7/30/03 - A bill that would have banned junk e-mail, commonly referred to as "spam," has died in an Assembly committee.
SB12, sponsored by Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Redondo Beach, would have allowed consumers to sue for $500 for each unsolicited junk e-mail received in their computer mailbox.
The measure, previously approved by the Senate, failed to muster the necessary seven votes to gain passage from the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions.

12/9/02 - Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Redondo Beach, says she wants to ban the junk e-mail, commonly referred to as "spam," cluttering computer mailboxes.
SB12 would allow consumers to sue for $500 for each unsolicited junk e-mail.
The bill is in the Senate Rules Committee. For Senate bill status, call (916) 445-4251.