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2005 SESSION
HB 2215 Computer Crimes Act; changes in provisions, penalty.
Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Computer crimes; penalties. Modernizes the Virginia Computer Crimes Act by updating definitions to comport with changing technology, removing superfluous language and relocating language. The bill adds unauthorized installation of software on the computer of another, disruption of another computer's ability to share or transfer information and maliciously obtaining computer information without authority as additional crimes of computer trespass, a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also reduces the felony (Class 6) threshold from $2,500 to $1,000 for property damage resulting from computer trespass.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Computer crimes; penalties.Modernizes the Virginia Computer Crimes Act by updating definitions to comport with changing technology, removing superfluous language and relocating language. The bill adds unauthorized installation of software on the computer of another, disruption of another computer's ability to share or transfer information and maliciously obtaining computer information without authority as additional crimes of computer trespass, a Class 1 misdemeanor.