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SB 812 Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.
Introduced by: Joseph D. Morrissey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Act (the Act), "telephone solicitation call" includes any text message sent to any wireless telephone with a Virginia area code, or to a wireless telephone registered to any natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth, for the purpose of offering or advertising any property, goods, or services for sale, lease, license, or investment, including offering or advertising an extension of credit or for the purpose of fraudulent activity. The bill prohibits a telephone solicitor from engaging in any conduct that results in the display of false or misleading caller identification information on the called party's telephone. The bill increases the amount of damages and the amount of the civil penalty for violations of the Act from $500 for each such violation to $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $5,000 for each subsequent violation and increases to $5,000 the maximum civil penalty the court may impose for a willful first or second violation. This bill is identical to HB 1244.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103838D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108055D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108172D-S2 (Lucas) pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB812ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/02/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103838D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/09/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/20 Senate: Incorporates SB201 (Lucas)
- 02/09/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108055D-S1
- 02/09/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 20108055D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108172D-S2 (Lucas)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Substitute by Senator Lucas agreed to 20108172D-S2
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB812S2
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/18/20 House: Referred from Labor and Commerce by voice vote
- 02/18/20 House: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
- 02/24/20 House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Read second time
- 02/27/20 House: Read third time
- 02/27/20 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB812ER)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/02/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 607 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/02/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)