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Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act

To expand the scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to include all telephone subscribers, to expand the private right of action for calls in violation of those rules, and to modify the definition of the term ``automatic telephone dialing system''.

Introduced Apr 15, 2026

Latest action (Apr 15, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1786)

Referred to
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Policy area
Commerce
Issues
Technology & Privacy

Summary
  • Expands Do Not Call protections to include all telephone subscribers, not just residential ones.
  • Removes the requirement that a Do Not Call violation involve "more than one" call within 12 months, making even a single call a violation.
  • Modifies the definition of "automatic telephone dialing system" to include systems using pre-made lists of phone numbers.
  • Expands the definition to include systems that dial numbers successively without human intervention.
  • Requires the FCC to issue updated regulations within 270 days to implement these changes.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Richard J. Durbin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLC $19,133
  • THE GORI LAW FIRM $18,300
  • CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES PC $17,750
  • POWER ROGERS & SMITH LLP $17,300
  • MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD $14,638

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Richard J. Durbin → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 15, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1786) · senate
  2. Apr 15, 2026 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 8311 — Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act · Introduced Apr 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 88%
  • HR 6449 — DO NOT Call Act · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 3370 — DO NOT Call Act · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 6152 — Foreign Robocall Elimination Act · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 8120 — Veterans Benefits Information Protection Act · Introduced Mar 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 3354 — QUIET Act · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Apr 15, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Welch, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To expand the scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to include all telephone subscribers, to expand the private right of action for calls in violation of those rules, and to modify the definition of the term “automatic telephone dialing system”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act”.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING SCOPE OF DO NOT CALL RULES AND PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.

(a) In General.—Section 227(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(c)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A), by striking “residential”;

(2) in paragraph (3)—

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “residential”; and

(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking “residential”; and

(3) in paragraph (5)—

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “more than one telephone call within any 12- month period by or on behalf of the same entity” and inserting “a telephone call by or on behalf of an entity”; and

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “up to”.

(b) Revised Regulations.—Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall revise the regulations prescribed under section 227(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(c)) as necessary to implement the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIALING SYSTEM.

Section 227(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(a)(1)) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or a list of telephone numbers” after “using a random or sequential number generator”; and

(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “successively without human intervention” after “to dial such numbers”. <all>

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