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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 1072

Prepaid cell phones; require retailer to obtain certain identifying information from purchaser as precondition to sale.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHENEVER A RETAIL SALE OF A PREPAID CELL PHONE IS MADE THE SELLER MUST ACQUIRE CERTAIN IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FROM THE PURCHASER; TO REQUIRE THE SELLER TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN RECORDS RELATING TO THE PREPAID CELL PHONE FOR UP TO ONE YEAR; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THESE REQUIREMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Public UtilitiesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published