Laura Jane Cohen
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 15
Primary
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.
School board policies; parental notification;safe storage of firearms in the household. Requires each localschool board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the localschool division, to be sent by email and SMS text message within30 calendar days succeeding the first day of each school year, ofthe parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm presentin the household, risks associated with improperly stored firearms,statistics relating to firearm-related accidents, injuries, and deathamong youth, and other tips and strategies. The bill requires eachschool board to make such parental notification available in multiplelanguages on its website.
House rejected Governor's recommendation paragraph #2 (0-Y 100-N)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
Communicated to Governor
paragraph #3 ruled not germane
VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
Placed on Calendar
Passed by until Reconvene, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Governor's recommendation received by House
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
Signed by President
Impact statement from DPB (HB498ER)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB498ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB498E)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
Read second time
Printed as engrossed 24104999D-E
Engrossed by House as amended HB498E
Committee amendment agreed to
Read first time
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Impact statement from DPB (HB498)
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104999D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104999D | PDF HTML |
| Printed as engrossed 24104999D-E | PDF HTML |
| HB498ER | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB498FER122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB498FE122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB498F122.PDF | |
| Amendment: HB498AH | HTML |
| Amendment: HB498AG | HTML |
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