VA SB 85

in committee

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

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-03-09 — Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (18-Y 3-N)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-12-30
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100812D
filing,introduction
2025-12-30
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee
2026-02-04
Senate committee offered
2026-02-04
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-06
Rules suspended
2026-02-06
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-06
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
2026-02-06
Passed by for the day
2026-02-09
Committee substitute printed 26105623D-S1
substitution
2026-02-09
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-09
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
substitution
2026-02-09
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution
2026-02-10
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-13
Placed on Calendar
2026-02-13
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-13
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
referral-committee
2026-03-09
House committee offered
2026-03-09
Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (18-Y 3-N)
deferral

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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

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