Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1048: School board policies; parental notification, safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms, etc.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1048 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School board policies; parental notification, safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms, etc. Primary sponsor: Stella Pekarsky (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Vetoed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and 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 (i) the importance of securely storing any prescription drug, as defined in relevant law, present in the household and (ii) the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household. The bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to HB 1678.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stella PekarskyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Ghazala F. HashmiCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kannan SrinivasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Vetoed by Governor
  2. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
  3. Communicated to Governor
  4. Passed by for the day
  5. Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  6. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  7. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
  8. Signed by President
  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1048)
  10. Enrolled
  11. Signed by Speaker
  12. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1048ER)

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source