Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc.
Summary
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 is identical to HB 894.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions
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2 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and assigned Chapter 237 for the 2026 session. A minor technical correction was made to the text, changing 'laws' to 'law' in the first subsection to ensure grammatical consistency.
TECHNICAL
Corrected a grammatical error by changing the plural 'laws' to the singular 'law' in the list of requirements for school policies.
Added the official approval date of April 6, 2026, and the chapter number 237 to the legislative record.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 9, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Jan 30, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 237 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB341ER)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (66-Y 30-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N 0-A)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
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