HB1244
Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. This bill is identical to SB 812. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105168D
- 01/08/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
- 01/16/2020 - House: Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
- 01/17/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1244)
- 01/27/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/27/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2020 - House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2020 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/06/2020 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1244E
- 02/06/2020 - House: Printed as engrossed 20105168D-E
- 02/07/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2020 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1244E)
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/2020 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/2020 - House: Enrolled
- 02/25/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER)
- 02/25/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1244ER)
- 02/25/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- 03/03/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- 03/10/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 263 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/10/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)
