Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1678
Legislation Overview
Title: School board policies; parental notification; 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: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N)
Last Action Date: January 15, 2025
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Laura Jane Cohen (D); Atoosa Reaser (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 15, 2025 | Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) |
| House | Jan 14, 2025 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 10, 2025 | Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| House | Jan 3, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100390D |
| House | Jan 3, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Education |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 3, 2025 | 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 (8-Y 0-N) | 01/14/2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) | 01/15/2025 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
