# Virginia HB2400: Public elementary and secondary school libraries; model policies for review of print, etc.

Virginia HB2400, Public elementary and secondary school libraries; model policies for review of print, etc., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Phillip A. Scott (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-04 (Left in Education) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2400-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2400
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Public elementary and secondary school libraries; model policies for review of print, etc.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-02-04, Left in Education
- Sponsor: Phillip A. Scott (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (5 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Public elementary and secondary school libraries; model policies for review of print and audiovisual materials; sexually explicit visual content prohibited. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board model policies prohibiting any school library in any public elementary or secondary school from obtaining or possessing any print or audiovisual materials that contain sexually explicit visual content, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill requires such model policies to (i) require the review of any print or audiovisual material that is (a) made available to any such school for placement in any school library or (b) accessible to students in any school library for the purpose of determining whether such material contains sexually explicit visual content; (ii) provide for the removal or exclusion from any school library of any print or audiovisual material that, upon review, is determined to contain sexually explicit visual content; and (iii) establish guidelines for implementing such policies in accordance with the provisions of the bill to ensure compliance with the First Amendment to the Constitution of United States and Article 1, Section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill requires each school board to adopt policies that are consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies adopted by the Department of Education pursuant to the bill. Finally, the bill amends the exception in current law to the prohibition of certain sales and loans to juveniles for the purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of certain materials to schools to clarify that the exception does not apply in the case of public school libraries as provided in the provisions of the bill.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Phillip A. Scott (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table | pass | 5 | 3 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2025-02-04: Left in Education (House)
- 2025-01-28: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (House)
- 2025-01-24: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-01-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2400) (House)
- 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2025-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100352D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016219.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016218.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016219.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016218.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2400-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).