republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-108.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School boards; student cell phone and smart device possession and use policies, prohibition."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "Virginia SB 108 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stella G. Pekarsky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-02"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92e7a781-e1b0-4218-ad13-988137d7537a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB108"
source_hash: "c977ae0e49780a5091d64f820ff56df1f811a52d871d1d77e944edf7a47ef0ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082878.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217514.PDF)
3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1192104.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211807.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92e7a781-e1b0-4218-ad13-988137d7537a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).