Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Budget and Appropriations Committee on December 19, 2013. The 2012–2013 session has ended.
2012–2013 Session
Assembly Bill 1218
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 10
Jon M. Bramnick, Ruben J. Ramos Jr.
Chief co-sponsors from Jan 10
Chief co-sponsor from May 24
16 co-sponsors
John J. Burzichelli, Nelson T. Albano, Vincent Prieto, Pamela R. Lampitt, Louis D. Greenwald, Herb Conaway Jr., Brian E. Rumpf, Reed Gusciora, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Upendra J. Chivukula, John S. Wisniewski, Matthew W. Milam, Gary S. Schaer, Christopher J. Brown, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Scott Rudder
Its course
January 10, 2012 to December 19, 2013, 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 action5 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyJan 10 to May 24135 days
Consumer AffairsJan 10 to May 10121 days
In the SenateMay 24 to Dec 19 · stopped574 days
Economic GrowthMay 31 to Dec 19 · moved on567 days
Budget and AppropriationsDec 19 to Dec 19 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading78–0
Passed · May 24
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted May 10
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 General Assembly Jan 10 – May 24
- Jan 10Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Consumer Affairs
- May 10Consumer Affairs recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- May 24Passed the General Assembly, 78 to 0
In the Senate May 31 – Dec 19, 2013
- May 31Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Economic Growth
- Dec 19, 2013Sent to Budget and Appropriations