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| Bill | Student instruction; Internet safety, policy to include key modern digital safety topics. | Student instruction; internet safety; certain topics. Requires the internet safety component that is integrated into each school division's instructional program as required by its acceptable internet use policy to include instruction on key modern digital safety topics, including online scams, misinformation, and content generated by artificial intelligence. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 171 | Virginia HB 171 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 171 (2026) — Student instruction; Internet safety, policy to include key modern digital safety topics.
Student instruction; internet safety; certain topics. Requires the internet safety component that is integrated into each school division's instructional program as required by its acceptable internet use policy to include instruction on key modern digital safety topics, including online scams, misinformation, and content generated by artificial intelligence.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 75–24 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103769D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- 2026-01-21 Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-26 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-28 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB171)
- 2026-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB171ER)
passage - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB171)
- 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 48 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af36c9ca-984e-49b4-b303-7d808c167aa0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).