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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 432: Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children.

In committee 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 432 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. Primary sponsor: David Suetterlein (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in General Laws and Technology.

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; protections for children. Requires a controller or processor to obtain verifiable parental consent, defined in the bill, prior to registering any child with the operator's product or service or before collecting, using, or disclosing such child's personal data and prohibits a controller from knowingly processing the personal data of a child for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of such personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer. The bill also amends the definition of child for purposes of the Consumer Data Protection Act to include any natural person younger than 18 years of age.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David SuetterleinPrimary 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 General Laws and Technology
  2. Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N)
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB432)
  4. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103309D

Sources

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