2024 General Assembly Session

School Safety and Security Related Legislation

Fairfax County Public Schools, Office of Government Relations

This page tracks all the School Safety and Security related legislation considered during the 2024 General Assembly Session. Summaries are linked to the Division of Legislative Services’ web pages for text, up-to-date summary information, and fiscal impact statements. If a bill of interest is not found in one category, please check another as legislation often can fit under multiple categories.

Legislation signed by the Governor will go into effect on July 1, 2024, unless otherwise specified in the legislation itself.

UPDATED: 01/21/2024

School Safety and Security - ACTIVE

Bill #Catch LinePatronDate Routed
HB20Photo speed monitoring devices; location.Jones01/03/2024
HB21School crossing zones; expands definition of zones to include areas surrounding schools, etc.Jones01/03/2024
HB66Public schools; fire drills, timing and frequency.Campbell01/03/2024
HB72Public schools; threat assessment teams to meet annually with local chief law-enforcement officer.Green01/03/2024
HB147Terrorism hoax incident, etc.; reimbursement of expenses incurred to localities.Reid01/03/2024
HB289Concealed handgun; permit holder may store his firearms in motor vehicles in public parking lots.Wiley01/08/2024
HB 495Board of Education; Standards of Quality; Standards of School Safety.Garrett01/09/2024
HB 521Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments; civil penalty.Laufer01/09/2024
HB 532Transportation projects; highway safety.Seibold01/09/2024
HB 533Photo speed monitoring devices; location.Seibold01/09/2024
HB 561Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety; school safety audit; requirements.Askew01/09/2024
HB 585Home-based firearms dealers; prohibited near schools; penalties.Mundon King01/09/2024
SB 181Public elementary and secondary schools; cardiac emergency response plans required; grant program.Rouse01/09/2024
HB 676Department of Criminal Justice Services; school resource officers; establishment of minimum.Runion01/10/2024
HB 791Pneumatic guns; penalties.Henson01/10/2024
HB 793Reduction of speed limits; local authority.Henson01/10/2024
HB 905Photo speed monitoring devices; location.Shin01/10/2024
HB 977Expeditious resolution of complaints relating to certain student transportation safety issues.Keys-Gamarra01/10/2024
SB 336Photo speed monitoring devices; high-risk intersection segments.Roem01/10/2024
HB 1017Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.Wilt01/11/2024
HB 1046School boards; parental notification of certain threats, behavior, and unlawful acts; panic alarms.Batten01/11/2024
HB 1071Speed limits; expands authority of any locality to reduce limit to less than 25 miles per hour.Carr01/11/2024
HB 1072School crossing zones.Carr01/11/2024
HB 1219School boards; school resource officers; employment; participation in development and review.Higgins01/11/2024
HB 1230Certain school board employees; possession of firearms on school property.Zehr01/11/2024
HB 1283Students with individualized education programs or Section 504 Plans; emergency protocol and guide.Willett01/11/2024
SB 440Employment of school protection officers in public schools.Durant01/14/2024
SB 535School crossing zones.Bagby01/14/2024
SB 573Virginia Public Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund and Program established.Obenshain01/14/2024
SB 575Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.Obenshain01/14/2024
HB 1362School bus video-monitoring system; citations.Maldonado01/16/2024
SB 656Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat.Favola01/16/2024
HB 1528Celeste's Law; school boards; bathroom check policy required.Cordoza01/24/2024