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AK HB93

Bill

Status

Passed

8/5/2009

Primary Sponsor

Nancy Dahlstrom

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Origin

House of Representatives

26th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Alaska's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act to extend protections against unwanted telephone solicitations to cellular and mobile telephones.

  • Expands the definition of "telephone solicitation" to explicitly include solicitations made to customers on their cellular or mobile telephones, in addition to calls to residences.

  • Makes calls to cellular or mobile telephone numbers registered with the national do not call registry (maintained by the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission) violations of Alaska consumer protection law.

  • Preserves existing exemptions from the do not call restrictions, including calls from charitable organizations to donors, business-to-business calls, and calls to prior customers within 18 months.

Legislative Description

Do Not Call Registry--mobile/cell Phones

Communications

Last Action

EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/14/09

8/5/2009

Committee Referrals

Labor & Commerce1/28/2009

Full Bill Text

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