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 by for the day (Voice Vote)
Last Action Date: January 23, 2026
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Stella Pekarsky (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | Rules suspended |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| 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 |
| Introduced | Jan 2, 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 |
| 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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Link: link to state bill page
