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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

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

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
Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea Peake, Mark (R) Yea Perry, Russet (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Yea Stuart, Richard (R) Yea Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)	02/1/2024	9	6	0	0	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Durant, Tara (R) Nay Favola, Barbara (D) Yea Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea Head, Chris (R) Nay Locke, Mamie (D) Yea Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea New Craig, Christie (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea Pillion, Todd (R) Nay Suetterlein, David (R) Nay VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)	02/6/2024	23	16	0	1	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Nay Brewer, Emily (R) Nay Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea DeSteph, Bill (R) Nay Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Diggs, J.D. (R) Yea Durant, Tara (R) Nay Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea French, Timmy (R) Nay Hackworth, Travis (R) Nay Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea Head, Chris (R) Nay Locke, Mamie (D) Yea Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea Marsden, Dave (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay McGuire, John (R) Absent McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea New Craig, Christie (R) Nay Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea Perry, Russet (D) Yea Pillion, Todd (R) Nay Reeves, Bryce (R) Nay Roem, Danica (D) Yea Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Nay Stuart, Richard (R) Yea Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea Suetterlein, David (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Yea VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)	02/20/2024	6	2	0	0	Yes
Askew, Alex (D) Yea Cherry, Mike (R) Nay Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea Green, William (R) Nay LeVere Bolling, Destiny (D) Yea Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House: Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N)	02/21/2024	14	8	0	0	Yes
Askew, Alex (D) Yea Batten, Amanda (R) Nay Cherry, Mike (R) Nay Clark, Nadarius (D) Yea Cohen, Laura Jane (D) Yea Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea Ennis, Baxter (R) Yea Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Nay Freitas, Nicholas (R) Nay Garrett, Thomas (R) Nay Green, William (R) Nay Laufer, Amy (D) Yea LeVere Bolling, Destiny (D) Yea McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea Scott, Phillip (R) Nay Sewell, Briana (D) Yea Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea Zehr, Eric (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N)	02/26/2024	53	43	0	4	Yes
Anthony, Bonita (D) Yea Arnold, Jonathan (R) Nay Askew, Alex (D) Yea Austin, Terry (R) Nay Ballard, Jason (R) Nay Batten, Amanda (R) Nay Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Bloxom, Robert (R) Nay Bulova, David (D) Yea Callsen, Katrina (D) Yea Campbell, Ellen (R) Nay Carr, Betsy (D) Yea Cherry, Mike (R) Nay Clark, Nadarius (D) Yea Cohen, Laura Jane (D) Yea Cole, Joshua (D) Yea Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Nay Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea Davis, William (R) Nay Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea Earley, Mark (R) Nay Ennis, Baxter (R) Absent Feggans, Michael (D) Yea Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Nay Fowler, Hyland (R) Nay Freitas, Nicholas (R) Nay Gardner, Debra (D) Yea Garrett, Thomas (R) Nay Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Nay Glass, Jackie (D) Yea Green, William (R) Nay Griffin, Tim (R) Nay Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea Helmer, Dan (D) Yea Henson, Rozia (D) Yea Hernandez, Phil (D) Yea Herring, Charniele (D) Yea Higgins, Geary (R) Nay Hodges, M. Keith (R) Nay Hope, Patrick (D) Yea Jones, Michael (D) Yea Keys-Gamarra, Karen (D) Yea Kilgore, Terry (R) Nay Knight, Barry (R) Nay Krizek, Paul (D) Yea Laufer, Amy (D) Yea LeVere Bolling, Destiny (D) Yea Leftwich, James (R) Nay Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea Lovejoy, Ian (R) Nay Marshall, Daniel (R) Nay Martinez, Fernando (D) Yea McClure, Adele (D) Yea McNamara, Joseph (R) Nay McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea Milde, Paul (R) Nay Morefield, James (R) Nay Mundon King, Candi (D) Yea O'Quinn, Israel (R) Nay Oates, Delores (R) Absent Obenshain, Joseph (R) Nay Orrock, Robert (R) Nay Owen, David (R) Yea Phillips, Eric (R) Nay Price, Marcia (D) Yea Pugh Kent, Hillary (R) Nay Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea Reid, David (D) Yea Runion, Chris (R) Nay Scott, Don (D) Yea Scott, Phillip (R) Nay Seibold, Holly (D) Yea Sewell, Briana (D) Yea Shin, Irene (D) Absent Sickles, Mark (D) Yea Simon, Marcus (D) Yea Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea Taylor, Kim (R) Yea Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea Torian, Luke (D) Yea Tran, Kathy (D) Yea Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Nay Walker, Wendell (R) Absent Ward, Jeion (D) Yea Ware, Lee (R) Nay Watts, Vivian (D) Yea Webert, Michael (R) Nay Wiley, Bill (R) Nay Willett, Rodney (D) Yea Williams, Wren (R) Nay Wilt, Tony (R) Nay Wright, Thomas (R) Nay Wyatt, Scott (R) Nay Zehr, Eric (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)	02/28/2024	20	19	0	1	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Nay Brewer, Emily (R) Nay Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea DeSteph, Bill (R) Nay Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Diggs, J.D. (R) Yea Durant, Tara (R) Nay Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea French, Timmy (R) Nay Hackworth, Travis (R) Nay Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea Head, Chris (R) Nay Locke, Mamie (D) Yea Lucas, L. Louise (D) Nay Marsden, Dave (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay McGuire, John (R) Nay McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea New Craig, Christie (R) Nay Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea Perry, Russet (D) Yea Pillion, Todd (R) Nay Reeves, Bryce (R) Nay Roem, Danica (D) Yea Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Nay Stuart, Richard (R) Nay Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea Suetterlein, David (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Yea VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Absent
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)	04/17/2024	19	21	0	0	No
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Nay Bagby, Lamont (D) Nay Boysko, Jennifer (D) Nay Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Yea Brewer, Emily (R) Yea Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Nay DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Nay Diggs, J.D. (R) Yea Durant, Tara (R) Yea Ebbin, Adam (D) Nay Favola, Barbara (D) Nay French, Timmy (R) Yea Hackworth, Travis (R) Yea Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Nay Head, Chris (R) Yea Locke, Mamie (D) Nay Lucas, L. Louise (D) Nay Marsden, Dave (D) Nay McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea McGuire, John (R) Yea McPike, Jeremy (D) Nay New Craig, Christie (R) Yea Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea Peake, Mark (R) Yea Pekarsky, Stella (D) Nay Perry, Russet (D) Nay Pillion, Todd (R) Yea Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea Roem, Danica (D) Nay Rouse, Aaron (D) Nay Salim, Saddam (D) Nay Stanley, William (R) Yea Stuart, Richard (R) Yea Sturtevant, Glen (R) Yea Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Nay Suetterlein, David (R) Yea Surovell, Scott (D) Nay VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Nay Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page