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State Telemarketing Legislative Activity

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Facebook v. Duguid, many states have responded by enhancing or introducing new telemarking laws. View our interactive map to see how mini-TCPA and other state laws have been heating up nationwide since 2022.

Arizona
  • Arizona HB 2498
  • (Passed: 4/2023; Effective: 7/22/2023)
    • Amends DNC rule’s scope to include texts.
California
  • California AB 2068  
  • (Passed: 9/2024; Effective: 1/1/2025)
    • Expands registration and reporting requirements for call centers in CA.
  • California AB 2905
  • (Passed: 9/2024; Effective: 1/1/2025)
    • Expands the definition of “Automatic Dialing-Announcing Device” to include calls made using an artificial voice.
Connecticut
  • Connecticut SB 1058
  • (Passed: 6/2023; Effective: 10/1/2023)
    • Updates disclosures and definitions.
    • Requires a consumer’s PEWC for any “telephonic sales call”, also created CT’s own statutory definition for PEWC.
    • “Telephonic sales calls” only permitted to consumers between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Florida
  • Florida HB 761
  • (Passed: 5/2023; Effective: 5/26/2023)
    • Updates key definitions.
    • Adds DNC rules.
Georgia
  • Georgia SB 73
  • (Passed: 5/2024; Effective: 7/1/2024)
    • Amendment to telephone solicitations law providing the right to a class action lawsuit for No-Call Lists violations.
Maine
  • Maine LD 2234
  • (Passed: 3/2024; Effective: 8/9/2024)
    • Requires scrub against reassigned number database (RND) for calls terminating in Maine
  • Maine LD 396
  • (Passed: 6/2023; Effective: 9/16/2023)
    • Updates definitions and registration requirements.
Maryland
  • Maryland HB 1228
  • (Passed: 4/2024; Effective: 4/25/2024)
    • Amends MD's automated telephone systems law to grant consumers a private right of action for violations to recover $500 or actual damages, whichever is greater.
  • Maryland HB 37
  • (Passed: 5/2023; Effective: 1/1/2024)
    • Updates exemptions to “telephone solicitations” and disclosure requirements.
    • Restricts permitted calling times to between 8am – 8pm.
    • Assumes MD area code is indicative of consumer residence within MD.
  • Maryland SB 90
  • (Passed: 5/2023; Effective: 1/1/2024) 
    • No more than 3 calls per 24-hour period on the same matter or issue.
Mississippi
  • Mississippi HB 1225
  • (Passed: 3/2023; Effective: 7/1/2023) 
    • Transfers the state's telephone regulatory responsibilities and duties from the Public Service Commission to the AG.
    • State mini TCPA.
New Jersey
  • New Jersey SB 921
  • (Passed: 5/2023; Effective: 12/1/2023) 
    • Updates disclosures and permitted calling hours to 8am – 9pm.
    • Implements state DNC laws.
New York
  • New York AB 8319
  • (Passed: 12/2022; Effective: 3/6/2023)  
    • Adds telephone numbers to a do-not-call list at the outset of certain telemarketing calls.
    • Specifies required disclosures.
  • New York AB 7939
  • (Passed: 6/2024; Effective: 11/25/2024)   
    • Requires telemarketers to disclose the address of any company on whose behalf the telemarketer is providing telemarketing services.
  • New York AB 4456
  • (Passed: 6/2023; Effective: 9/13/2023)   
    • Increases fines for state TCPA violations.
Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma HB 3168
  • (Passed: 5/2022; Effective: 11/1/2022)   
    • Prohibits robocalls without Prior Express Written Consent (PEWC).
    • Prohibits sales calls before 8am and after 8pm.
    • Prohibits more than three sales calls within a 24-hour period on the same matter.
Oregon
  • Oregon HB 3865
  • (Passed: 7/2025; Effective: 1/1/2026) 
    • Prohibits initiating a telephone solicitation outside of 8am – 8pm or more than 3 separate times within a 24-hour period.
    • Updates required disclosures and states area codes are indicative of residence in Oregon.
    • Pre-recorded messaging and calling times changed to 8am-8pm.
Texas
  • Texas SB 140 (HB 4719)
  • (Passed: 6/2025; Effective: 9/1/2025) 
    • Establishes that violations are considered deceptive acts, allowing both public and private remedies for enforcement.
    • Mandates a liberal interpretation of the laws to protect individuals from misleading practices in telemarketing, ensuring that past recoveries do not limit future claims.
    • Adds a definition for "telephone call" and refines the meaning of "telephone solicitation" to encompass various communications aimed at selling products or services.
Tennessee
  • Tennessee HB 2504
  • (Passed: 5/2024; Effective: 7/1/2024)  
    • Prohibits misleading, false, or inaccurate caller identification information.
  • Tennessee SB 868
  • (Passed: 4/2023; Effective: 7/1/2023)   
    • Extends the prohibitions, requirements, and penalties that apply to telephone solicitations to text message solicitations.
Utah
  • Utah HB 217
  • (Passed: 3/2024; Effective: 5/4/2023) 
    • Covers calls encouraging the consumers to sell real or personal property.
    • Expands allowable calling hours to consumers that give Prior Express Consent from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
    • State mini TCPA
Virginia
  • Virginia SB 1339
  • (Passed: 4/2025; Effective: 1/1/2026)  
    • Updates key definitions, disclosures, and rules for language and methods concerning SMS opt-out and DNC requests.
    • Solicitations are permitted only between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., unless the recipient has provided consent.
    • Holds both the seller and the solicitor liable for violations.
Washington
  • Washington HB 1051
  • (Passed: 4/2023; Effective: 7/23/2023) 
    • Updates definitions and penalties specifically acknowledging robocalls and scams.
  • Washington HB 1497
  • (Passed: 3/2022; Effective: 6/9/2022) 
    • Updates DNC rules, required disclosures, and definitions.
    • Restricts calling hours from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin SB 531
  • (Passed: 3/2024; Effective: 4/1/2025) 
    • Prohibits callers from entering false information into a caller identification service with the intent of deceiving, defrauding, or misleading the recipient of a call.

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