Virginia House Bill 1281 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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.

Kill switches for digital devices; definitions, civil penalty.

Del. Mamye BaCote [D]

Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

Del. Jeion Ward [D]

Del. Daun Hester [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
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

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	550	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	553	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
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