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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62352</law_id><section_number>22.1-289.056</section_number><catch_line>Storage of firearms in certain family day homes</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14.1">Early Childhood Care and Education</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Facilities and Programs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>During hours of operation, all firearms in a <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> licensed pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of participants or children; posting of licenses" href="/22.1-289.011/">22.1-289.011</a> or voluntarily registered pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of participants or children; posting of licenses" href="/22.1-289.011/">22.1-289.011</a> or in a <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> approved by a <span class="dictionary">family day system</span> shall be stored unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet, and all ammunition shall be stored in a separate locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The key or combination to such locked containers, compartments, or cabinets shall be inaccessible to all children in the home.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 910, 911, &#xA7; 63.2-1701.01.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
