Bill Text: IL HB4990 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for a telecommunications carrier, in connection with any telecommunications service or voice over Internet protocol service, to transmit through any caller identification service misleading or inaccurate caller identification information. Provides that the Attorney General shall create and maintain a website that allows persons in the State who were transmitted misleading or inaccurate caller identification information through a telecommunications service or voice over Internet protocol service to report the incident to the Attorney General. Provides that the Attorney General shall use the information collected on the website to enforce the provision. Sets forth exceptions to the provision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha [HB4990 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4990-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4990 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act for a telecommunications carrier, in connection with any telecommunications service or voice over Internet protocol service, to transmit through any caller identification service misleading or inaccurate caller identification information. Provides that the Attorney General shall create and maintain a website that allows persons in the State who were transmitted misleading or inaccurate caller identification information through a telecommunications service or voice over Internet protocol service to report the incident to the Attorney General. Provides that the Attorney General shall use the information collected on the website to enforce the provision. Sets forth exceptions to the provision.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2EEEE as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new)
Sec. 2EEEE. Telecommunications carriers; misleading or
inaccurate caller identification.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Caller identification information" means the name,
telephone number, or other identifying data of the person or
entity originating a call using a telecommunications service
or voice over Internet protocol 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 made using a telecommunications
service or voice over Internet protocol service. "Caller
identification service" includes automatic number
identification services.
"Telecommunications carrier" has the same meaning ascribed
to that term in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act.
(b) It is an unlawful practice within the meaning of this

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Act for a telecommunications carrier, in connection with any
telecommunications service or voice over Internet protocol
service, to transmit through any caller identification service
misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.
(c) The Attorney General shall create and maintain a
website that allows persons in this State who were transmitted
misleading or inaccurate caller identification information
through a telecommunications service or voice over Internet
protocol service to report the incident to the Attorney
General. The website shall collect, at a minimum, the
following information in connection with a report:
(1) the person's name;
(2) the person's location;
(3) the person's telecommunication's carrier; and
(4) a description of the content of the call.
The Attorney General shall use the information collected
under this subsection to enforce the provisions of this
Section.
(d) This Section does not apply to:
(1) any blocking of caller identification information;
(2) any authorized activity of a municipal, State, or
federal law enforcement agency;
(3) any authorized activity of a federal intelligence
or security agency; or
(4) any duly authorized process server that is used in
connection with a civil, criminal, administrative, or

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