (0-Y 100-N)
lower
Mar 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by until Reconvene, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
lower
Feb 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB498ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB498E
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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