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Committee hears bill to expand protections against unwanted calls and texts; industry seeks exemptions
Summary
House Bill 1103 would broaden Washington’s telephone and commercial electronic messaging laws to cover businesses and prohibit sending texts to numbers on the federal Do Not Call Registry; witnesses urged carveouts for established business relationships and alignment with federal law.
The Consumer Protection & Business Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on House Bill 1103, a measure that would expand state protections against unsolicited telephone calls and electronic text messages and bar sending texts to Washington telephone numbers listed on the federal Do Not Call Registry. Committee staff summarized statutory changes and Representative Clyde Shavers, the bill’s prime sponsor, called the measure a step to protect Washingtonians’ privacy.
What the bill would change: staff told the committee HB1103 would (1) add a broad definition of “persons” to the Telephone Solicitation Act so protections apply to individuals and business entities, (2) narrow the business‑to‑business exemption so it applies only where the purchaser intends to resell goods or use them in…
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