republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-817.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public schools; use of digital devices.	Department of Education; Department of Health;guidelines for use of digital devices in public schools. Requiresthe Department of Education, in collaboration with the Departmentof Health and medical professional societies, to develop and implementhealth and safety best practice guidelines for the use of digitaldevices in public schools no later than the 2021 - 2022 school year.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 817	Virginia HB 817 (2020)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	4	34	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3d05112e-6a5c-406e-afdd-1ac8beb3e356	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB817	df6d8b88fa5dffe837ba6fed0ab084d558560dcbb5b528737d619ec90c8c708a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 817 (2020) — Public schools; use of digital devices.

Department of Education; Department of Health;guidelines for use of digital devices in public schools. Requiresthe Department of Education, in collaboration with the Departmentof Health and medical professional societies, to develop and implementhealth and safety best practice guidelines for the use of digitaldevices in public schools no later than the 2021 - 2022 school year.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB817ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB817E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB817) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N 1-A) — 84–13 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 13-N) — 82–13 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N 1-A) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104624D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB817)
• 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB817E
• 2020-01-30 Printed as engrossed 20104624D-E
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-31 VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB817E)
• 2020-02-11 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate amendments agreed to by House (83-Y 13-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 13-N)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB817ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d05112e-6a5c-406e-afdd-1ac8beb3e356. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).