CHAPTER 176
HB 577 - FINAL VERSION
2019 SESSION
19-0575
11/03
HOUSE BILL 577
AN ACT relative to call blocking in an automated telephone dialing system.
SPONSORS: Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Gordon, Graf. 9
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the prohibition on automated telephone dialing systems using call blocking.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0575
11/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to call blocking in an automated telephone dialing system.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
176:1 Telemarketing; Use of Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems and Caller Identification Services; Blocking Prohibited. Amend RSA 359-E:5-a to read as follows:
359-E:5-a Blocking Prohibited. No person using an automated telephone dialing system or any other method for solicitation [in this state] shall use any method, including per-call blocking or per-line blocking, [that prevents] to prevent caller identification information [for the telephone solicitor's lines used to make telephone calls to a residential telephone subscriber] from being [shown] received by [a device capable of displaying caller identification information] the called party station. The caller identification information [displayed] shall contain a telephone number at which the telephone solicitor may receive telephone calls [if the telephone solicitor leaves a message on a telephone answering device or uses an automatic telephone dialing system that plays a recorded message when a connection is completed to a telephone number] and shall not contain misleading, inaccurate, or deceptive information.
176:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
Approved: July 10, 2019
Effective Date: January 01, 2020
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 19, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 26, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 7, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
| May 7, 2019 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 30, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 30, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
July 10, 2019: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 176; Eff: 01/01/2020
June 13, 2019: Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
June 13, 2019: Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
May 30, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
May 30, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/30/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24A
May 30, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/30/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 24A
May 7, 2019: Hearing: 05/07/2019, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 21
March 14, 2019: Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9
March 7, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 9
March 7, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/07/2019 (Vote 16-3; CC) HC 14 P. 6
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 16-3; CC)
Feb. 26, 2019: Executive Session: 02/26/2019 10:15 am LOB 304
Feb. 19, 2019: Public Hearing: 02/19/2019 01:00 pm LOB 304
Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 20