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2023 SESSION

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HB 1590 Telephone, digital pager, or other device to signal; causing alert with intent to annoy, penalty.

Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Causing a telephone, digital pager, or other device to alert with intent to annoy; emergency communications; penalty. Modernizes the harassing phone call statute to include any communications that may ring or otherwise signal or alert. Under current law, only telephones and digital pagers are included within the ambit of the statute.

FULL TEXT

• 01/06/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100630D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/23/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23104900D-H1  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/06/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100630D
• 01/06/23  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/17/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/18/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/23  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23104900D-H1
• 01/25/23  House: Read first time
• 01/26/23  House: Read second time
• 01/26/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23104900D-H1
• 01/26/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1590H1
• 01/27/23  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)