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Bill Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account. Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation; trust account. Requires that a child under the age of 16 who meets certain criteria specified in the bill to be considered a child engaged in the work of content creation be compensated by the content creator, defined in the bill, whose video content includes such child's likeness, name, or photograph. The bill requires the content creator to set aside gross earnings on the video content that includes the likeness, name, or photograph of the child in a trust account to be preserved for the benefit of the child upon attaining 18 years of age or having been declared emancipated. The bill also requires the content creator to maintain certain records specified in the bill and provide them to the child and the holder of the trust account on an ongoing basis. The bill also allows the child, or his parent or guardian on behalf of such child, to commence a civil action if the content creator fails to maintain the required records and to enforce the provisions of law related to the trust account. This bill incorporates SB 840 and is identical to HB 2401. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 998 Virginia SB 998 (2025)
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Virginia SB 998 (2025) — Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account.

Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation; trust account. Requires that a child under the age of 16 who meets certain criteria specified in the bill to be considered a child engaged in the work of content creation be compensated by the content creator, defined in the bill, whose video content includes such child's likeness, name, or photograph. The bill requires the content creator to set aside gross earnings on the video content that includes the likeness, name, or photograph of the child in a trust account to be preserved for the benefit of the child upon attaining 18 years of age or having been declared emancipated. The bill also requires the content creator to maintain certain records specified in the bill and provide them to the child and the holder of the trust account on an ongoing basis. The bill also allows the child, or his parent or guardian on behalf of such child, to commence a civil action if the content creator fails to maintain the required records and to enforce the provisions of law related to the trust account. This bill incorporates SB 840 and is identical to HB 2401.

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. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Governor Substitute Not Adopted (committee substitute) — source
  6. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  7. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 1210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House with substitute (54-Y 43-N) — 5443 (pass) · lower
  • Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — 1921 (fail) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 19-N) — 2019 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103376D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Incorporates SB840(VanValkenburg)
  • 2025-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB998)
  • 2025-01-27 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-27 Committee substitute printed 25105525D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106528D-S2 substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB998)
  • 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-03 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
  • 2025-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-04 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB998)
  • 2025-02-07 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107344D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-18 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Passed House with substitute (54-Y 43-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB998)
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB998ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB998)
  • 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
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (SB998S3)
  • 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 19-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) veto-override-passage
  • 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 705 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0705)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77cc2e95-cfa2-461e-bde4-8232a5f7769d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).