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type: "Bill"
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title: "School boards; use of social media by schools, etc."
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description: "School boards; use of social media platforms as sole means of certain communications prohibited. Provides that each school board shall prohibit public elementary and secondary schools, school board employees, and school volunteers from using a social media platform as the sole means of communication with students for the facilitation of school-related extracurricular activities. The bill provides an exception to such prohibition when such use is required to meet an objective that cannot be reasonably achieved without such use, provided that the division superintendent or his designee (i) provides clear, written instructions on such use and (ii) may revoke such exception at any time."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 245"
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citation: "Virginia SB 245 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1481a8a7-fa44-42bf-b884-945c7f5eba09"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB245"
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source_hash: "5262dd888f055e41470f39ef2d61f9201d4cfe5dc8ebbd3bc5cc9276f0be7a93"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 245 (2026) — School boards; use of social media by schools, etc.
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School boards; use of social media platforms as sole means of certain communications prohibited. Provides that each school board shall prohibit public elementary and secondary schools, school board employees, and school volunteers from using a social media platform as the sole means of communication with students for the facilitation of school-related extracurricular activities. The bill provides an exception to such prohibition when such use is required to meet an objective that cannot be reasonably achieved without such use, provided that the division superintendent or his designee (i) provides clear, written instructions on such use and (ii) may revoke such exception at any time.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086976.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217562.PDF)
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3. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179283.HTML)
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4. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145035.PDF)
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5. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188736.HTML)
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6. **K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177982.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198868.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Amendments R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100795D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB245)
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107894D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB245)
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Blank Action
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- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House with amendments (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House with amendments Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB245)
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 338 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1481a8a7-fa44-42bf-b884-945c7f5eba09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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