Virginia House Bill 1244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on March 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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.

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.

Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendments (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)
2020-03-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 263 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-03	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
2020-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER)
2020-02-25	House	Enrolled
2020-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Printed as engrossed 20105168D-E
2020-02-06	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1244E
2020-02-06	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-06	House	Read second time
2020-02-05	House	Read first time
2020-02-03	House	Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	House	Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105168D

SB812 (Same As) 2020-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	510	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	513	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	515	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	517	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1244
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1244+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1244E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1244ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0263+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H2101V0008+HB1244
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H21V0034+HB1244
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0613+HB1244
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0149+HB1244
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0734HB1244+HB1244
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0751HB1244+HB1244