VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2024 SESSION

• | print version

HB 498 School bd. policy; parental notification of responsibility of safe storage of firearms in household.

Introduced by: Laura Jane Cohen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

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. This bill is identical to SB 225.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104999D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24104999D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB498ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/08/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104999D
• 01/08/24  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/19/24  House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
• 01/23/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
• 01/24/24  House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Read first time
• 01/29/24  House: Read second time
• 01/29/24  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/29/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB498E
• 01/29/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24104999D-E
• 01/30/24  House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
• 01/30/24  House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
• 01/31/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/31/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/15/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/16/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/24  Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
• 02/22/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB498ER)
• 02/22/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/01/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
• 03/01/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
• 03/08/24  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 03/09/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/09/24  House: Passed by until Reconvene, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
• 04/17/24  House: House rejected Governor's recommendation paragraph #2 (0-Y 100-N)
• 04/17/24  House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
• 04/17/24  House: paragraph #3 ruled not germane
• 04/17/24  House: Communicated to Governor
• 04/17/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024