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: January 14, 2026
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Laura Jane Cohen (D); Joshua Cole (D); Atoosa Reaser (D);
Percentage of House of Delegates sponsoring bill: 3% (3 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| 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 |
| Introduced | Jan 7, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
