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NY TELEMARKETING LAW GOES INTO EFFECT: HUGE FINES TO CLOSE A LOOPHOLE THAT DOESN’T EXIST

6 Mar 20206 Mar 2020

On March 1, New York’s Nuisance Call Act went into effect (full text available HERE). The Act requires live telemarketers to give call recipients the option to be added to…

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HERE IT IS– PALLONE-THUNE TRACED ACT SUMMARY OVERVIEW

3 Dec 20194 Dec 2019

The following summary overview of the provisions of the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, S. 151, currently under consideration by the US House of Representatives, is not a substitute for consulting the…

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BREAKING TCPA NEWS: Don’t Leave for Thanksgiving Just Yet! Text of New Compromise “Robocall” Bill Just Released–and its Huge!

27 Nov 20193 Dec 2019

Well it has been a long time coming but Congress just released the compromise bill that appears highly likely to pass both chambers and will modify the Telephone Consumer Protection…

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Robocall Legislation Update: PA Passes Bill Requiring Permanent Maintenance of Do Not Call Requests

26 Sep 201927 Sep 2019

Real quick—if you are calling folks in Pennsylvania go ahead and hold onto any “do not call” requests you receive. Like, forever. The bill, HB-318 passed the PA House back…

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TCPA Developments In Review: Unprecedented Podcast Breaks Down Congressional Developments with Former Hill Staffer Margaret Daum

4 Sep 20195 Sep 2019

Well we're back folks and you cannot miss this. Dusting off the fun and sun of summer, the TCPAWorld team is back in action. We breakdown all the big TCPA…

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Hobbs Act On the Ropes in the Eleventh Circuit!: Panel Rejecting Solicited Fax TCPA Rule Absolutely Torches Hobbs Act in Published Ruling

30 Jul 201931 Jul 2019

Well that was unexpected. The Circuit Court of Appeal that brought the nation’s strongest rebuke of a district court failing to honor Hobbs Act jurisdiction in a TCPA appeal— see…

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TCPA ENDGAME: Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Seeks to Clarify “Called Party” Definition and End Scourge of Wrong Number TCPA Suits (Sort Of)

22 Jul 201924 Jul 2019

H.R. 3375 may soon be the most substantial TCPA-related piece of legislation to emerge from Congress since 1991—and it looks extremely likely to pass the House. We’ll break down various…

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FULL HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES BIPARTISAN ROBOCALL BILL

17 Jul 201929 Jul 2019

The full House Committee on Energy and Commerce, this morning, approved a further amended Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, H.R. 3375, by a 48-0 roll call vote. Before doing so, the…

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FULL ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE TO MARKUP ROBOCALL BILL TOMORROW

16 Jul 2019

The full House Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a markup tomorrow morning of a list of some 26 bills, with the first on the list being the Stopping…

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HUGE TCPA NEWS: HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVES BIPARTISAN ROBOCALL BILL

25 Jun 201927 Jun 2019

With nary a dissenting voice, the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology this afternoon approved and sent to the full House Committee on Energy and Commerce an amended Stopping Bad…

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HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE TO MARKUP COMPOSITE ROBOCALL BILL TOMORROW

24 Jun 201925 Jun 2019

The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a markup of the “new” Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, H.R. 3375, tomorrow starting at 2:00…

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YET ANOTHER TCPA/ROBOCALL BILL: HELPING “LOCK UP” ROBOCALLERS

20 Jun 201921 Jun 2019

Not to be outdone by their U.S. Senate colleagues, six Members of the House of Representatives have introduced the bi-partisan Locking Up Robocallers Act of 2019, H.R. 3325. The lead…

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Facing Hard Time: Congress Ratcheting Up Potential Criminal Penalties For TCPA Violations

18 Jun 201920 Jun 2019

With the TRACED Act, S. 151, safely passed and resting with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, a quartet of Democratic Senators have turned their legislative attention to beefing…

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Huge Anti-Robocall Measure Passes In the Senate: Here is Your Definitive Guide to How TRACED Alters the TCPA Worldscape

24 May 201930 May 2019

As the Baron reported yesterday the TRACED Act passed the Senate and is on its way to the House for consideration by the Democratic-lead lower chamber. But what is exactly…

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It Just Got Real: TRACED Act Barrels Across The Senate Goal Line

23 May 201924 May 2019

The US Senate today approved the TRACED Act, S. 151, as reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, by a vote of 97-1. Only Senator Rand Paul…

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Washington Update: TCPA Week In the Capital

16 May 201920 May 2019

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “summit” announcements, a Congressional oversight hearing with all FCC Commissioners, proposals for default call-blocking services, yet more sponsors for the Senate’s TRACED Act, and a forceful…

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TRACED Act Train Rolls On

8 May 20198 May 2019

Senators continue to sign on to the TRACED Act, S. 151, in the aftermath of its approval by the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. As approved by…

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Building a Record: House Subcommittee Plumbs Depths Of Legislative Solutions To Illegal Robocalls

