HB 1686 -- Telemarketing No-Call List

Sponsor:  LeVota

This bill expands the No-call List to include cell phone numbers
and prohibits sending unsolicited faxes and text messages to
anyone who is on the No-call List.  Using an automatic dialing
announcing device (ADAD) when calling a residential subscriber
who is on the No-call List is also prohibited unless:

(1)  The subscriber has knowingly or voluntarily authorized
receipt of the message; or

(2)  The message is immediately preceded by a live operator who
obtains the subscriber's consent before the message is delivered.
The operator must disclose the name of the business for which the
message is being made, the purpose of the message, whether or not
the message will solicit money, and the kind of goods or services
the message is promoting.

ADAD equipment cannot be used unless it disconnects within 10
seconds after the subscriber ends the call.

These provisions do not apply to calls:

(1)  From school districts to students, parents, or employees;

(2)  To subscribers with whom the caller has a current business
or personal relationship;

(3)  From telecommunications companies or directory publisher
affiliates for the sole purpose of verifying the delivery of
products or services that were provided free to the residential
subscriber;

(4)  To subscribers requesting personal opinions on public
policy, political candidates, or issues before voters made for a
bona fide information-gathering purpose;

(5)  To employees advising them of work schedules; or

(6)  From public safety agencies or other entities notifying the
recipient of an emergency or an Amber alert.

Any person who knowingly inserts false information into a caller
identification system with the intent to defraud the recipient on
the identity of a caller will be guilty of caller identification
spoofing, a class D felony.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:11 pm