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Bill Internet Safety Advisory Council; established, Internet safety education program. School boards; Internet safety education program; Internet Safety Advisory Council established. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and appoint no more than 12 members to the Internet Safety Advisory Council and requires the Council to (i) develop, annually review, and update as necessary model policies, model instructional practices, and best practices for school boards relating to Internet safety and the safe use of media and technology by students and teachers in public schools; (ii) develop, post, and maintain on the Department of Education's website, and update as necessary, a webpage with links to instructional practices, curricula, and other teacher resources for the safe use of media and technology by students and teachers that school divisions may incorporate into their Internet safety instructional programs; and (iii) submit a report of its findings to the Board of Education and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 31, 2025. The provisions of the bill have an expiration date of July 1, 2026. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 905 Virginia SB 905 (2025)
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Virginia SB 905 (2025) — Internet Safety Advisory Council; established, Internet safety education program.

School boards; Internet safety education program; Internet Safety Advisory Council established. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and appoint no more than 12 members to the Internet Safety Advisory Council and requires the Council to (i) develop, annually review, and update as necessary model policies, model instructional practices, and best practices for school boards relating to Internet safety and the safe use of media and technology by students and teachers in public schools; (ii) develop, post, and maintain on the Department of Education's website, and update as necessary, a webpage with links to instructional practices, curricula, and other teacher resources for the safe use of media and technology by students and teachers that school divisions may incorporate into their Internet safety instructional programs; and (iii) submit a report of its findings to the Board of Education and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 31, 2025. The provisions of the bill have an expiration date of July 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. Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House with substitute (78-Y 18-N) — 7818 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 148 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101004D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB905)
  • 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105296D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-01-27 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB905)
  • 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Committee substitute printed 25107196D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB905)
  • 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 Education Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-20 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Passed House with substitute (78-Y 18-N) passage
  • 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 (SB905ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB905)
  • 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 Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1fd235fa-63c9-4dcb-b09b-56fda9f6f42f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).