Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display name and telephone number on any caller identification service.

S3606

SENATE, No. 3606

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display
their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning telemarketing sales calls and amending
P.L.2003, c.76.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.
Section 10 of P.L.2003, c.76 (C.56:8-128) is amended to read as follows:

����� 10.�
a.� A telemarketer shall not make or cause to be made any unsolicited
telemarketing sales call to any customer whose telephone number is included on
the no telemarketing call list established pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2003,
c.76 (C.56:8-127), except for a call made within three months of the date the
customer�s telephone number was first included on the no call list but only if
the telemarketer had at the time of the call not yet obtained a no call list
which included the customer�s telephone number and the no call list used by the
telemarketer was issued less than three months prior to the time the call was
made.

����� b.�� A
telemarketer making a telemarketing sales call shall, within the first 30
seconds of the call, accurately identify the telemarketer�s name, the name and
telephone number of the person on whose behalf the call is being made, and the
purpose of the call. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a
violation of this subsection shall constitute a disorderly persons offense.

����� c.�� A
telemarketer shall be required to disclose the mailing address of the
telemarketer, and any company on whose behalf the company is telemarketing, on
any website owned or operated by the telemarketer and on any subsequent written
communication to a customer.

����� d.�� A
telemarketer shall not make or cause to be made any unsolicited telemarketing
sales call to any customer between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., local
time, at the customer�s location.

����� e.��
(1)�
When making or causing to be made any telemarketing sales call, a telemarketer
shall transmit or cause to be transmitted the telephone number and the name of
the telemarketer to any caller identification service in use by a recipient of
a telemarketing sales call; however, it shall not be a violation of this
paragraph to substitute, for the name and telephone number used in or billed
for making the call, the name of the seller on behalf of which a telemarketing
sales call is placed and the seller�s customer service telephone number that is
answered during regular business hours.

�����
(2)
� A
telemarketer shall not intentionally use any method that blocks a caller
identification service from displaying caller identification information or
otherwise circumvents a customer's use of a telephone caller identification
service, including, but not limited to, the use of any technology or method
which displays a telephone number or name not associated with the telemarketer
or intentionally designed to misrepresent the telemarketer�s identity.

����� f.��� The
requirements of this section shall not apply to any telemarketer who makes a
residential marketing call in response to a customer�s phone call or contact
with the telemarketer�s website, in which the customer affirmatively requests a
follow-up telemarketing

sales
call or other contact from the telemarketer.

(cf:
P.L.2023, c.58, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately, but shall remain inoperative for 60 days following the date
of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a
telemarketer,
when making or
causing to be made any telemarketing sales call, to transmit or cause to be
transmitted the telephone number and the name of the telemarketer to any caller
identification service in use by a recipient of a telemarketing sales call.�
However, it is not a violation of the provisions of the bill to substitute, for
the name and telephone number used in or billed for making the call, the name
of the seller on behalf of which a telemarketing sales call is placed and the
seller�s customer service telephone number that is answered during regular
business hours.