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Bill	Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitations by text message, effective date.	Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitations by text message. Permits an individual receiving a telephone solicitation via text message to request not to receive telephone solicitations from a telephone solicitor by replying to such text message with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" or "STOP." The bill requires a telephone solicitor in receipt of such request to honor such request for at least 10 years from the time such request is made. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1339	Virginia SB 1339 (2025)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	5	37	8	2025-01-13	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1f86df09-83ad-4f73-b1da-1431904479a9	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1339	b283a5539b69e2b57adf212d80d2de40aa0826d64f4d24d0ecab91d890827072	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1339 (2025) — Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitations by text message, effective date.

Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitations by text message. Permits an individual receiving a telephone solicitation via text message to request not to receive telephone solicitations from a telephone solicitor by replying to such text message with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" or "STOP." The bill requires a telephone solicitor in receipt of such request to honor such request for at least 10 years from the time such request is made. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
4. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (20-Y 0-N 1-A) — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)
• Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103799D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-22 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-22 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-23 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-24 Engrossed by Senate
• 2025-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-10 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (20-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2025-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-13 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-18 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1339ER) passage
• 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1339)
• 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (SB1339ER2) enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 626 (Effective 01/01/2026) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f86df09-83ad-4f73-b1da-1431904479a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).