Public elementary and secondary schools & higher educational institutions; threat assessment teams.
Summary
Public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education; threat assessment teams; training on emergency substantial risk orders and substantial risk orders. Requires threat assessment teams for public elementary and secondary schools and for public institutions of higher education to receive specific education and training, within existing annual training, on the use of emergency substantial risk orders and substantial risk orders, as set forth in relevant law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2026
Signed Apr 2, 2026
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What changed between versions
Enrolled
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Chaptered
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2 edits
MINOR
The primary change is the conversion of the bill from an 'Enrolled' draft to the final 'Chaptered' version, which includes the official approval date of April 2, 2026, and the assignment of Chapter 46. The substantive legislative text regarding school safety, threat assessment teams, and firearm risk orders remains identical to the previous version, with no changes to policy, funding, or requirements.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document format and official enactment details were updated.
TECHNICAL
The document was updated from a draft 'Enrolled' status to the final 'Chaptered' status, adding the official approval date (April 2, 2026) and chapter number (Chapter 46).
Minor formatting adjustments were made to the header and title sections to reflect the final publication layout.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Feb 27, 2026
D
Democratic20
90% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1071ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 32-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (17-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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