Virginia Senate Bill 854
Session 2025
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, responsibilities and prohibitions to minors.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on May 2, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
854
State
Virginia
Session
2025
Senate votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
An Act to amend and reenact § 59.1-575 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 59.1-577.1, relating to Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; responsibilities and prohibitions related to minors.
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; responsibilities and prohibitions related to minors. Requires that any controller or processor that operates a social media platform shall (i) use commercially reasonable methods, such as a neutral age screen mechanism, to determine whether a user is a minor younger than 16 years of age and (ii) limit any such minor's use of such social media platform to one hour per day, per service or application, and allow a parent to give verifiable parental consent to increase or decrease the daily time limit. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.
Chaptered
Governor's Recommendation
Enrolled
Delegate Thomas Substitute
Communications, Technology and Innovation Substitute
Communications, Technology and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute
General Laws and Technology Substitute
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
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05/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)
05/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 703 (Effective 01/01/26)
04/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
04/02/2025
Senate
Communicated to Governor
04/02/2025
House
Passed by for the day
04/02/2025
Senate
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
03/24/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's recommendation received by Senate
03/11/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
03/11/2025
Senate
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
03/10/2025
Senate
Signed by President
03/07/2025
House
Signed by Speaker
03/07/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
03/07/2025
Senate
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB854ER)
03/07/2025
Senate
Enrolled
02/20/2025
Senate
House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
02/20/2025
House
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
02/20/2025
House
Engrossed by House - floor substitute
02/20/2025
House
Delegate Thomas Substitute agreed to
02/20/2025
House
Communications, Technology and Innovation Substitute rejected
02/20/2025
House
Read third time
02/20/2025
House
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
02/20/2025
House
Floor substitute printed 25107828D-H2 (Thomas)
02/19/2025
House
Read second time
02/17/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
02/17/2025
House
Committee substitute printed 25107656D-H1
02/17/2025
House
Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
02/17/2025
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
02/13/2025
House
Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
02/06/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
02/06/2025
House
Read first time
02/06/2025
House
Placed on Calendar
02/03/2025
Senate
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/03/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
02/03/2025
Senate
Rules suspended
02/03/2025
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
02/03/2025
Senate
General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
02/03/2025
Senate
Reading of substitute waived
02/03/2025
Senate
Read second time
01/31/2025
Senate
Passed by for the day
01/31/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
01/31/2025
Senate
Rules suspended
01/30/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
01/29/2025
Senate
Committee substitute printed 25106371D-S1
01/29/2025
Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
01/14/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
01/03/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/03/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100432D
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