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Bill	Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.	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 or for the purpose of fraudulent activity. 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. This bill is identical to SB 812.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1244	Virginia HB 1244 (2020)	bill		enacted	Steve E. Heretick	4	28	6	2020-01-08	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f75b1d50-8405-40aa-ae0b-052ae05e1634	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1244	f435ea5bbe4dd0a182c733c4e99b18ad2aa5b29e142cb20198eef12ac74e671f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1244 (2020) — Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.

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 or for the purpose of fraudulent activity. 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. This bill is identical to SB 812.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB1244E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1244) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendments (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105168D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1244)
• 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendments (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB1244E
• 2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20105168D-E
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1244E)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 Enrolled
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1244ER)
• 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-26 Signed by President
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
• 2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 263 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f75b1d50-8405-40aa-ae0b-052ae05e1634. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).