Pending Legislation, Text Messages

Senate Passes House Version of Trigger Leads Bill

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/4/2025

As previously reported, both the House and Senate passed bills to ban “trigger leads,” except in limited circumstances, although the versions of the bills that were previously passed are slightly different. The one difference...more

4 Steps to Prepare for Kenya’s Proposed “Right to Disconnect” Law

Fisher Phillips on 12/21/2023

Kenya has taken a significant step in addressing the balance between work and personal life by introducing a “right to disconnect” law. The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2022, which is pending before the Kenyan Senate, would...more

Projected Amendments Curbing Florida Mini-TCPA

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/15/2023

Florida H.B. 761 which amends the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (“FTSA” Fla. Stat. § 501.059) has passed both houses and is awaiting Governor Ron DeSantis’ signature. The proposed amendments significantly restrict the...more

TRACED Act Poised to Become Law. Stepped Up Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Robocalls and Text Messages Anticipated

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/20/2019

The Senate has voted to adopt the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act (S 151), with modifications that were negotiated between the House and Senate. The House adopted the legislation...more

House Financial Services Committee Considers Amendments to the FDCPA

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 11/19/2019

On November 14, 2019, the House Committee on Financial Services passed the following bills which would amend the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and tighten consumer protections. The bills will now make their way...more

Messaging Apps May Face New Obligations in Russia

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/22/2017

The State Duma, Russia’s lower chamber of Parliament, has adopted amendments to the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection of the Russian Federation (the Law) in its first reading....more