SB95 Summary

• Prohibits intentional misuse of misleading caller identification information by telephone solicitors and increases civil penalties from $2,000 to $5,000 per violation.

• Expands do-not-call list protections to include commercial and cellular telephone subscribers in addition to residential subscribers.

• Makes caller ID spoofing violations actionable under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act to enable enforcement by the Attorney General.

• Designates the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General as the criminal prosecuting authority for unlawful telephone solicitation violations.

• Exempts telephone solicitations made on behalf of charitable institutions and calls displaying proper caller identification information of the party on whose behalf the solicitation is made.