Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB225
Legislation Overview
Title: School bd. policy; parental notification of responsibility of safe storage of firearms in household.
Subject: Education: Firearms: School Boards
Description: School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of 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 the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household, risks associated with improperly stored firearms, statistics relating to firearm-related accidents, injuries, and death among youth, and other tips and strategies. The bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
Last Action Date: April 17, 2024
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Stella Pekarsky (D); Barbara Favola (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
Chamber | Date | Action |
Senate | Apr 17, 2024 | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) |
Apr 17, 2024 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 | |
Senate | Apr 17, 2024 | Communicated to Governor |
Senate | Mar 26, 2024 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
Mar 11, 2024 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
Senate | Mar 11, 2024 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
Senate | Mar 7, 2024 | Signed by President |
Senate | Mar 4, 2024 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB225ER) |
House | Mar 4, 2024 | Signed by Speaker |
Senate | Mar 4, 2024 | Enrolled |
Senate | Feb 28, 2024 | Title replaced 24108005D-H1 |
Senate | Feb 28, 2024 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) |
House | Feb 26, 2024 | Committee substitute agreed to 24108005D-H1 |
House | Feb 26, 2024 | VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N) |
House | Feb 26, 2024 | Passed House with substitute (53-Y 43-N) |
House | Feb 26, 2024 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB225H1 |
House | Feb 26, 2024 | Read third time |
House | Feb 23, 2024 | Read second time |
House | Feb 21, 2024 | Committee substitute printed 24108005D-H1 |
House | Feb 21, 2024 | Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N) |
House | Feb 20, 2024 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) |
House | Feb 15, 2024 | Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
House | Feb 13, 2024 | Placed on Calendar |
House | Feb 13, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Education |
House | Feb 13, 2024 | Read first time |
Senate | Feb 6, 2024 | Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) |
Senate | Feb 5, 2024 | Read second time and engrossed |
Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
Senate | Feb 1, 2024 | Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
Senate | Jan 24, 2024 | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education |
Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Rereferred from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) |
Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Rereferred to Education and Health |
Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
Senate | Jan 8, 2024 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Senate | Jan 8, 2024 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104957D |
Texts
Type | Date | State Link | Text |
Enrolled | Mar 4, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Comm Sub | Feb 21, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Prefiled | Jan 8, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
Governors recommendation | Governors recommendation | Mar 28, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Substitute for SB225 Education, K-12 Subcommittee | Substitute for SB225 Education, K-12 Subcommittee | Feb 20, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
Senate: Rereferred from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) | 01/17/2024 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) | 02/1/2024 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) | 02/6/2024 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) | 02/20/2024 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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House: Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N) | 02/21/2024 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N) | 02/26/2024 | 53 | 43 | 0 | 4 | Yes |
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Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) | 02/28/2024 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/17/2024 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page