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VA SB 85

Status unknown

Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms & model operators, interoperability interfaces.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did VA SB 85 pass?

The current status of VA SB 85 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-03-09): Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (18-Y 3-N)

What is VA SB 85 about?

Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms and operators; interoperability interfaces. Requires social media platforms and operators, defined in the bill, to implement third-party interoperability interfaces to allow users to share social graph data, defined in the bill, and contextual data associated with artificial intelligence systems, defined in the bill, as the user designates. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

Who sponsors VA SB 85?

Schuyler T. VanValkenburg is the primary sponsor of VA SB 85.

Description

Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms and operators; interoperability interfaces. Requires social media platforms and operators, defined in the bill, to implement third-party interoperability interfaces to allow users to share social graph data, defined in the bill, and contextual data associated with artificial intelligence systems, defined in the bill, as the user designates. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

Introduced
2025-12-30
Latest action
2026-03-09 — Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (18-Y 3-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburgprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-30

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100812D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-12-30

    Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-04

    Senate committee offered

  4. 2026-02-04

    Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-02-06

    Rules suspended

  6. 2026-02-06

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  7. 2026-02-06

    Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  8. 2026-02-06

    Passed by for the day

  9. 2026-02-09

    Committee substitute printed 26105623D-S1

    substitution

  10. 2026-02-09

    Read second time

    reading-2

  11. 2026-02-09

    Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

    substitution

  12. 2026-02-09

    Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

    substitution

  13. 2026-02-10

    Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2026-02-13

    Placed on Calendar

  15. 2026-02-13

    Read first time

    reading-1

  16. 2026-02-13

    Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-03-09

    House committee offered

  18. 2026-03-09

    Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (18-Y 3-N)

    deferral

Versions

  • IntroducedCompare
  • General Laws and Technology SubstituteCompare
  • Communications, Technology and Innovation SubstituteCompare

Documents

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute

    2026-02-04 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed R

    2026-02-06 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Luther Cifers, III: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: not voting
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes

  • Passage R

    2026-02-10 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Luther Cifers, III: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes

  • Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation

    2026-03-09 · pass · 18-3

    Member-level votes (22)
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • Irene Shin: yes
    • Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
    • Jeion A. Ward: yes
    • Jackie H. Glass: no
    • Holly M. Seibold: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: no
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: not voting
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: no
    • Marty Martinez: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Lily V. Franklin: yes
    • JJ Singh: yes
    • Charlie Schmidt: yes
    • Garrett McGuire: yes
    • Joseph P. McNamara: yes
    • Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
    • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
    • Delores Oates: yes
    • Karen Hamilton: yes
    • Justin Pence: yes
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB85

Attribution

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