Telephones or digital pagers; second violation is a Class 2 misdemeanor. (HB39)
Introduced By
Del. Bob Tata (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
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Description
Causing telephone to ring with intent to annoy. Raises offense from a Class 3 to a Class 2 misdemeanor for causing a telephone or digital pagerto ring with intent to annoy. Amends § 18.2-429, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
- 12/14/2011 Committee
- 12/14/2011 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100267D
- 12/14/2011 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/2012 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/16/2012 Impact statement from DPB (HB39)
- 01/23/2012 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2012 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/30/2012 Committee substitute printed 12104599D-H1
- 02/01/2012 Read first time
- 02/02/2012 Read second time
- 02/02/2012 Committee substitute agreed to 12104599D-H1
- 02/02/2012 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB39H1
- 02/03/2012 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2012 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/06/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/2012 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/07/2012 Impact statement from DPB (HB39H1)
- 02/13/2012 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/14/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/15/2012 Read third time
- 02/15/2012 Reading of amendment waived
- 02/15/2012 Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/15/2012 Passed by for the day
- 02/16/2012 Read third time
- 02/16/2012 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/2012 Passed Senate with amendment (24-Y 15-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/17/2012 Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2012 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2012 VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/22/2012 Enrolled
- 02/22/2012 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB39ER)
- 02/22/2012 Impact statement from DPB (HB39ER)
- 02/22/2012 Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2012 Signed by President
- 03/07/2012 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 133 (effective 7/1/12)
- 03/07/2012 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133)
Comments
This is truly a stupid bill.
I'm not understanding the need for this. Who decides what is "annoying"? Montana has the right idea. Their Legistlature only convenes for six weeks, every two years. Stuff like this just never happens. They don't have a sales tax, either, as there is little chance for money to be spent on bills like this. I'm just not understanding the need.
You are kidding... Right?
About what? Strange bills or keeping Government so small that trivial notions don't have time to get off the ground to become major ones? Who's going to pay for the Police to respond to a Citizen's complaint that the kid next door has Prince or Fifty Cent on his cell phone ring tone and not Fred Astaire? Who's opinion decides what is annoying and what is acceptible?
If someone's cell ring tone is a sting of obscenities, then whatever local statutes against profanity are would already be in force. The proposed statute says "annoy" and not "offend". So, it's too broad a brush to paint with and will serve only the lawyers, at best, when they are paid defend their client who had a Partidge Family ring tone, ...which ~I~ would find annoying and most likely press charges over, if I were allowed. :) Ric
Anyone who doesn't support this bill has never been harrassed in this way. I am receiving calls at 1 a.m., 3:30 a.m., and all day long from a person that I have no idea who they are or why they are doing this to me. I don't want to have to change my cell phone number bc it's on file at so many places that I need to be able to reach me (my insurance, kids schools, doctor's offices, on-line ordering, etc.) that I would never be able to update everyone without knowing that there is some office, some where that I didn't think of that needs to contact me. Would you want to change your cell number bc of the stupid, random acts of another person? They are the one harrassing me - this bill gives innocent citizens the means to punish and hold accountable someone who is doing something wrong. If you think this bill is frivolous, wait til it happens to you. It's very frustrating to be powerless.