Virginia Senate Bill 201 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-09 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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 of offering or advertising any property, goods, or services for sale, lease, license, or investment, including offering or advertising an extension of credit. 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.

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2020-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-09	Senate	Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
2019-12-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-12-30	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103496D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	510	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	513	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	515	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	517	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB201
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB201+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0129+SB0201