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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 684: Online Children's Safety Protection Act; established, civil penalties.

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 684 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 18, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Online Children's Safety Protection Act; established, civil penalties. Primary sponsor: Bill Stanley (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.

Online Children's Safety Protection Act established; civil penalties. Creates the Online Children's Safety Protection Act, which requires certain duties of covered entities, defined in the bill, to protect the best interests of children who use online services, products, or features. The bill requires any covered entity that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by a child to complete a data protection impact assessment, the details of which are described in the bill, within two years before any new online service, product, or feature is offered to the public on or after July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits certain actions by covered entities and authorizes the Attorney General to impose penalties and initiate actions against any covered entity that violates the provisions of the bill.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bill StanleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7

“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 6-N 1-A)
  3. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  4. Impact statement from DPB (SB684)
  5. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  6. Presented and ordered printed 24104080D

Sources

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