Virginia · House Bill 2021 · 2025 Regular Session

Fair Voice Purchasing Act; established, penalties.

HB 2021 Sponsored by Holly M. Seibold Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 7, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 7, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Fair Voice Purchasing Act established; penalties. Prohibits a virtual assistant licensee or virtual assistant licensor, as such terms are defined in the bill, from providing voice purchasing on a smart speaker device or smart display device unless such licensee or licensor obtains consent from the user of such device.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. House of DelegatesPrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104419D
  2. House of DelegatesPrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104419D
  3. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation · House of Delegates Communications, Technology and Innovation
  4. CommitteeAssigned CT & I sub: Communications · House of Delegates Communications, Technology and Innovation: Subcommittee 1
  5. CommitteePlaced on Communications, Technology and Innovation Agenda · House of Delegates Communications, Technology and Innovation
  6. CommitteeSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 1-N) · House of Delegates Communications, Technology and Innovation: Subcommittee 19–1 vote
  7. CommitteeLeft in Communications, Technology and Innovation · House of Delegates Communications, Technology and Innovation

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Jan 27, 2025 House of Delegates Communications, Technology and Innovation: Subcommittee 1 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 1-N)
Members

Yes · 9

No · 1

Not voting · 1

 9–1

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.

All 5 cosponsors

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