HB86 Summary

• Prohibits the intentional use of misleading caller identification information by telephone solicitors and telemarketers in Alabama.

• Establishes that violations of this prohibition are also violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, enabling enforcement by the Alabama Attorney General.

• Exempts telephone solicitations made on behalf of charitable institutions from the misleading caller ID prohibition.

• Allows proper caller identification information to be displayed when the telephone solicitor substitutes the name and number of the party on whose behalf the call is made.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.