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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public schools; addictive potential of time spent using certain electronic devices.	Public schools; student instruction; addictive potential of time spent using certain electronic devices. Requires instruction concerning time spent using electronic devices such as computers, cell phones, and other smart devices and the addictive potential thereof to be provided by the public schools as prescribed by the Board of Education. This bill is identical to HB 1486.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 568	Virginia SB 568 (2026)	bill		enacted	Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.	7	44	9	2026-01-14	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a0097650-90fd-4722-b04c-67fffcef0c41	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB568	e81b29cf383f4f1c199a9163ee5fd8991832d936261a2b2325125ada63333681	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 568 (2026) — Public schools; addictive potential of time spent using certain electronic devices.

Public schools; student instruction; addictive potential of time spent using certain electronic devices. Requires instruction concerning time spent using electronic devices such as computers, cell phones, and other smart devices and the addictive potential thereof to be provided by the public schools as prescribed by the Board of Education. This bill is identical to HB 1486.

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. Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
• Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
• Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
• Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)
• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
• Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)
• T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
• Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
• Timmy French — cosponsor (person)
• Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104877D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB568)
• 2026-02-05 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-12 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26107469D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Blank Action
• 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB568)
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-04 Committee substitute printed 26109070D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB568)
• 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 (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB568ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB568)
• 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
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 319 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0319)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0097650-90fd-4722-b04c-67fffcef0c41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).