Va. Kids' Privacy Bill Seems to Die

A Virginia Senate panel “passed by indefinitely” a House-passed bill (HB-1688) to set children’s privacy rules (see 2302060050 and 2301300037). The Senate General Laws and Technology Committee voted 15-0 Wednesday for the legislative maneuver that can signal a bill's defeat. It doesn't stop the committee from bringing back the bill before its deadline. The same committee passed by indefinitely the Senate version (SB-1026) last month. But the panel supported a House-passed bill to ban TikTok on state government devices, voting 12-3 Wednesday to send HB-2385 to the Finance and Appropriations Committee.