SB 846 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Minor's records; access to records stored or accessible from a secure website.

Summary
Access to minor's records; records stored or accessible from secure website. Specifies that for the purposes of allowing a parent to access the academic or health records of such parent's minor child such access includes any such records that are stored in or accessible from a secure website. This bill is identical to HB 1593.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 2, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the official title and chapter number for a law regarding access to minors' records stored on secure websites. It changes the session designation from 'Enrolled' to 'Chaptered' and assigns it Chapter 131, while also adding the specific approval date of March 19, 2025. These are administrative updates confirming the bill's final passage and enactment.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope regarding minors' records remains unchanged; only the metadata and chapter number were updated.
TECHNICAL

Changed the session header from 'Enrolled' to 'Chaptered' to reflect the bill's final status as enacted law.

Added the specific enactment date of March 19, 2025, to the approval section.

Updated the chapter number assignment to Chapter 131.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 17, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
13
Committee
8
Amendments
4
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB846ER)
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
House insisted on amendment
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Amended
House Amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 38-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (90-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Christie Craig
Christie Craig
RRepublican
VA
19