S 1237 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

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

This bill requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their actual name and phone number through caller identification services during the call. Specifically, they must accurately identify themselves within the first 30 seconds of contact and cannot block, falsify, or circumvent caller ID displays. It directly affects telemarketing companies and their call centers operating in New Jersey, applying to all unsolicited sales calls. The law aims to increase transparency for consumers by ensuring they can identify and verify telemarketers before engaging with them.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
General Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Feb 12, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2024

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Feb 12, 2024
D Democratic25
22 Yea 3
88% Yea
R Republican15
15 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 12, 2024
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-0)
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors