Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB559 Compare Versions

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5	5	October 26, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives BODDEN, KITCHENS, ARMSTRONG,
6	6	BEHNKE, BINSFELD, BRANDTJEN, CABRERA, DUCHOW, GOEBEN, GUSTAFSON, KRUG,
7	7	MICHALSKI, MURPHY, MURSAU, OHNSTAD, PALMERI, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER,
8	8	SCHMIDT, WICHGERS, EDMING, SCHRAA and SINICKI, cosponsored by Senators
9	9	WANGGAARD, BRADLEY, NASS, ROYS, TAYLOR and SPREITZER. Referred to
10	10	Committee on Consumer Protection.
11	11	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
12	12	AN ACT to renumber 100.52 (6); to amend 100.52 (10) (a) and 100.52 (10) (b);
13	13	and to create 100.52 (1) (bd), 100.52 (4) (a) 4., 100.52 (4) (a) 5., 100.52 (6) (c),
14	14	100.52 (10) (c) and 100.523 of the statutes; relating to: caller identification
15	15	spoofing, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
16	16	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17	17	This bill prohibits caller identification (ID) spoofing. Under the bill, no person
18	18	may knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information through a
19	19	telephone call or text message with the intent to defraud or wrongfully obtain
20	20	anything of value, including personally identifiable information. The bill also
21	21	prohibits telephone solicitors from knowingly transmitting misleading or inaccurate
22	22	caller ID information for any purpose, except that the telephone solicitor may
23	23	transmit the name of the seller on whose behalf the telephone solicitation is placed
24	24	and the seller's customer service telephone number if an individual may call that
25	25	number to make a do-not-call request during regular business hours. The bill
26	26	creates an exemption for transmissions in connection with authorized activities of
27	27	law enforcement agencies or a court order specifically authorizing the use of caller
28	28	ID manipulation. In addition, the bill prohibits a telephone solicitor from blocking
29	29	the transmission of caller ID information. A person who violates any of these
30	30	prohibitions is subject to a civil forfeiture of $100 to $10,000.
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37	37	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
38	38	an appendix to this bill.
39	39	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
40	40	enact as follows:
41	41	SECTION 1. 100.52 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
42	42	100.52 (1) (bd) “Caller identification record” means a record that is delivered
43	43	electronically to the recipient of a telephone call or text message simultaneously with
44	44	the reception of the telephone call or text message and that indicates the telephone
45	45	number from which the telephone call or text message was initiated or similar
46	46	information regarding the telephone call or text message.
47	47	SECTION 2. 100.52 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
48	48	100.52 (4) (a) 4. When making a telephone solicitation, block the transmission
49	49	of a caller identification record.
50	50	SECTION 3. 100.52 (4) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
51	51	100.52 (4) (a) 5. When making a telephone solicitation, knowingly transmit a
52	52	misleading or inaccurate caller identification record, except that a telephone solicitor
53	53	or an employee or contractor of a telephone solicitor may transmit the name of the
54	54	seller on whose behalf the telephone solicitation is being made and the seller's
55	55	customer service telephone number if an individual may call that number to make
56	56	a do-not-call request during regular business hours.
57	57	SECTION 4. 100.52 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 100.52 (6) (am).
58	58	SECTION 5. 100.52 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
59	59	100.52 (6) (c) Subsection (4) (a) 5. does not apply to the transmission of a caller
60	60	identification record in connection with the authorized activity of a law enforcement
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85	85	agency or a court order that specifically authorizes the manipulation of a caller
86	86	identification record.
87	87	SECTION 6. 100.52 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
88	88	100.52 (10) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), a person who violates this
89	89	section may be required to forfeit $100 for each violation.
90	90	SECTION 7. 100.52 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
91	91	100.52 (10) (b) A telephone solicitor that violates sub. (4) (a) 1. to 3., (b), (c), or
92	92	(d) may be required to forfeit not more than $100 for each violation.
93	93	SECTION 8. 100.52 (10) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
94	94	100.52 (10) (c) A telephone solicitor that violates sub. (4) (a) 4. or 5. shall forfeit
95	95	not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 for each violation.
96	96	SECTION 9. 100.523 of the statutes is created to read:
97	97	100.523 Caller identification spoofing. (1) DEFINITION. In this section,
98	98	“caller identification record” has the meaning given in s. 100.52 (1) (bd).
99	99	(2) PROHIBITION. Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may, in connection
100	100	with any telecommunications service, knowingly transmit a misleading or
101	101	inaccurate caller identification record with the intent to defraud or wrongfully obtain
102	102	anything of value, including personally identifiable information.
103	103	(3) EXEMPTION. The prohibition in sub. (2) does not apply to the transmission
104	104	of a caller identification record in connection with the authorized activity of a law
105	105	enforcement agency or a court order that specifically authorizes the manipulation of
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107	107	(4) RULES. The department may promulgate rules to administer and enforce
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135	135	(5) ENFORCEMENT. The department shall investigate violations of this section
136	136	and may bring an action for temporary or permanent injunctive or other relief for any
137	137	violation of this section.
138	138	(6) PENALTY. A person who violates sub. (2) shall forfeit not less than $100 nor
139	139	more than $10,000 for each violation.
140	140	SECTION 10.0Nonstatutory provisions.
141	141	(1) The legislature recognizes that telecommunications providers have the
142	142	ability to block voice calls consistent with federal law and rules promulgated by the
143	143	federal communications commission, in particular rule FCC 17-151, adopted
144	144	November 16, 2017, which provides the following:
145	145	(a) A telecommunications provider may block the following types of calls so that
146	146	they do not reach a called party:
147	147	1. A voice call if the customer to which the originating number is assigned has
148	148	requested that calls purporting to originate from that number be blocked.
149	149	2. A voice call purporting to originate from a North American Numbering Plan
150	150	number that is not valid; a valid North American Numbering Plan number that is
151	151	not allocated to a provider; or a valid North American Numbering Plan number that
152	152	is allocated to a provider but that is not used, if the provider blocking the calls is the
153	153	provider to which the number is allocated and confirms that the number is not used,
154	154	or if the provider blocking the calls obtains verifications from the provider to which
155	155	the number is allocated that the number is not used.
156	156	(b) A provider may not block a voice call placed to 911 under par. (a) 1. or 2.
157	157	(c) For purposes of this subsection, a provider may rely on caller identification
158	158	to determine the purported originating number without regard to whether the call
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189	189	SECTION 11.0Effective date.
190	190	(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 13th month following publication.
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