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HB 689 Telephone Privacy Protection Act; prohibits telephone solicitation to persons on Do-Not-Call Regist.

Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation. Expands the definition of a "telephone solicitation call" to include solicitation calls made to any wireless telephone with a Virginia area code. A telephone solicitor is prohibited from calling a telephone number that has been placed on the federal Do Not Call Registry. The bill provides that the use of a version of the federal Do Not Call Registry obtained no more than three months prior to the date of the telephone solicitation is an affirmative defense to an action alleging a violation of the Telephone Privacy Protection Act. The bill requires telephone solicitors to play a prerecorded identification message that states the name and telephone number of the person on whose behalf the telephone solicitation call was being made, whenever a live person is not available within two seconds of completing the greeting. This bill is identical to SB 344.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation. Adds wireless telephones with a Virginia area code to the list of those telephone numbers that a telephone solicitor cannot call at any time other than between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. A telephone solicitor is prohibited from calling a telephone number when such number has been placed on the federal Do Not Call Registry. The bill provides using a version of the federal Do Not Call Registry that was obtained no more than three months prior to the date of the telephone solicitation as an affirmative defense to an action brought for a violation of this section. The bill requires telephone solicitors to play a prerecorded identification message that states only the name and telephone number of the person on whose behalf the telephone solicitation call was being made, and that the call was for “telemarketing purposes,” whenever a live person is not available within two seconds of completing the greeting.