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Bill 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. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 854 Virginia SB 854 (2025)
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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
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Communications, Technology and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Communications, Technology and Innovation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Delegate Thomas Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (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; origin ocd-bill/02b14ebc-d76c-4f24-9439-a4f8659c2a66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).