HB 201 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household.

Summary
School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. Requires each school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message, of (i) the importance of securely storing any prescription drug, as defined in relevant law, present in the household and (ii) the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household. The bill also requires each parental notification to include information on (a) relevant state laws and regulations relating to safe firearm storage and child access to firearms and (b) firearm-related accidents, injuries, and deaths, including current statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or an equivalent nationally recognized entity or organization on youth firearm fatality rates. Finally, the bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to SB 109.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 7, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was formally approved and assigned Chapter 88 of the Virginia Acts of Assembly for the 2026 session. The approval date was updated to April 6, 2026, and the session header was adjusted to reflect the final enrolled status. These changes are administrative and confirm the bill's passage into law.
TECHNICAL

Updated the session header from 'Enrolled' to 'Chaptered' and added the specific chapter number (88).

Added the specific approval date of April 6, 2026, replacing the generic 'Approved' text.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 20, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB201ER)
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors