False caller identification information; penalty.
Summary
Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person who, with the intent to defraud, intimidate, or harass, causes a telephone to ring and engages in conduct that results in the display of false caller identification information on the called party's telephone. The bill raises the penalty to a Class 2 misdemeanor for a second or subsequent conviction. The bill does not apply to the blocking of caller identification information, to law-enforcement agencies and officers, to intelligence or security agencies of the federal government and their employees, or to telecommunications, broadband, or Voice-over-Internet protocol service providers in certain circumstances.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 11, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 476 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator Petersen agreed to
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2170H1
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105780D-H1
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100163D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Emily Jordan
RRepublican
Co
Israel O'Quinn
RRepublican
Co
James Edmunds
RRepublican
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
Todd Pillion
RRepublican
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