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Missouri committee hears bills to curb spoofed calls, allow businesses on no‑call list
Summary
Lawmakers and business groups backed two bills that would penalize caller ID spoofing and allow businesses to join the state no‑call list; lawmakers questioned enforcement limits when calls originate outside the U.S.
Representatives Mitch Boggs (R‑District 157) and Travis Wilson (R‑District 106) presented two related bills — House Bill 564 and House Bill 509 — to the Missouri House Committee on Utilities, proposing criminal penalties for caller‑ID spoofing and a change to allow businesses to join the state no‑call list.
The bills, described by the sponsors as complementary, would add a new penalty for using a falsified phone number to make calls intended to defraud or harass and would give businesses the same ability that consumers have to register on the state no‑call list. "This is a bill that is meant to help business owners," Representative Travis Wilson said. Representative Mitch Boggs said his…
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