HB 547 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Internet Safety Advisory Council; extends sunset date.

Summary
Internet Safety Advisory Council; school boards;Internet safety education program. Extends from July 1, 2024,to July 1, 2025, the sunset date for the Internet Safety AdvisoryCouncil. The bill requires each school board, after considering themodel policy, instructional practices, curricula, and other teacherresources that are developed, recommended, or designed by the InternetSafety Advisory Council, to adopt policies (i) requiring all elementaryand secondary schools in the local school division to provide anInternet safety education program to each student in grades threethrough 12 at least once each school year but (ii) permitting theparent of any such student to opt his child out of participating insuch program.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Feb 13, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2024

How they voted

4948
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 98
Feb 12, 2024
D Democratic49
49 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican49
48 Nay 1
97% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
10
Feb 12, 2024
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (49-48-1)
house of delegates
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned CT & I sub: Technology and Innovation
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Wendell Walker
Wendell Walker
RRepublican
VA
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