South Dakota Caller ID Bill Cleared for Final Vote on Senate Floor
South Dakota’s Senate Commerce and Energy Committee voted 7-0 Tuesday to stop telemarketers from using misleading caller ID, sending HB-1131 to the Senate floor. The House earlier voted unanimously for the call-spoofing bill that would empower the state attorney general…
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to investigate upon receiving a complaint (see 2002130009). “Not going to tell you it’s going to end the calls,” said Chief AG Deputy Charles McGuigan at the hearing livestreamed from Pierre. “It’s going to give us another tool.” AARP South Dakota Advocacy Director Erik Nelson supported the bill. The committee voted 5-2 to clear a Verizon-backed bill. SB-151 would make it a crime to trespass, damage or tamper with critical infrastructure including communications facilities.