On July 24, 2019, the House of Representatives unanimously
passed the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (the
"Act") by a vote of 429 to 3. The measure, which was
originally introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), is
crafted to modernize telemarketing restrictions and the use of
automated telephone equipment as codified under the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). The proposed Act
will now move on to the Senate for committee conference.
Why is there a need for the new TCPA law?
Proposed Changes to TCPA Law
It should come as no surprise to companies operating in the
advertising/marketing/lead generation space that consumers are fed
up with unwanted telemarketing calls. In fact, in 2018,
the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") received 232,000 complaints of unsolicited
telemarketing calls, an increase of more than 34 percent since
2015. But this statistic may be a bit misleading because, as
telemarketers point out, consumers unfortunately often
