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2010 SESSION
HB 204 Customer telecommunications services; authorization and verification for products on telephone bill.
Introduced by: Kenneth C. Alexander | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Unauthorized addition of telecommunications services. Prohibits a telephone service provider or billing agent from willfully adding products, goods, or services not authorized by any customer, and from charging or attempting to collect charges from any customer for any such products, goods, or services without the customer's authorization. A customer will not be liable for charges through a billing carrier by a service provider or a billing agent without the customer's authorization. The measure requires service providers and billing agents to obtain written, oral, or electronic verification of a customer's authorization before submitting charges for products, goods, or services to the billing carrier.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100422D pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104760D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB204ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/10/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100422D
- 01/08/10 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/19/10 House: Assigned C & L sub: #2
- 02/04/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/10 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104760D-H1
- 02/14/10 House: Read first time
- 02/15/10 House: Read second time
- 02/15/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104760D-H1
- 02/15/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB204H1
- 02/16/10 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 02/16/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 02/17/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/01/10 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/10 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/10 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/10 House: Enrolled
- 03/11/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB204ER)
- 03/11/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/10/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (effective 7/1/10)
- 04/10/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)