SB 541 - Electronic Mail Address; no person shall transmit any message containing advertising material; penalties

Committees

Current Status

03/15/06 - House Second Readers

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer systems protection, so as to provide that no person shall transmit to an electronic address in Georgia any message that contains advertising material for viewing, use, consumption, sale, lease, or rental only by persons over 18 years of age unless the first eight characters of the subject line are "ADV:ADLT"; to provide for penalties; to provide for civil actions; to provide for damages; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/13/06 10:42 AM Senate Vote #802 048 000 001 007 PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
02/14/2006 Senate Read and Referred
03/08/2006 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/09/2006 Senate Read Second Time
03/13/2006 Senate Third Read
03/13/2006 Senate Passed/Adopted
03/14/2006 House First Readers
03/15/2006 House Second Readers