Bill Text: IL HR0057 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expresses support for efforts by the federal government and the telecommunication industry to stop the abuse of national telecommunication networks and the defrauding of citizens by deceitful robocalls and scam callers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey [HR0057 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0057-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Cellular phones have become a vital part of
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| 3 | everyday life, and citizens rely on them for ease of
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| 4 | communication and accessing information; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The abuse of this technology by scam artists and
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| 6 | criminals leads to significant disruptions in everyday life and
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| 7 | substantial financial losses; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Federal Trade Commission received 4.5 million | ||||||
| 9 | complaints in 2018
from citizens frustrated with incessant scam | ||||||
| 10 | callers and
robocalls; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Scam callers are becoming increasingly
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| 12 | sophisticated, using spoofing technology to mimic local area
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| 13 | codes in order to fool the call recipient; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, 30 billion robocalls were made in 2017, a
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| 15 | that is growing from year-to-year; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, $350 Million dollars are lost every year to scam
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| 17 | calls; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Having a phone number registered on the national | ||||||
| 19 | Do Not Call
Registry does little to discourage or stop criminal | ||||||
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| 1 | phone scams; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, New phone verification methods, including the
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| 3 | Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and Signature-based
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| 4 | Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN), show
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| 5 | great promise for helping to stop the increasing flood of scam
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| 6 | and robocalls; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The federal government and telecom companies are | ||||||
| 8 | taking steps to stop the overwhelming flood of fraudulent and | ||||||
| 9 | unsolicited phone calls that consumers receive; therefore, be | ||||||
| 10 | it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we support all efforts by the federal government and the | ||||||
| 14 | telecommunication industry to stop the abuse of our national | ||||||
| 15 | telecommunication networks and the defrauding of our citizens | ||||||
| 16 | by deceitful robocalls and scam callers; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | delivered
to the Federal Communications Commission Chairman | ||||||
| 19 | Ajit Pai and
to the respective CEOs of the top five | ||||||
| 20 | telecommunication
companies in Illinois.
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