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Amends subsection (h)(2) by replacing specified phrasings referring to a consumer receiving a call 'in violation' with the shorter term 'a violation', and replacing occurrences of wording like 'calls made in violation' with 'violations'; makes parallel wording changes in subparagraph (G) to use 'violations'.
Amends subsection (i) by striking paragraph (2), replacing the subsection heading and all that follows through with new text, and redesignating existing subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively (with margin adjustments).
Amends subsection (j) by striking paragraph (2), replacing the subsection heading and all that follows through with new text, redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, and redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.
Amends the definitions section of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to modify paragraph (4) and add new definitions for "text message" and "video conference call."
Adds a mandatory disclosure requirement to the telemarketing rules requiring disclosure when artificial intelligence is used to emulate a human in calls or text messages, and makes minor punctuation edits to existing subparagraphs.
Redesignates existing paragraph numbering in subsection (a); inserts a new definition of "artificial or prerecorded voice" that covers machine- or AI-generated speech that appears to authentically depict an individual; adds definitions for "text message" and "text messaging service" (including SMS, MMS, RCS and exclusions); and adds a new subsection (k) requiring an upfront disclosure when calls or texts are delivered using an automatic telephone dialing system or use AI to emulate a human.
Adds an explicit savings clause to subsection (e) clarifying that Section 230 does not limit the application of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act or relevant FTC regulations.
Amends section 122(a)(2)(A) of the Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2022 (codified at 15 U.S.C. 45e(a)(2)(A)) by inserting additional text after the existing provision (inserted text not included in the provided section).
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced December 16, 2025 by Amy Klobuchar · Last progress December 16, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate