republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2600.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Telephone Privacy Protection Act; joint liability of seller & telephone solicitor for violation."
description: "Provides that a telephone solicitor and the seller on whose behalf or for whose benefit a telephone solicitation call offering or advertising a seller's property, goods, or services is made or initiated are jointly and severally liable for violations of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act (§ 59.1-510 et seq.). The measure establishes a presumption that a telephone solicitation call offering or advertising a seller's property, goods, or services is made or initiated on behalf of or for the benefit of the seller and provides that this presumption may be rebutted if it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that (i) the seller did not retain or request the telephone solicitor to make telephone solicitation calls on the seller's behalf or for the seller's benefit and (ii) such telephone solicitation calls were made by the telephone solicitor without the seller's knowledge or consent. The measure removes a provision that authorized the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to inquire into possible violations of the Act and contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2600"
citation: "Virginia HB 2600 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e60134d1-c175-401a-adfd-4cd5efb6fe8d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2600"
source_hash: "10bfc321f35c67c418fc65ca1512ecaea833b659f9ba66c59875626182e65152"
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 2600 (2019) — Va. Telephone Privacy Protection Act; joint liability of seller & telephone solicitor for violation.

Provides that a telephone solicitor and the seller on whose behalf or for whose benefit a telephone solicitation call offering or advertising a seller's property, goods, or services is made or initiated are jointly and severally liable for violations of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act (§ 59.1-510 et seq.). The measure establishes a presumption that a telephone solicitation call offering or advertising a seller's property, goods, or services is made or initiated on behalf of or for the benefit of the seller and provides that this presumption may be rebutted if it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that (i) the seller did not retain or request the telephone solicitor to make telephone solicitation calls on the seller's behalf or for the seller's benefit and (ii) such telephone solicitation calls were made by the telephone solicitor without the seller's knowledge or consent. The measure removes a provision that authorized the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to inquire into possible violations of the Act and contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0256)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2600ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2600ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106295D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2600H1)
4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19102586D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2600)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **17–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Presented and ordered printed 19102586D `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19106295D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2600H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 256 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e60134d1-c175-401a-adfd-4cd5efb6fe8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).