Pennsylvania Lawmakers Approve Telemarketer Spoofing Bill
Pennsylvania lawmakers on the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would bar telemarketers from spoofing phone numbers. Sen. Michele Brooks (R) led a group of eight other bipartisan lawmakers in introducing the bill,…
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S-992, earlier this year. The legislation, which now goes to the full state Senate, would prohibit telemarketers from using phone numbers that appear as though the call is coming from the same area code as the recipient. Calls could also be banned between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m., expanding on the current prohibition of calls between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.