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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''.
Summary
The Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act expands protections against robocalls by extending the Do Not Call rules to all telephone subscribers, including business lines, not just residential customers. The law changes the requirement so that any single robocall from an entity to a person on the Do Not Call registry violates the law, rather than only multiple calls within a 12-month period. It also revises the legal definition of "automatic telephone dialing system" to include systems that dial from lists of telephone numbers and clarifies that such systems operate successively without human intervention. The bill expands the private right of action for consumers to sue for violations of these rules. The Federal Communications Commission must revise its regulations within 270 days to implement the changes.
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Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
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)
- Apr 15, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1786) · senate
- 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.
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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