Virginia House Bill 2059 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Use of profane, threatening, or indecent language over the telephone; use of cellular telephones and other wireless telecommunications devices. Clarifies that the current statutory provision prohibiting the use of obscene, vulgar, or indecent language over the telephone applies to electronic communications, including visual or electronic messages, received or transmitted by a cellular phone or other wireless telecommunications device. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.

Telecommunications devices; prohibiting use of obscene language including electronic messages.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

2011-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Science and Technology (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)
2011-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 246 (effective 7/1/11)
2011-02-28		Senate: Signed by President
2011-02-26		House: Signed by Speaker
2011-02-25		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2059ER)
2011-02-25		House: Enrolled
2011-02-21		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2011-02-21		Senate: Read third time
2011-02-18		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2011-02-16		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2011-02-11		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2011-02-09		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-02-09		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2011-02-08		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2011-02-08		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2011-02-07		House: Read second time and engrossed
2011-02-06		House: Read first time
2011-02-04		House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
2011-02-02		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2011-01-27		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2011-01-26		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-01-26		House: Reported from Science and Technology (21-Y 0-N)
2011-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
2011-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100727D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	427	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2059
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2059+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2059ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0246+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H21V0012+HB2059
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H0801V0153+HB2059
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H08V0617+HB2059
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+HV0624+HB2059
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+S03V0270+HB2059
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0549HB2059+HB2059
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0564HB2059+HB2059