# Virginia HB1071: Public elementary and secondary schools & higher educational institutions; threat assessment teams. Virginia HB1071, Public elementary and secondary schools & higher educational institutions; threat assessment teams., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Amy J. Laufer (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-02 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-06). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1071-2026 - As of: 2026-11-06 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1071 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Public elementary and secondary schools & higher educational institutions; threat assessment teams. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-14 - Last action: 2026-04-02, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046) - Sponsor: Amy J. Laufer (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (160 yes, 59 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## 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 overview: provisions PRIA read - K-12 threat teams and parent notice: benefit, medium. Local school boards must adopt threat assessment policies that match the state model and include referral to health providers. Each school must have a trained team with counseling, administration, and law enforcement expertise; new members train at the start and all members refresh every three year… - Campus threat teams and quick alerts: benefit, low. Public colleges must adopt campus violence prevention policies and set up a committee that defines reporting and intervention steps. Each college must have a threat assessment team with law enforcement, mental health, and student affairs or HR members. Team members finish at least eight hours of tr… - New state center for school safety: benefit, low. The law creates the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety inside the Department of Criminal Justice Services. All state agencies must help the Center when asked. The Center and the Superintendent of Public Instruction must sign an agreement to coordinate audits and prevention work. The Cente… - Training, tools, and data for schools: benefit, low. The Center trains school staff on safety, anti‑bullying, and spotting students at risk. It provides a model policy for threat assessment teams that includes training on emergency substantial risk orders. The Center builds a critical incident response training program for public school staff and off… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Amy J. Laufer (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 21 | 19 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 12 | 3 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 64 | 32 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | Reported from Education | pass | 17 | 4 | | | 2026-02-03 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 9 | 1 | | ## Actions (27) - 2026-04-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046) (Governor) - 2026-04-02: Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-09: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1071) (House) - 2026-03-09: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1071ER) (House) - 2026-03-09: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-09: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-02: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-09: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2026-02-06: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-04: Reported from Education (17-Y 4-N) (House) - 2026-02-03: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) (House) - 2026-01-30: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-19: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1071) (House) - 2026-01-14: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2026-01-14: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102756D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1215529.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1215528.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194512.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194511.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087321.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087318.PDF) ## Related bills - HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1215529.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1215528.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194512.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194511.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087321.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087318.PDF) ## Related - [HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB20-2026) - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB1011: Compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1011-2026) - [HB848: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB848-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1071-2026 (as of 2026-11-06).