VA HB877 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Virginia Social Media Regulation Act established; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Social Media Regulation Act for the purpose of prohibiting minors in Virginia from possessing an account on any social media platform, defined in the bill, without the express consent of a parent or guardian. The bill requires a social media company to provide a minor's parent or guardian with access to the minor's account and all posts and information on such account. The bill also places prohibitions on the type of data and personal information a social media platform may collect from a minor account holder and prohibits the use of any practice, design, or feature on a social media company's platform that the company knows, or should reasonably know, could cause a minor account holder to have an addiction to the social media platform. Lastly, the bill provides that any violation of the Virginia Social Media Regulation Act shall constitute a prohibited practice and be subject to the enforcement provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

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Title

Virginia Social Media Regulation Act; established, penalties.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in General Laws
2024-02-08HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-26HouseAssigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2024-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on General Laws
2024-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101872D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
591200(n/a)See Bill Text
591603(n/a)See Bill Text
591608(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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