Prohibiting certain automated telephone solicitations

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law regulates "telephone solicitation," which is defined as the unsolicited initiation of a telephone conversation for the purpose of encouraging the recipient of the telephone call to purchase property, goods, or services. Generally, under current law, a telephone solicitor may not make a telephone solicitation to a residential customer if the customer's telephone number is included in a nonsolicitation directory, maintained by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), listing residential customers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations. Under current law, the regulation of telephone solicitations does not apply to a nonprofit organization.

This bill expands the definition of "telephone solicitation" to include a telephone call initiated using an automatic dialing announcing device. Under the bill, an "automatic dialing announcing device" means a device that dials a telephone number and disseminates a prerecorded or synthesized voice message. As a result, the bill prohibits using an automatic dialing announcing device to initiate an unsolicited telephone call, if the recipient of the call is included in the DATCP directory. The prohibition does not apply to calls initiated using an automatic dialing announcing device from a school or school district to a student, parent of a student, or employee;

Who's behind it

11 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 11 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DATCP

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment ASA1-AB93