SB568
Public schools; addictive potential of time spent using certain electronic devices.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Glen Sturtevant (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Education; school boards; limitation on instructional screen time.
Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board model policies relating to limiting instructional screen time, as defined in the bill, per school day for students and permits any school board to adopt a policy limiting instructional screen time that is consistent with but ... (More) may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104877D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB568)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107469D-S1
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Blank Action
- 02/20/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/20/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/26/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 02/26/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 03/03/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 03/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB568)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26109070D-H1
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB568)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/09/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/10/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A)
