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 Line	Patron	Date Routed
HB20	Photo speed monitoring devices; location.	Jones	01/03/2024
HB21	School crossing zones; expands definition of zones to include areas surrounding schools, etc.	Jones	01/03/2024
HB66	Public schools; fire drills, timing and frequency.	Campbell	01/03/2024
HB72	Public schools; threat assessment teams to meet annually with local chief law-enforcement officer.	Green	01/03/2024
HB147	Terrorism hoax incident, etc.; reimbursement of expenses incurred to localities.	Reid	01/03/2024
HB289	Concealed handgun; permit holder may store his firearms in motor vehicles in public parking lots.	Wiley	01/08/2024
HB 495	Board of Education; Standards of Quality; Standards of School Safety.	Garrett	01/09/2024
HB 521	Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments; civil penalty.	Laufer	01/09/2024
HB 532	Transportation projects; highway safety.	Seibold	01/09/2024
HB 533	Photo speed monitoring devices; location.	Seibold	01/09/2024
HB 561	Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety; school safety audit; requirements.	Askew	01/09/2024
HB 585	Home-based firearms dealers; prohibited near schools; penalties.	Mundon King	01/09/2024
SB 181	Public elementary and secondary schools; cardiac emergency response plans required; grant program.	Rouse	01/09/2024
HB 676	Department of Criminal Justice Services; school resource officers; establishment of minimum.	Runion	01/10/2024
HB 791	Pneumatic guns; penalties.	Henson	01/10/2024
HB 793	Reduction of speed limits; local authority.	Henson	01/10/2024
HB 905	Photo speed monitoring devices; location.	Shin	01/10/2024
HB 977	Expeditious resolution of complaints relating to certain student transportation safety issues.	Keys-Gamarra	01/10/2024
SB 336	Photo speed monitoring devices; high-risk intersection segments.	Roem	01/10/2024
HB 1017	Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.	Wilt	01/11/2024
HB 1046	School boards; parental notification of certain threats, behavior, and unlawful acts; panic alarms.	Batten	01/11/2024
HB 1071	Speed limits; expands authority of any locality to reduce limit to less than 25 miles per hour.	Carr	01/11/2024
HB 1072	School crossing zones.	Carr	01/11/2024
HB 1219	School boards; school resource officers; employment; participation in development and review.	Higgins	01/11/2024
HB 1230	Certain school board employees; possession of firearms on school property.	Zehr	01/11/2024
HB 1283	Students with individualized education programs or Section 504 Plans; emergency protocol and guide.	Willett	01/11/2024
SB 440	Employment of school protection officers in public schools.	Durant	01/14/2024
SB 535	School crossing zones.	Bagby	01/14/2024
SB 573	Virginia Public Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund and Program established.	Obenshain	01/14/2024
SB 575	Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.	Obenshain	01/14/2024
HB 1362	School bus video-monitoring system; citations.	Maldonado	01/16/2024
SB 656	Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat.	Favola	01/16/2024
HB 1528	Celeste's Law; school boards; bathroom check policy required.	Cordoza	01/24/2024