Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB201
Legislation Overview
Title: School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household.
Description: School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the local school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message within 30 calendar days succeeding the first day of each school year, 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 requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website.
Session: 2026 Regular Regular Session
Last Action: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201)
Last Action Date: February 22, 2026
Sponsors
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8 sponsors: Laura Jane Cohen (D); Joshua Cole (D); Atoosa Reaser (D); Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D); Nicole Cole (D);Michelle Maldonado (D); Marcia Price (D); Irene Shin (D);
Percentage of House of Delegates sponsoring bill: 8% (8 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 22, 2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201) |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2026 | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2026 | Rules suspended |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2026 | Senate committee offered |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2026 | Committee substitute printed 26108236D-S1 |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2026 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2026 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| House | Feb 3, 2026 | Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) |
| House | Feb 2, 2026 | Read second time and engrossed |
| House | Jan 30, 2026 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 28, 2026 | Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) |
| House | Jan 27, 2026 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 23, 2026 | Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| House | Jan 14, 2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB201) |
| House | Jan 7, 2026 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101358D |
| House | Jan 7, 2026 | Referred to Committee on Education |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 19, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 19, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 7, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) | 01/27/2026 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) | 01/28/2026 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) | 02/3/2026 | 62 | 35 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) | 02/19/2026 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) | 02/20/2026 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
