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Senator Gavarone offers cleanup to bolster robocall protections while preserving political messaging
Summary
Senate Bill 224 refines earlier robocall legislation, keeping safe-harbor provisions for compliant actors and adding enforcement tools against illegal robocallers; sponsor said it will not change current campaign-communication practices.
Senator Gavarone presented Senate Bill 224 to the Judiciary Committee as cleanup legislation to build on prior work to curb illegal robocalls and scams. The senator said the measure clarifies safe-harbor provisions enacted previously so that compliant actors are protected while the state retains tools to pursue illegal robocallers who prey on Ohioans, particularly seniors.
Gavarone told the committee the bill is meant to continue the state's effort to safeguard Ohioans from scams and thanked the Attorney General's office for bringing the issue forward. In response to a question about political-campaign communications, the senator said the measure will not change current practice for campaign messages such as get-out-the-vote calls.
The item was recorded as the bill's first hearing; senators thanked the sponsor and no vote was taken.
