2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1298: Use of profane, threatening, etc., language over the telephone; repeated telephone contact, penalty.

Legislative Summary

Use of profane, threatening, etc., language over the telephone; repeated telephone contact; penalty. Creates a Class 6 felony for any person who uses obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or makes any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threatens any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, over any telephone to (i) the same person 50 or more times within a 48-hour period or (ii) two or more family or household members of a person 50 or more times within a 48-hour period.

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Bill History

1/9/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104149D
Senate
1/9/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate
1/13/2025
Impact statement from VCSC (SB1298)
Senate
1/20/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1298)
Senate
1/27/2025
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)
1/27/2025
8
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/9/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text1/27/20255.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/9/20254.9 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/20/2025123.3 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/13/202537.3 KB