1 May 20192 May 2019

Over the course of two and a half hours yesterday morning, nineteen members of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee (ten Democrats and nine Republicans), including the Chairman and Ranking…

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Legislative Initiatives To Address Illegal Robocalls Continue

15 Apr 201916 Apr 2019

As he promised last week, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has reintroduced the Repeated Objectionable Bothering of Consumers on Phones (“ROBOCOP”) Act in the US Senate. S. 1212 was referred to…

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“The TCPA Is Straightforward and Clear”: NCLC Spokeswoman’s Finger-Pointing Congressional Testimony Blames Legitimate Business for Robocall Cloud

11 Apr 201912 Apr 2019

Love em or hate em, if there has been a single driving force behind the expansion of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") over the years it has been the…

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New York State Prepares to Unveil Broadest “Robocall” Restriction Yet- Here’s How its Supposed to Work

10 Apr 201911 Apr 2019

Can New York really completely ban all robocalls? Well, that is the goal of new legislation introduced into the New York Assembly and Senate last month. But what will the…

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Senate TRACED Act Bandwagon Rolls On

10 Apr 201910 Apr 2019

Since our last update, S. 151, the US Senate version of the TRACED Act, has picked up another thirteen supporters. Almost half of the Senate membership, forty-five Senators, are now…

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Yet More Senate Commerce Committee Robocall Focus

5 Apr 20198 Apr 2019

In the aftermath of approval of the TRACED Act, S. 151, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s focus on robocall issues has not abated. The Committee’s Subcommittee…

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Seven More Senators Join the TRACED Act Bandwagon

4 Apr 20195 Apr 2019

Yesterday, on the day the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation favorably reported the TRACED Act, S. 151, seven additional members of the Senate signed on as co-sponsors. That…

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Senate Commerce Committee Favorably Reports TRACED Act

3 Apr 20193 Apr 2019

This morning the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation favorably reported the TRACED Act, S. 151. This action came after the bill picked up Committee Chairman Roger Wicker…

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TRACED ACT SCHEDULED FOR SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE ACTION

2 Apr 20193 Apr 2019

The U.S. Senate version of the TRACED Act, S.151, is on the schedule for a full Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee markup tomorrow starting at 9:30 a.m. It is…

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Update: Senate Version of TRACED Act Gains Yet More Bipartisan Support

27 Mar 201928 Mar 2019

The US Senate version of the TRACED Act, S.B. 151, gained eight more co-sponsors yesterday. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT), Todd Young (R-IN), Angus King (I-ME), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Elizabeth Warren…

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Indiana Legislature Dials Up “Do Not Call” Statute Revisions

25 Mar 201926 Mar 2019

The Indiana legislature, to the consternation of the State Attorney General, is considering two additional exemptions to calls covered by its “Do Not Call” statute. Both involve the established business…

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Senate Version of TRACED Act Gains More Bipartisan Support

15 Mar 201927 Mar 2019

The US Senate version of the TRACED Act, S.B. 151, gained two more co-sponsors yesterday. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) joined the list of supporters on March…

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The TCPA Legislative Beat Goes On: TRACED Act Emerges in the House

14 Mar 201915 Mar 2019

Keep up everyone.Just last week, we updated developments on the TRACED Act (S. 151) in the US Senate (https://tcpaworld.com/2019/03/11/tcpa-expansion-becomes-more-likely-traced-act-gaining-steam-with-a-groundswell-of-bipartisan-support/ and briefly reported on the introduction of another as yet “unnamed”…

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TRACED Act: H.R. 1602 Identified As Companion House Bill

14 Mar 201914 Mar 2019

As we reported last week, H.R. 1602 is among the plethora of robocall legislation being considered by Congress. And the Czar's suspicions were right—H.R. 1602 is the House version of…

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TCPA Expansion Becomes More Likely: TRACED Act Gaining Steam With A “Groundswell” Of Bipartisan Support

11 Mar 201918 Mar 2019

Hold on to your hats. The TRACED Act (S. 151), which encourages the FCC and other federal agencies to increase enforcement of the TCPA, is gaining serious bipartisan support. We’re…

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TCPA to be Amended?: A Fourth “Robocall” Bill Dropped Into the Legislative Hopper

8 Mar 201912 Mar 2019

The proposed robocall legislation bin is filling up this Congress. Although it comes with no fancy acronym like the TRACED Act (S. 151), REAL PEACE or HANG-UP Act (H.R. 1421),…

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BREAKING: Fourth Robocall Bill Introduced in Congress

7 Mar 20197 Mar 2019

While Congress already has TRACED, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, and REAL PEACE pending, Rep. Jefferson Van Drew (D. NJ) introduced today a new bill entitled "Robocall Enforcement Enhancement Act" designed…

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Third Time’s the Charm?: Congress Considering HANGUP Act One Last Time

4 Mar 20195 Mar 2019

They're at it again. After the bill previously failed to muster the votes necessary to pass, Congressional Democrats--this time apparently working with Republicans--are looking to close the "loophole" authorizing calls…

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