Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 894
Private elementary and secondary schools; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, etc.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (Democratic)
Cosponsors (4)
- Virgil Thornton (Democratic)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (Democratic)
- Joshua G. Cole (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED
Charlie's Law to Protect All Students; private elementary and secondary schools; student codes of conduct, policies, and procedures relating to bullying and cyberbullying prevention. Requires each principal, headmaster, or other chief administrator of each private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth to include in such school's codes of student conduct policies and procedures (i) for addressing and handling instances of bullying and cyberbullying and (ii) that include a prohibition against bullying and a requirement to notify the parent of any student involved in a confirmed incident of bullying within 24 hours of confirming the incident of bullying. This bill incorporates HB 53 and is identical to SB 341.
Text versions
- Introduced
- K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute
- Education Substitute
- Education and Health Substitute
- Senator Boysko Substitute
- Conference Report Substitute
- Conference Report
- Enrolled
- Chaptered
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 Senate | Adopt Conference Committee Report R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 13, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 13, 2026 Senate | Reconsider R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 13, 2026 Senate | Adopt Conference Committee Report R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 9, 2026 Senate | Insist & Request R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 5, 2026 House | H VOTE: | fail | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 3, 2026 Senate | Passage R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 27, 2026 Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 26, 2026 Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 17, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 11, 2026 House | Reported from Education with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 10, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Apr 6, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236) - Apr 6, 2026
Approved by Governor-Chapter 236 (effective 7/1/2026) - Mar 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Signed by Speaker - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Signed by President - Mar 30, 2026 · House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB894ER) - Mar 30, 2026 · House
Enrolled - Mar 13, 2026 · House
Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 30-N 0-A) - Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) - Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N 0-A) - Mar 12, 2026 · Legislature
Conference Report released - Mar 12, 2026 · House
House Conferees: Sullivan, Dougherty, Whittle - Mar 12, 2026 · House
Conferees appointed by House - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
Senate Conferees: Boysko, Favola, Head - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate - Mar 10, 2026 · House
House acceded to request - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Senate requested conference committee - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 5, 2026 · House
Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A) - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A) - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Senator Boysko Substitute withdrawn - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Floor offered Senator Boysko Substitute - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Education and Health Substitute agreed to - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Read third time - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Floor substitute printed 26108740D-S2 (Boysko) - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Read third time - Mar 2, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute printed 26108791D-S1 - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended - Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-N) - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A) - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Feb 16, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Read second time - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Read first time - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26107679D-H1 - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N) - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Incorporates HB53 (Cole, J.G.) - Feb 10, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) - Feb 5, 2026 · House
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB894) - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on Education - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104005D