VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2024 SESSION

• | print version

HB 547 Internet Safety Advisory Council; extends sunset date.

Introduced by: Wendell S. Walker | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

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 Advisory Council. The bill requires each school board, after considering the model policy, instructional practices, curricula, and other teacher resources that are developed, recommended, or designed by the Internet Safety Advisory Council, to adopt policies (i) requiring all elementary and secondary schools in the local school division to provide an Internet safety education program to each student in grades three through 12 at least once each school year but (ii) permitting the parent of any such student to opt his child out of participating in such program.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103048D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107389D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/24  House: Floor substitute printed 24107469D-H2 (Walker)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103048D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
• 01/19/24  House: Assigned CT & I sub: Technology and Innovation
• 01/24/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Education
• 01/29/24  House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/24  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 02/01/24  House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
• 02/06/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107389D-H1
• 02/08/24  House: Floor substitute printed 24107469D-H2 (Walker)
• 02/09/24  House: Read first time
• 02/12/24  House: Read second time
• 02/12/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to (51-Y 48-N) 24107389D-H1
• 02/12/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N)
• 02/12/24  House: Substitute by Delegate Walker out of order 24107469D-H2
• 02/12/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB547H1
• 02/13/24  House: Read third time and defeated by House (47-Y 51-N)
• 02/13/24  House: VOTE: Defeated (47-Y 51-N)