republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-1515.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harmful materials; civil liability for publishing or distributing to minors on the Internet."
description: "Harmful materials; civil liability for publishing or distributing to minors on the Internet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1515"
citation: "Virginia SB 1515 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e45b29-cde8-499d-9a21-088c9280127b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1515"
source_hash: "5341260d92591a01ce1db121c4527c0cc00c615fa3b54b8a16af054bd0498ebd"
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 1515 (2023) — Harmful materials; civil liability for publishing or distributing to minors on the Internet.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0811** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0811)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 23107762D-S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1515S3)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104347D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1515)
4. **SB1515ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1515ER)
5. **SB1515S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1515S1)
6. **SB1515S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1515S2)

## Votes

- Committee amendment reconsidered (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (13-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104347D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Floor substitute printed 23106427D-S1 (Surovell)
- **2023-02-07** Floor substitute printed 23106425D-S2 (Edwards)
- **2023-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-07** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Motion to recommit to committee rejected
- **2023-02-07** Committee amendment reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-07** Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 23106427D-S1
- **2023-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1515S1
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1515ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107762D-S3
- **2023-04-12** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N) `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Communicated to Governor
- **2023-05-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 811 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0811)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96e45b29-cde8-499d-9a21-088c9280127b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).