Senate Bill 1228 Summary

• Amends the Michigan Campaign Finance Act to add definitions for "automated telephonic communication" (recorded outbound calls promoting/opposing candidates or political issues) and "political solicitor" (person making such calls).

• Requires the Public Service Commission within 90 days to either establish a state do-not-call list for political calls or designate an existing national do-not-call list as authorized.

• Prohibits political solicitors from making automated telephonic communications to individuals on the do-not-call list, effective 90 days after the commission establishes or designates a list.

• Restricts use and transfer of do-not-call lists by political solicitors and the commission to purposes related to compliance with the prohibition, preventing misuse for unrelated purposes.

• Makes conforming changes to existing campaign finance definitions including "award," "ballot question," "bundling committee," "business," "domestic dependent sovereign," "election," and "public body."