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Senate approves anti-spam measure with amendments; bill moves to third reading
Summary
The Senate adopted committee amendments and placed substitute House Bill 80 (unsolicited commercial email) on the third-reading calendar. The bill requires accurate sender identification, advert content flagged in subject lines, and an opt-out mechanism; senators debated scope, interstate enforcement and penalties.
The Senate approved a substituted version of House Bill 80 on second reading and placed it on the third-reading calendar after adopting committee amendments. The measure sets requirements for unsolicited commercial email (so-called "spam"), including accurate sender identification, an advertising marker ("ADV") in the subject line for commercial messages, and an opt-out provision.
Sponsor Senator Steele described the bill as a measured response to increasing unsolicited email. "If…
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