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| Bill | Public schools; student discipline and codes of conduct, etc. | Public schools; student discipline and codes of conduct; prevention of and response to cyberbullying; policies and procedures required. Requires the Board of Education to include in its guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct developed pursuant to applicable law standards for school board policies on cyberbullying, defined in the bill as bullying that occurs through the use of technology, including through cell phones and other electronic devices and technology capable of accessing the Internet. The bill requires each school board to expand on its policies and procedures relating to the prevention and prohibition of bullying that are included in its student conduct policies and procedures pursuant to relevant law by including policies and procedures that (i) address instances of cyberbullying that occur outside of school property between students enrolled in the school division; (ii) provide protections designed to ensure that any student who is a victim of or a witness to an instance of cyberbullying is not deterred from reporting or seeking support for such instance of cyberbullying by fears of retaliation, social alienation or rejection, or other negative treatment; and (iii) include a list of support services and resources available through each public school to any student who is a victim of cyberbullying relating to reporting and seeking support after experiencing an instance of cyberbullying. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 908 | Virginia SB 908 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 908 (2025) — Public schools; student discipline and codes of conduct, etc.
Public schools; student discipline and codes of conduct; prevention of and response to cyberbullying; policies and procedures required. Requires the Board of Education to include in its guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct developed pursuant to applicable law standards for school board policies on cyberbullying, defined in the bill as bullying that occurs through the use of technology, including through cell phones and other electronic devices and technology capable of accessing the Internet. The bill requires each school board to expand on its policies and procedures relating to the prevention and prohibition of bullying that are included in its student conduct policies and procedures pursuant to relevant law by including policies and procedures that (i) address instances of cyberbullying that occur outside of school property between students enrolled in the school division; (ii) provide protections designed to ensure that any student who is a victim of or a witness to an instance of cyberbullying is not deterred from reporting or seeking support for such instance of cyberbullying by fears of retaliation, social alienation or rejection, or other negative treatment; and (iii) include a list of support services and resources available through each public school to any student who is a victim of cyberbullying relating to reporting and seeking support after experiencing an instance of cyberbullying.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (90-Y 7-N) — 90–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102003D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB908)
- 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health (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 Engrossed by Senate
- 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 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 (7-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-17 Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-20 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-20 Passed House (90-Y 7-N)
passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB908ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB908)
- 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 438 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de06944d-a4c8-4d49-ba3d-d156561cbdeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).