Georgia House Bill 1071 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 9 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-10 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 46-5-27, relating to telephone solicitations to residential, mobile, or wireless subscribers, Public Service Commission to establish and maintain list of certain subscribers, authorization for imposition of administrative fees, confidential nature of data base, and required identification, so as to prohibit text messages as a method of making unwanted telephone solicitations; to provide for and change definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Public utilities and public transportation; text messages as a method of making unwanted telephone solicitations; prohibit

Rep. Joseph Gullett [R]	Rep. Martin Momtahan [R]	Rep. Charles Martin [R]	Rep. Mitchell Scoggins [R]
Rep. Matt Dollar [R]	Rep. Danny Mathis [R]

2020-03-09 - House - House Vote #549 (Y: 162 N: 1 NV: 7 Abs: 10) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2020-03-09	House	House Passed/Adopted
2020-03-09	House	House Third Readers
2020-03-04	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2020-03-03	House	House Second Readers
2020-03-02	House	House First Readers
2020-02-28	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57909
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/191487
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57909#17553