VA HB204 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Unauthorized addition of telecommunications services. Prohibits a telephone service provider or billing agent from willfully adding products, goods, or services not authorized by any customer, and from charging or attempting to collect charges from any customer for any such products, goods, or services without the customer's authorization. A customer will not be liable for charges through a billing carrier by a service provider or a billing agent without the customer's authorization. The measure requires service providers and billing agents to obtain written, oral, or electronic verification of a customer's authorization before submitting charges for products, goods, or services to the billing carrier.
Title
Customer telecommunications services; authorization and verification for products on telephone bill.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2010-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N 2-A) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2010-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2010-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2010-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N 2-A) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2010-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2010-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-10 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322) | |
| 2010-04-10 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (effective 7/1/10) | |
| 2010-03-13 | Senate: Signed by President | |
| 2010-03-11 | House: Signed by Speaker | |
| 2010-03-11 | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB204ER) | |
| 2010-03-11 | House: Enrolled | |
| 2010-03-04 | Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-03-04 | Senate: Read third time | |
| 2010-03-03 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-03-01 | Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-02-17 | Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | |
| 2010-02-17 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed | |
| 2010-02-16 | House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N 2-A) | |
| 2010-02-16 | House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 2-A) | |
| 2010-02-15 | House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB204H1 | |
| 2010-02-15 | House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104760D-H1 | |
| 2010-02-15 | House: Read second time | |
| 2010-02-14 | House: Read first time | |
| 2010-02-11 | House: Committee substitute printed 10104760D-H1 | |
| 2010-02-11 | House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-02-04 | House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-01-19 | House: Assigned C & L sub: #2 | |
| 2010-01-08 | House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | |
| 2010-01-08 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100422D |
