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NJ S1613

NJ S1613
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.


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Introduced
02/16/2016
In Committee
02/16/2016
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2018

Introduced Session

2016-2017 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill prohibits a telemarketer, when making or causing to be made any telemarketing sales call, from failing to transmit or cause to be transmitted the telephone number, and, when made available by the telemarketer's telephone company, the name of the telemarketer, to any caller identification service in use by a recipient of a telemarketing sales call. The bill permits the telemarketer to substitute, for the name and telephone number used in or billed for making the call, the name of the seller on behalf of which the call is placed and the seller's customer service telephone number that is answered during regular business hours.

AI Summary

This bill prohibits telemarketers from failing to transmit their telephone number and name (when available from their telephone company) to caller ID services when making sales calls. Telemarketers are allowed to substitute the name of the seller they are calling on behalf of and the seller's customer service number instead. The bill also prohibits telemarketers from intentionally blocking or circumventing caller ID. Additionally, the bill retains existing provisions that prohibit telemarketers from calling numbers on the "no telemarketing call list" (with some exceptions) and from making calls between 9 pm and 8 am local time.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 02/16/2016)

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