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