Virginia House Bill 877 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

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.

Virginia Social Media Regulation Act; established, penalties.

Del. Mark Earley [R]	Del. Chad Green [R]	Del. Hillary Pugh Kent [R]	Del. Ian Lovejoy [R]
Del. Kim Taylor [R]

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

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in General Laws
2024-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-26	House	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101872D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	608	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB877
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB877+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106416D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB877F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1102V0053+HB0877