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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 783: 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 783 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on December 27, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. Primary sponsor: David Suetterlein (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N 1-A).

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 controller's or processor's product or service or before collecting, using, or disclosing such child's personal data. 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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David SuetterleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Tammy MulchiCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9

“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. Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB783)
  3. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103105D

Sources

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