Virginia Senate Bill 532 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-12 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Commercial entity offering social media accounts; restricted hours for minors; civil liability. Provides that no commercial entity that offers social media accounts, as defined in the bill, shall knowingly or intentionally allow a minor to access his social media account during the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. unless the minor's parent, guardian, or legal custodian has provided permission for the minor to use such social media account during these hours. The bill provides that any commercial entity that violates these provisions shall be subject to civil liability for damages resulting from the interference with a minor's sleep cycle or mental health by allowing such minor to access to his social media account during the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. and reasonable attorney fees and costs.

Commercial entity offering social media accounts; restricted hours for minors, civil liability.

Sen. Emily Brewer [R]

2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-12	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104696D

HB562 (Similar To) 2024-02-13 - Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	40.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB532
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB532+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106063D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0151+SB0532