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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 359: Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, addictive feed.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 359 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, addictive feed. Primary sponsor: Schuyler VanValkenburg (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; addictive feed. Prohibits a person that operates a social media platform that has knowledge that a user of the social media platform is a child under the age of 18 from using an addictive feed, defined in the bill, unless such social media platform obtains verifiable parental consent.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Schuyler VanValkenburgPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Lashrecse AirdCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Suhas SubramanyamCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
David SuetterleinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation
  2. Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Communications, Technology and Innovation
  3. Committee amendment
  4. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
  5. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  6. Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
  7. Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
  8. Read first time
  9. Placed on Calendar
  10. Impact statement from DPB (SB359S1)
  11. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  12. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB359S1

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source