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| Bill | School boards; student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies, prohibition. | School boards; student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies. Amends the requirements for the student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies that each school board is required to develop and each public elementary and secondary school is required to implement pursuant to applicable law to require such policies to, except as provided in applicable law, restrict student cell phone and smart device possession and prohibit student cell phone and smart device use on school property from bell to bell. Current law only requires such policies to restrict student cell phone and smart device possession and use on school property from bell to bell. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 108 | Virginia SB 108 (2026) |
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4 | 37 | 6 | 2026-01-02 | 2026-04-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/92e7a781-e1b0-4218-ad13-988137d7537a | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB108 | c977ae0e49780a5091d64f820ff56df1f811a52d871d1d77e944edf7a47ef0ee | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia SB 108 (2026) — School boards; student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies, prohibition.
School boards; student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies. Amends the requirements for the student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies that each school board is required to develop and each public elementary and secondary school is required to implement pursuant to applicable law to require such policies to, except as provided in applicable law, restrict student cell phone and smart device possession and prohibit student cell phone and smart device use on school property from bell to bell. Current law only requires such policies to restrict student cell phone and smart device possession and use on school property from bell to bell.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education with substitute — 19–2 (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 84–11 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100670D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB108)
- 2026-01-15 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate
- 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-03-04 Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-04 Committee substitute printed 26109021D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB108)
- 2026-03-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-10 Passed House with substitute (84-Y 11-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB108ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB108)
- 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 331 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92e7a781-e1b0-4218-ad13-988137d7537a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).