Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB109
Legislation Overview
Title: School boards; parental notification, safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in household.
Description: School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in 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 the role of firearms in suicides, tips and resources for seeking help for a child that may be a danger to himself and others, and current statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on youth firearm fatality rates. Finally, the bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website.
Session: 2026 Regular Regular Session
Last Action: Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Last Action Date: March 2, 2026
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Stella Pekarsky (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 2, 2026 | Floor substitute printed 26108675D-H1 (Cohen) |
| House | Mar 2, 2026 | Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) |
| House | Mar 2, 2026 | Delegate Cohen Floor substitute agreed to |
| House | Mar 2, 2026 | committee amendments rejected |
| House | Mar 2, 2026 | Read third time |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109) |
| House | Mar 2, 2026 | Floor offered Delegate Cohen Substitute |
| House | Feb 27, 2026 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 25, 2026 | Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) |
| House | Feb 24, 2026 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB109) |
| House | Feb 3, 2026 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 3, 2026 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 3, 2026 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2026 | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) |
| Senate | Jan 26, 2026 | Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) |
| Senate | Jan 26, 2026 | Engrossed by Senate |
| Senate | Jan 26, 2026 | Read second time |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | Rules suspended |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2026 | Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 15, 2026 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| Senate | Jan 2, 2026 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100638D |
| Senate | Jan 2, 2026 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Mar 2, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 2, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment | K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Education Amendment | Education Amendment | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N) | 01/22/2026 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) | 01/23/2026 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) | 01/27/2026 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) | 02/24/2026 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) | 02/25/2026 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) | 03/2/2026 | 64 | 35 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
