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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 520
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH40305-NH-115
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6	7
7	8		Short Title: Abuse and Deception by Telemarketers. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Brody, Bell, Dahle, and Gable (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	March 27, 2025
12		-	H520 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Brody.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH40305 -NH-115
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT TO ADDRESS ABUSE OF PRIVAC Y AND ACTS OF DECEPTION FROM 2
15	15		TELEMARKETERS BY DISPLAYING PHONE NUMBERS THAT ARE FRA UDULENT 3
16	16		AND MISREPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACTUAL CALLER. 4
17	17		Whereas, the citizens and businesses of North Carolina claim the right of privacy and 5
18	18		exclusive use of the phone lines and numbers for which they contract for; and 6
19	19		Whereas, the citizens and businesses of North Carolina claim a right of privacy and 7
20	20		enjoyment of that privacy from telemarketers who spoof, or otherwise disguise their actual phone 8
21	21		numbers, preventing the receiving phone from identifying who is calling, and 9
22	22		Whereas, the citizens and businesses of North Carolina claim some telemarketers are 10
23	23		violating these rights and fraudulently displaying numbers which are assigned to other people, 11
24	24		assigned to various businesses, using numbers that are not assigned to anyone (including the 12
25	25		caller), or made up combinations of numbers and letters to disguise the real identification of the 13
26	26		caller; Now, therefore, 14
27	27		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 15
28	28		SECTION 1. G.S. 75-100 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 16
29	29		"(10) A telephone number is the property of a telephone subscriber, subject to the 17
30	30		terms and conditions of the subscriber's contract with a telephone carrier." 18
31	31		SECTION 2. G.S. 75-102(i) reads as rewritten: 19
32	32		"(i) No telephone solicitor or its agent shall cause misleading information to be 20
33	33		transmitted to users of caller identification technologies or otherwise block or misrepresent the 21
34	34		origin of the telephone solicitation. No provider of telephone caller identification services shall 22
35	35		be held liable for violations of this subsection committed by other individuals or entities. It is not 23
36	36		a violation of this subsection for a telephone solicitor to utilize the name and number of the entity 24
37	37		the solicitation is being made on behalf of rather than the name and number of the telephone 25
38	38		solicitor." 26
39	39		SECTION 3. Article 4 of Chapter 75 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 27
40	40		a new section to read: 28
41	41		"§ 75-104.1. Telephone carriers. 29
42	42		(a) A telephone carrier shall not knowingly and intentionally transmit, sell, or otherwise 30
43	43		provide the numbers of telephone subscribers to any entity the telephone carrier knows will use 31
44	44		the number to violate provisions of this Act. 32
45	45		(b) A telephone carrier shall not be held liable for a telemarketer's violation of 33
46	46		G.S. 75-102(i)." 34
47		-	SECTION 4. G.S. 75-105 reads as rewritten: 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 House Bill 520-First Edition
49		-	"§ 75-105. Enforcement. 1
50		-	… 2
51		-	(b) A telephone subscriber who has received a telephone solicitation from or on behalf 3
52		-	of a telephone solicitor in violation of this Article may bring any of the following actions in civil 4
53		-	court: 5
54		-	(1) An action to enjoin further violations of this Article by the telephone solicitor. 6
55		-	(2) An action to recover five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first violation, one 7
56		-	thousand dollars ($1,000) for the second violation, and five thousand dollars 8
57		-	($5,000) for the third and any other violation that occurs within two years of 9
58		-	the first violation. 10
59		-	(b1) A telephone subscriber who has received a telephone solicitation in violation of 11
60		-	G.S. 75-102(i), or a telephone subscriber whose phone number or name was displayed in a way 12
61		-	to give the perception that a call originated from that subscriber or number when the call was 13
62		-	actually placed from a different origin and in violation of G.S. 75-102(i), may bring any action 14
63		-	authorized pursuant this section or Chapter against the telemarketer initiating the call. In an action 15
64		-	brought under this subsection, the court shall impose an additional civil fine of ten thousand 16
65		-	dollars ($10,000) for each call placed in knowing violation of G.S. 75-102(i). Any person who 17
66		-	knowingly violates G.S. 75-105(i) shall be guilty of a Class H felony. 18
67		-	…." 19
68		-	SECTION 5. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to phone 20
69		-	calls placed on or after that date. 21
	47	+	SECTION 4. G.S. 75-105 reads as rewritten: 35
	48	+	"§ 75-105. Enforcement. 36
	49	+	H.B. 520
	50	+	Mar 25, 2025
	51	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	52	+	Page 2 DRH40305-NH-115
	53	+	… 1
	54	+	(b) A telephone subscriber who has received a telephone solicitation from or on behalf 2
	55	+	of a telephone solicitor in violation of this Article may bring any of the following actions in civil 3
	56	+	court: 4
	57	+	(1) An action to enjoin further violations of this Article by the telephone solicitor. 5
	58	+	(2) An action to recover five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first violation, one 6
	59	+	thousand dollars ($1,000) for the second violation, and five thousand dollars 7
	60	+	($5,000) for the third and any other violation that occurs within two years of 8
	61	+	the first violation. 9
	62	+	(b1) A telephone subscriber who has received a telephone solicitation in violation of 10
	63	+	G.S. 75-102(i), or a telephone subscriber whose phone number or name was displayed in a way 11
	64	+	to give the perception that a call originated from that subscriber or number when the call was 12
	65	+	actually placed from a different origin and in violation of G.S. 75-102(i), may bring any action 13
	66	+	authorized pursuant this section or Chapter against the telemarketer initiating the call. In an action 14
	67	+	brought under this subsection, the court shall impose an additional civil fine of ten thousand 15
	68	+	dollars ($10,000) for each call placed in knowing violation of G.S. 75-102(i). Any person who 16
	69	+	knowingly violates G.S. 75-105(i) shall be guilty of a Class H felony. 17
	70	+	…." 18
	71	+	SECTION 5. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to phone 19
	72	+	calls placed on or after that date. 20