Read the full stored bill text
A2411
ASSEMBLY, No. 2411
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
���� Prohibits manipulation of certain caller
identification information.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
��
An Act
concerning
caller identification service and
supplementing P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� As used in P.L.��� , c. ���(C.�������
) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):
���� �Caller identification
information� means information provided by a caller identification service
regarding the telephone number,
location,
organization,
or other information regarding the origination of a call or
text message made using a telecommunications service.
���� �Caller identification
service� means any service or device designed to provide the user of the
service or device with the telephone number of, or other information regarding
the origination of, a call or text message made using a telecommunications
service, and includes automatic number identification services.
���� "Telecommunications
service" means the offering of voice communications service or broadband
service, including Voice over Internet Protocol service as defined pursuant to
section 3 of P.L.2007, c.195 (C.48:17-34), directly to the public for a fee, or
to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public,
regardless of the facilities used.
���� 2.��� Consistent with the
provisions of the federal �Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009� (47 U.S.C.
s.227(e)), or any other federal law, rule, regulation, or order, it shall be an
unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for any
person, in connection with any telecommunications service used within this
State, to knowingly m
ake, place,
initiate, or otherwise transmit a call or text message or engage in conduct
that results in the display of misleading, false, or inaccurate caller identification
information on the receiving party's telephone or circumvent a caller
identification service that is designed to allow the receiving party to
identify caller identification information regarding the origin and nature of
the call or text message
with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or
wrongfully obtain anything of value.
���� 3.��� a.�� Activity authorized
pursuant to a court order or by a law enforcement agency shall not be deemed to
be an unlawful practice pursuant to section 2 of P.L.��� , c.� ��(C.������� )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).
���� b.��� Nothing in P.L.��� , c.�
��(C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall be construed
to:
���� (1)�� prevent or restrict any
person from blocking the capability of any caller identification service to
transmit caller identification information;
���� (2)�� authorize or prohibit
any investigative, protective, or intelligence activities performed in
connection with official duties and in accordance with all applicable laws, by
any law enforcement agency or intelligence agency of the United States, a
state, or a political subdivision of a state; or
���� (3)�� authorize any conduct
prohibited pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2005, c.283 (C.45:17A-30.1), section
10 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-128), or any other law, rule, regulation, or
order.
���� 4.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment, but the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the
Department of Law and Public Safety may take anticipatory administrative action
in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
���� This bill makes it an unlawful
practice under the State�s consumer fraud act, P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et
seq.), and consistent with federal law, for any person, in connection with any
telecommunications service used within this State, to knowingly m
ake, place, initiate, or otherwise
transmit a call or text message or engage in conduct that results in the
display of misleading, false, or inaccurate caller identification (ID) information
on the receiving party's telephone or circumvent a caller identification service
that is designed to allow the receiving party to identify caller identification
information regarding the origin and nature of the call or text message
with
the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value.
���� Under the bill, an activity
authorized pursuant to a court order or by a law enforcement agency would not
be deemed an unlawful practice.� Additionally, the bill does not: 1) prevent or
restrict any person from blocking the capability of any caller ID service to
transmit caller ID information; 2) authorize or prohibit any investigative,
protective, or intelligence activities performed in connection with official
duties and in accordance with all applicable laws, by any law enforcement
agency or intelligence agency of the United States, a state, or a political
subdivision of a state; or 3) authorize any conduct prohibited under current
law, such as �allowing solicitors to use call blocking technology or
telemarketers to call customers on the �Do-Not-Call� registry.
���� An unlawful practice under the
consumer fraud act is punishable by a monetary penalty of not more than $10,000
for a first offense and not more than $20,000 for any subsequent offense.�
Additionally, violations can result in cease and desist orders issued by the
Attorney General, the assessment of punitive damages, and the awarding of
treble damages and costs to the injured party.