HB 2170 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

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

370
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 11, 2019
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
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