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2005 SESSION
HB 2471 Computer Crimes Act; changes in provisions, penalty.
Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Computer Crimes Act; penalties. Updates the Virginia Computer Crimes Act to include recommendations made by the 2004 joint study on Computer Crimes by the Joint Commission on Technology and Science and Virginia State Crime Commission. The bill modernizes definitions of "computer", "using a computer" and "without authority" to comport with changing technology. The bill revises provisions regarding computer trespass, a Class 1 misdemeanor, unless the damage to the property of another is $1,000 ($2,500 under current law) or more, in which case it is a Class 6 felony. Provisions regarding computer invasion of privacy are rewritten to include unauthorized gathering of identifying information and Class 6 penalties added for persons with previous convictions, selling or distributing the information to another or using the information in the commission of another crime. The bill adds as a new Class 6 felony using a computer to fraudulently gather identifying information of another (phishing), unless the information is sold or distributed to another or the information is used in the commission of another crime, in which case it is a Class 5 felony. Statute of limitation and venue provisions are relocated in the Code. This bill is identical to SB 1163.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 050073400 pdf | impact statements
- 02/05/05 House: Committee substitute printed 058033400-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2471ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 050073400
- 01/12/05 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 01/24/05 House: Passed by in S.T. with letter (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/05 House: Reconsidered by Science and Technology
- 01/31/05 House: Reported from S.T. w/sub (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/05 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/04/05 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: Committee substitute printed 058033400-H1
- 02/05/05 House: Read first time
- 02/07/05 House: Read second time
- 02/07/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 058033400-H1
- 02/07/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2471H1
- 02/08/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/05 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/05 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/05 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/21/05 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/21/05 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/21/05 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/23/05 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/05 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2471ER)
- 03/09/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 827 (effective 7/1/05)
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827)