Public schools; wearable panic alarm systems.
Summary
Alyssa's Law; public schools; wearable panic alarm systems permitted. Permits any school board to provide any school board employee in a public elementary or secondary school building in the local school division with a wearable panic alarm system, defined in the bill as a security system that is capable of being worn on the body of the user and by which the user manually activates a device that sends (i) a signal to the local 9-1-1 public safety answering point that indicates a school security emergency that requires immediate response and assistance from such public safety answering point and (ii) a multisensory schoolwide school security emergency notification, when appropriate.
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 13, 2026
Signed Apr 2, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was formally approved and assigned Chapter 45 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The approval date was set to April 2, 2026, and the bill was officially enacted into law as a new section in the Code of Virginia regarding wearable panic alarm systems in public schools.
Scope change
None; the substantive scope of the bill remains unchanged as it was only the status and formatting that were updated.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to reflect the official approval date of April 2, 2026, and assigned the chapter number 45.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Feb 27, 2026
D
Democratic20
90% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
12
Committee
10
Apr 2, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB592ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
Co
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
Virgil Thornton
DDemocratic
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