SB 109 Virginia Senate · 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 HB 201.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 2, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill finalizes the legislative process for SB 109, assigning it Chapter 89 and setting an approval date of April 6, 2026. The primary substantive change is the removal of a specific requirement for school boards to include current CDC statistics on youth firearm fatalities in their annual parent notifications regarding safe storage.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on school board policies regarding parental notification, safe storage of drugs and firearms, and access to school facilities, with no change to the entities or subjects covered.
REQUIREMENT

Deleted the mandate for school boards to include specific current statistics on youth firearm fatalities from the CDC or equivalent organizations in their annual safety notifications to parents.

Added a new subsection (G.H.) requiring school boards to create policies allowing parents of twins or higher-order multiples to request that the children be placed in the same or separate classrooms.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to reflect its final chapter status (Chapter 89) and the specific approval date of April 6, 2026.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 2, 2026

How they voted

380
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Jan 23, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB109ER)
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Amended
committee amendments rejected
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Stella Pekarsky
Stella Pekarsky
DDemocratic
VA
36