republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-812.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls."
description: "Telephone privacy protection. Requires atelephone solicitor to immediately disclose who is calling and whatproperty, good, or service is being offered. The measure also prohibitscaller ID spoofing, which is defined in the bill as causing any calleridentification service to transmit caller identification informationthat represents or states that the call originates from a telephonewith an area code assigned to an area in the Commonwealth or froma location in the Commonwealth if the person on whose behalf thetelephone solicitation call is being made does not conduct business from a location in the Commonwealth. Themeasure prohibits a telephone solicitor from making a telephone solicitationcall or the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device in connectionwith making a call to any subscriber who has registered with theVirginia Do Not Call Registry. The measure requires the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to set up by January1, 2021, the Virginia Do Not Call Registry for subscribers who wishto block all solicitation calls and calls that use or are made in connection with automatic dialing-announcing devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 812"
citation: "Virginia SB 812 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5a1fef-b749-45d6-8ffa-0a67810b19de"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB812"
source_hash: "8b044ee0f7d3f2a7819df9306e18a630577b89203320ee6621b20d69427784a4"
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 SB 812 (2020) — Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitation calls.

Telephone privacy protection. Requires atelephone solicitor to immediately disclose who is calling and whatproperty, good, or service is being offered. The measure also prohibitscaller ID spoofing, which is defined in the bill as causing any calleridentification service to transmit caller identification informationthat represents or states that the call originates from a telephonewith an area code assigned to an area in the Commonwealth or froma location in the Commonwealth if the person on whose behalf thetelephone solicitation call is being made does not conduct business from a location in the Commonwealth. Themeasure prohibits a telephone solicitor from making a telephone solicitationcall or the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device in connectionwith making a call to any subscriber who has registered with theVirginia Do Not Call Registry. The measure requires the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to set up by January1, 2021, the Virginia Do Not Call Registry for subscribers who wishto block all solicitation calls and calls that use or are made in connection with automatic dialing-announcing devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0607)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB812ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB812ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB812S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB812S2)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB812)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB812)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB812S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB812S1)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred from Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103838D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB812)
- **2020-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Incorporates SB201 (Lucas)
- **2020-02-09** Committee substitute printed 20108055D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB812S1)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute rejected 20108055D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Committee amendment rejected
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Floor substitute printed 20108172D-S2 (Lucas)
- **2020-02-11** Substitute by Senator Lucas agreed to 20108172D-S2
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB812S2
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB812S2)
- **2020-02-18** Referred from Labor and Commerce
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB812ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 607 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d5a1fef-b749-45d6-8ffa-0a67810b19de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).