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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 531

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Relating to: caller identification spoofing, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Forfeiture Telecommunications Telephone

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits caller identification (ID) spoofing. Under the bill, no person

may knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information through a

telephone call or text message with the intent to defraud or wrongfully obtain

anything of value, including personally identifiable information. The bill also

prohibits telephone solicitors from knowingly transmitting misleading or inaccurate

caller ID information for any purpose, except that the telephone solicitor may

transmit the name of the seller on whose behalf the telephone solicitation is placed

and the seller's customer service telephone number if an individual may call that

number to make a do-not-call request during regular business hours. The bill

creates an exemption for transmissions in connection with authorized activities of

law enforcement agencies or a court order specifically authorizing the use of caller

ID manipulation. In addition, the bill prohibits a telephone solicitor from blocking

the transmission of caller ID information. A person who violates any of these

prohibitions is subject to a civil forfeiture of $100 to $10,000.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bradley (R) , Nass (R) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

25 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabrera (D) , Carpenter (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Larson (D) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Dec 21, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Dec 21, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Bradley, Nass, Roys, Taylor, Tomczyk and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Bodden, Kitchens, Armstrong, Behnke, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Duchow, Goeben, Gustafson, Krug, Michalski, Murphy, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Penterman, Rettinger, Schmidt, Wichgers, Edming and Schraa

  2. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Technology

  3. Oct 19, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 30, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  5. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Nov 29, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  7. Dec 13, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  8. Dec 18, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Dec 20, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Dec 21, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Dec 21, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Dec 21, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  15. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  19. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  20. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. Jan 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  23. Jan 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:22 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  24. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Jan 25, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Jan 29, 2024 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)

  31. Jan 29, 2024 · Senate

    LRB correction

  32. Jan 30, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Mar 21, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024

  34. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 243

  35. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-28-2024