VirginiaOnline Children's Safety Protection Act; established, civil penalties.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2024
- Nov 19Left in General Laws and TechnologyLatest
- Jan 31Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 30Impact statement from DPB (SB684)
- Jan 18Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Jan 18Presented and ordered printed 24104080DIntroduced