VA HB1281 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on August 27 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-03 - Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on August 27 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-03 - Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Kill switches for digital devices. Requires any new cellular phone, tablet device, or other mobile communications device manufactured on or after July 1, 2015, that is sold in the Commonwealth to either be equipped at the time of sale with a preloaded kill switch or be capable of having a kill switch downloaded to the device by an authorized user at no cost. The bill defines a kill switch as a technological solution or functionality provided by the manufacturer or operating system provider that, once initiated and successfully communicated to the digital device, renders the essential features of the digital device inoperable to an unauthorized user when the digital device is not in the possession of an authorized user. A person selling a digital device in violation of this measure is subject to injunctions and civil penalties.
Title
Kill switches for digital devices; definitions, civil penalty.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-03 | House | Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote |
2015-01-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote |
2015-01-27 | House | Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2 |
2014-08-27 | House | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
2014-08-27 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100283D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1281 |
Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1281+hil |