Note:  The following information was accurate when this page was last revised in early 1999.  More current information on spam legislation can be found at Spam Laws.

• Alaska House Bill 491 (1998)  [not enacted]
  (would have required unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to be clearly identifiable as advertisements, and to identify the sender and include opt-out instructions)

• California Assembly Bill 1629 (1998)  [enacted 9/26/98]
  (permits ISPs to sue those who send unsolicited commercial messages in violation of an ISP's policy if the sender has actual notice of the policy, possibly including a notice embedded in the e-mail server software, and imposes criminal penalties upon those who cause computer system disruptions by using a false domain name to send messages; as the bill was originally introduced, it would have prohibited unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

• California Assembly Bill 1676 (1998)  [enacted 9/26/98]
  (requires unsolicited e-mail advertisements to include opt-out instructions with a toll-free telephone number or a valid return address; requires senders to honor opt-out requests; and requires certain e-mail advertisements to contain "ADV:" or "ADV:ADLT" at the beginning of the subject line)

• Colorado House Bill 1284 (1997)  [enacted 4/24/97]
  (provisions relating to e-mail were deleted prior to enactment; as introduced, the bill would have regulated but not prohibited unsolicited e-mail solicitations)

• Connecticut House Bill 6558 (1997)  [not enacted]
  (passed by House but not voted upon by Senate; would have prohibited unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

• Illinois House Bill 2616 (1999)

• Illinois House Bill 2718 (1999)

• Kentucky House Bill 41 (1998)  [not enacted]
  (would have required unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to identify the sender and include opt-out instructions)

• Maryland House Bill 140/Senate Bill 222 (1998)  [enacted 4/13/98]
  (prohibits use of e-mail with intent to harass, with an exception for "peaceable activity intended to express political views or provide information to others")

• Maryland House Bill 1114 (1998)  [not enacted]
  (would have prohibited commercial solicitations by electronic mail)

• Massachusetts House Bill 4581 (1997)  [not enacted]
  (would have prohibited unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

• Massachusetts House Bill 4104 (1999)  [status]
  (introduced in January 1999 and referred to committee; would prohibit intra-state unsolicited commercial e-mail messages)

• Nevada Senate Bill 13 (1997)  [enacted 7/8/97]
  (requires unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to identify the sender and include opt-out instructions; as originally introduced, the bill would have prohibited most unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

• New Hampshire House Bill 1633 (1997)  [status]
  (prefiled in December 1997; failed House vote in March 1998 following unfavorable committee report; would prohibit unsolicited e-mail advertisements to customers of ISPs that register with the state as "restricted solicitation electronic mail providers")

• New Jersey Assembly Bill 295 (1998)  [status]
  (introduced in January 1998; amended by committee in June 1998 to include e-mail as well as telephone solicitations; would prohibit unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

• New Jersey Assembly Bill 513 (1998)  [status]
  (introduced in January 1998 and referred to committee; would prohibit unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

• New York Senate Bill 3524/Assembly Bill 6805 (1997)  [status]
  (referred to committees in March 1997; would regulate but not prohibit unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

• North Carolina House Bill 1744 (1997)  [status]
  (introduced in June 1998 and referred to committee; would require unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to be clearly identifiable as advertisements, and to identify the sender and include opt-out instructions)

• Rhode Island Senate Bill 1073 (1997)  [status]
  (introduced in May 1997 and referred to committee; would broaden existing law prohibiting unsolicited fax advertisements to also include e-mail)

• Texas House Bill 1773 (1999)  [status]
  

• Virginia House Bill 1325 (1998)  [status]
  (introduced in January 1998 and referred to committee, which continued the bill until 1999; would require ISPs to determine types of unsolicited e-mail messages that their subscribers do not wish to receive)

• Virginia House Bill 1668, House Bill 1714, and Senate Bill 881 (1999)  [status: HB 1668, HB 1714, SB 881]
  (passed by the General Assembly in February 1999 and awaiting the Governor's signature; among other provisions, these bills make it a crime to send unsolicited bulk e-mail containing false message headers, or to sell software designed to do so)

• Washington House Bill 2752 (1998)  [enacted 3/25/98] [campaign site]
  (prohibits false headers and misleading subject lines in unsolicited commercial e-mail messages, and creates a task force to consider the need for further legislation; as originally introduced, the bill would have prohibited most unsollicited e-mail advertisements)

• Washington House Bill 1037 (1999)
  

• Wisconsin Senate Bill 283 (1997)  [not enacted]
  (would have broadened existing law prohibiting unsolicited fax advertisements to also include e-mail)

• Wisconsin Senate Bill 33 (1999)  [status]