---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telephone solicitation calls via text message; Jt. Commission on Technology & Science to consider."
description: "Telephone solicitation calls via text message; Jt. Commission on Technology & Science to consider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1504"
citation: "Virginia HB 1504 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orrock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb187d8-0a43-44c1-bbce-e7f3b7deab03"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1504"
source_hash: "b35e962660f4369585976a62445917229bd470798448c7812f52cd795ba8b02a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1504 (2023) — Telephone solicitation calls via text message; Jt. Commission on Technology & Science to consider.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0425)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105965D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1504H1)
3. **HB1504EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1504EH1)
4. **HB1504ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1504ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101790D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1504)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orrock — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101790D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1504)
- **2023-01-30** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105965D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105965D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Amendments by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1504EH1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23105965D-EH1
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1504EH1)
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1504ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1504ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 425 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afb187d8-0a43-44c1-bbce-e7f3b7deab03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).