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SB1264

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Dick Black (R)

Session:
2017 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act.

Provides that a seller may be held liable for violations of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act that are committed by a third-party telemarketer under common law principles of agency when the third-party telemarketer initiates telephone solicitation calls on behalf of or for the benefit of the seller. A seller shall not be held liable if the third-party telemarketer fails to follow its contractual obligations with the seller or fails to adhere to any guidelines, directions, practices, or policies of the seller for conducting telephone solicitations and communications. The measure defines "seller" as any entity that benefits from the sale of property or services marketed by a telephone solicitation call, including an entity that engages in the marketing or selling of names or data containing the identity of potential customers or sales leads. The measure also provides that a telephone solicitation call includes a telephone call made to a wireless phone registered to any natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth if the purpose of the telephone call is the offering or advertising of any goods or services for sale, lease, license, or investment, including the offering or advertising of an extension of credit. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/10/2017 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101789D
  • 01/10/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 01/30/2017 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (11-Y 2-N 1-A)
  • 02/01/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/02/2017 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/02/2017 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
  • 02/02/2017 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
  • 02/02/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1264E
  • 02/02/2017 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101789D-E
  • 02/03/2017 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/08/2017 - House: Read first time
  • 02/08/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 02/16/2017 - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 4-N)
  • 02/20/2017 - House: Read second time
  • 02/21/2017 - House: Passed by for the day
  • 02/22/2017 - House: Passed by for the day
  • 02/23/2017 - House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
  • 02/23/2017 - House: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
  • 02/25/2017 - House: Left in Commerce and Labor

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