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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public schools; use of digital devices."
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description: "Department of Education; Department of Health;guidelines for use of digital devices in public schools. Requiresthe Department of Education, in collaboration with the Departmentof Health and medical professional societies, to develop and implementhealth and safety best practice guidelines for the use of digitaldevices in public schools no later than the 2021 - 2022 school year."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 817"
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citation: "Virginia HB 817 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d05112e-6a5c-406e-afdd-1ac8beb3e356"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB817"
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source_hash: "df6d8b88fa5dffe837ba6fed0ab084d558560dcbb5b528737d619ec90c8c708a"
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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 HB 817 (2020) — Public schools; use of digital devices.
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Department of Education; Department of Health;guidelines for use of digital devices in public schools. Requiresthe Department of Education, in collaboration with the Departmentof Health and medical professional societies, to develop and implementhealth and safety best practice guidelines for the use of digitaldevices in public schools no later than the 2021 - 2022 school year.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0677)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB817ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB817ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB817E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB817E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB817)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB817)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N 1-A) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 13-N) — **82–13** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N 1-A) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N) — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104624D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Assigned CT & I sub: Communications `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB817)
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- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB817E
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- **2020-01-30** Printed as engrossed 20104624D-E
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- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N 1-A)
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- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB817E)
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- **2020-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-02-24** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 13-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-26** Senate amendments agreed to by House (83-Y 13-N)
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 13-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB817ER)
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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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/3d05112e-6a5c-406e-afdd-1ac8beb3e356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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