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Sponsor urges rules to block spoofed telemarketing calls; enforcement questions remain

Commerce and Consumer Affairs · February 11, 2026
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Rep. Timothy Horgan told the committee HB 12 08 would require telemarketers to display valid, returnable caller ID numbers and avoid spoofing disconnected or reassigned numbers; members pressed enforcement, Attorney General review, and interaction with federal law.

Representative Timothy Horgan (Stratford County) introduced HB 12 08, a bill aimed at reducing nuisance and scam telemarketing calls by requiring telemarketers to use valid, returnable caller‑ID numbers and prohibiting the use of disconnected or reassigned numbers in caller ID. Horgan said the federal reassigned numbers database (authorized by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act)…

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