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
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Feb 12, 2024
D
Democratic25
88% Yea
R
Republican15
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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Beach
DDemocratic
P
NP
Nellie Pou
DDemocratic
Co
Jon Bramnick
RRepublican
Co
Paul Moriarty
DDemocratic
Co
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
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