IN HB1123 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-05 - Public Law 242
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-05 - Public Law 242
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Telephone solicitation. Adds to the list of telephone calls that are exempt from the "do not call" statute any telephone call made to a consumer by a caller that: (1) is: (A) a communications service provider that offers broadband internet service; or (B) a financial institution or a person licensed by the department of financial institutions to engage in first lien mortgage transactions or consumer credit transactions; and (2) has an established business relationship with the consumer. Requires the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office (division) to notify Indiana residents of the following: (1) The prohibition under federal law against a person making any call using an: (A) automatic telephone dialing system; or (B) artificial or prerecorded voice; to any telephone number assigned to a mobile telecommunications service. (2) The prohibition under federal law against a person initiating any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior consent of the called party. (3) Information concerning the placement of a telephone number on the National Do Not Call Registry operated by the Federal Trade Commission. Allows the division to use the consumer protection division telephone solicitation fund (fund) to: (1) administer the statutes concerning: (A) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (B) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (2) reimburse county prosecutors for expenses incurred in extraditing violators of these and other state and federal statutes concerning telephone solicitations. (Current law provides that the fund may be used only to administer: (1) the state's "do not call" statute; (2) the federal statute concerning restrictions on the use of telephone equipment; and (3) the state statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification (caller ID statute).) Provides that certain civil penalties recovered by the attorney general for violations of the statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; shall be deposited in the fund. Defines "executive" for purposes of the "do not call" statute, and provides that an executive of a person that violates the "do not call" statute commits a separate deceptive act actionable by the division. Provides that the attorney general can collect attorney fees and costs in a civil action for a violation of the caller ID statute. Amends the definition of "seller" for purposes of the statute requiring telephone solicitors to register with the division, so that the definition includes any person making a telephone solicitation. (Current law includes only persons making specified false representations in a telephone solicitation.) Provides that all sellers that make telephone solicitations must register with the division. (Under current law, registration is required only if the seller makes a solicitation involving consideration of more than $100 and less than $50,000.) Makes technical changes to the deceptive consumer sales act concerning violations of the caller ID statute. Allows the attorney general to collect a civil penalty of not more than: (1) $10,000 for the first violation; and (2) $25,000 for each subsequent violation; of the statute regulating automatic dialing machines. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code the task of studying the following: (1) Whether existing criminal penalties for violations of specified telephone solicitation statutes should be increased. (2) The potential effects of increasing criminal penalties for violations of the statutes on: (A) the ability of the office of the attorney general to enforce compliance with the statutes; and (B) the state's criminal justice system. (3) Reconciling state and federal laws concerning the Do Not Call registry and other telephone privacy laws.
Title
Telephone solicitation. Adds to the list of telephone calls that are exempt from the "do not call" statute any telephone call made to a consumer by a caller that: (1) is: (A) a communications service provider that offers broadband internet service; or (B) a financial institution or a person licensed by the department of financial institutions to engage in first lien mortgage transactions or consumer credit transactions; and (2) has an established business relationship with the consumer. Requires the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office (division) to notify Indiana residents of the following: (1) The prohibition under federal law against a person making any call using an: (A) automatic telephone dialing system; or (B) artificial or prerecorded voice; to any telephone number assigned to a mobile telecommunications service. (2) The prohibition under federal law against a person initiating any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior consent of the called party. (3) Information concerning the placement of a telephone number on the National Do Not Call Registry operated by the Federal Trade Commission. Allows the division to use the consumer protection division telephone solicitation fund (fund) to: (1) administer the statutes concerning: (A) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (B) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (2) reimburse county prosecutors for expenses incurred in extraditing violators of these and other state and federal statutes concerning telephone solicitations. (Current law provides that the fund may be used only to administer: (1) the state's "do not call" statute; (2) the federal statute concerning restrictions on the use of telephone equipment; and (3) the state statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification (caller ID statute).) Provides that certain civil penalties recovered by the attorney general for violations of the statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; shall be deposited in the fund. Defines "executive" for purposes of the "do not call" statute, and provides that an executive of a person that violates the "do not call" statute commits a separate deceptive act actionable by the division. Provides that the attorney general can collect attorney fees and costs in a civil action for a violation of the caller ID statute. Amends the definition of "seller" for purposes of the statute requiring telephone solicitors to register with the division, so that the definition includes any person making a telephone solicitation. (Current law includes only persons making specified false representations in a telephone solicitation.) Provides that all sellers that make telephone solicitations must register with the division. (Under current law, registration is required only if the seller makes a solicitation involving consideration of more than $100 and less than $50,000.) Makes technical changes to the deceptive consumer sales act concerning violations of the caller ID statute. Allows the attorney general to collect a civil penalty of not more than: (1) $10,000 for the first violation; and (2) $25,000 for each subsequent violation; of the statute regulating automatic dialing machines. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code the task of studying the following: (1) Whether existing criminal penalties for violations of specified telephone solicitation statutes should be increased. (2) The potential effects of increasing criminal penalties for violations of the statutes on: (A) the ability of the office of the attorney general to enforce compliance with the statutes; and (B) the state's criminal justice system. (3) Reconciling state and federal laws concerning the Do Not Call registry and other telephone privacy laws.
Sponsors
| Rep. Jeff Ellington [R] | Rep. Dale DeVon [R] | Rep. Ryan Lauer [R] | Rep. Karlee Macer [D] |
| Sen. Randall Head [R] | Sen. Eric Koch [R] | Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D] |
Roll Calls
2019-04-24 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-04-24 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-04-16 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-21 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - Third reading (Y: 84 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 16) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-04-24 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-04-16 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-21 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - Third reading (Y: 84 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 16) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-05 | House | Public Law 242 |
| 2019-05-05 | House | Signed by the Governor |
| 2019-04-30 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2019-04-29 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2019-04-29 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2019-04-24 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 629: yeas 97, nays 0 |
| 2019-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 606: yeas 49, nays 0 |
| 2019-04-24 | Senate | CCR # 1 filed in the Senate |
| 2019-04-24 | House | CCR # 1 filed in the House |
| 2019-04-18 | Senate | Senate advisors appointed: Koch and Stoops |
| 2019-04-18 | Senate | Senate conferees appointed: Head and Ford J.D. |
| 2019-04-18 | House | House advisors appointed: Lauer, Lehman, DeVon and Hatfield |
| 2019-04-18 | House | House conferees appointed: Ellington and Macer |
| 2019-04-18 | House | House dissented from Senate amendments |
| 2019-04-18 | House | Motion to dissent filed |
| 2019-04-16 | Senate | Returned to the House with amendments |
| 2019-04-16 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 478: yeas 48, nays 0 |
| 2019-04-11 | Senate | Amendment #9 (Stoops) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2019-04-11 | Senate | Amendment #8 (Head) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2019-04-11 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2019-03-21 | Senate | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2019-03-12 | Senate | Senator Randolph added as cosponsor |
| 2019-02-27 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities |
| 2019-02-05 | House | Referred to the Senate |
| 2019-02-04 | House | Senate sponsors: Senators Head and Koch |
| 2019-02-04 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 86: yeas 84, nays 0 |
| 2019-01-31 | House | Amendment #1 (Ellington) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2019-01-31 | House | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2019-01-29 | House | Representative Macer added as coauthor |
| 2019-01-28 | House | Representative Soliday removed as coauthor |
| 2019-01-24 | House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2019-01-14 | House | Representatives Soliday, DeVon, Lauer added as coauthors |
| 2019-01-07 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications |
| 2019-01-07 | House | Authored by Representative Ellington |
