---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, responsibilities and prohibitions to minors."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 854"
citation: "Virginia SB 854 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02b14ebc-d76c-4f24-9439-a4f8659c2a66"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB854"
source_hash: "67f14399a0ce7c90927ce60f5f0743053ecd772c4c61d83d05dbc3c00df44471"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 854 (2025) — Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, responsibilities and prohibitions 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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013618.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079855.PDF)
3. **Communications, Technology and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054427.PDF)
4. **Communications, Technology and Innovation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054827.PDF)
5. **Delegate Thomas Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1063530.PDF)
6. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034769.PDF)
7. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073673.HTML)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068520.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100432D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106371D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-03** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Assigned CT & I sub: Communications `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Committee substitute printed 25107656D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
- **2025-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Floor substitute printed 25107828D-H2 (Thomas)
- **2025-02-20** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Communications, Technology and Innovation Substitute rejected
- **2025-02-20** Delegate Thomas Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- **2025-02-20** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
- **2025-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB854ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB854)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 703 (Effective 01/01/26) `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02b14ebc-d76c-4f24-9439-a4f8659c2a66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).