Full Text of SR0824 103rd General Assembly
SR0824 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | SR0824 | | LRB103 39816 ECR 70466 r |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, Robocalls are unwanted and bothersome to | 3 | | consumers; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Spoofing numbers to make them look familiar is a | 5 | | common technique; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, If consumers believe they have received an | 7 | | illegal call or text, they can file a complaint with the | 8 | | Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at | 9 | | https://tinyurl.com/File-FCC-Complaint; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Federal Communications Commission, the | 11 | | Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Telecom Association, and | 12 | | the telecommunications industry have taken actions to combat | 13 | | this unwanted activity and have developed guidelines that may | 14 | | help consumers avoid unwanted calls; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Consumers can find more information from the FCC | 16 | | and the US Telecom Association by: | 17 | | (1) Going to https://tinyurl.com/FCC-Stop-Robocalls | 18 | | and looking for the PDF document titled Stop Unwanted | 19 | | Robocalls and Texts; |
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| 1 | | (2) Going to https://tinyurl.com/USTelecom-Robocalls | 2 | | and looking for the PDF document titled Protecting | 3 | | Yourself from Illegal Robocalls; | 4 | | (3) Going to https://tinyurl.com/USTelecom-Spoofing | 5 | | and looking for the PDF document titled Protecting | 6 | | Yourself from Spoofing; therefore, be it | 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge consumers to | 9 | | take steps to educate themselves on the resources currently | 10 | | available to help identify and eliminate unwanted calls; and | 11 | | be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That we urge consumers to take the appropriate | 13 | | actions that have been developed and recommended by these | 14 | | agencies and by the telecommunications industry, including | 15 | | registering their numbers on the National Do Not Call | 16 | | Registry; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Federal Communications | 18 | | Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Telecom | 19 | | Association, and the telecommunications industry to continue | 20 | | monitoring this issue and adapting appropriate techniques and | 21 | | enforcement measures to discourage and reduce unwanted calls | 22 | | that understandably annoy, scam, and defraud consumers; and be |
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| 1 | | it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That, according to information published by the | 3 | | FCC, we urge consumers to protect themselves by doing the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | (1) Do not answer calls from unknown numbers; | 6 | | (2) Do not press any buttons, say "yes," or give out | 7 | | any personal information in response to any questions; | 8 | | (3) Do check to see if a call is legitimate by hanging | 9 | | up and calling the organization the caller claimed to be | 10 | | representing to confirm the origin of the call; | 11 | | (4) Do use caution if you are being pressured for | 12 | | immediate information; | 13 | | (5) Do set a password for your voice mail account; | 14 | | (6) Do talk to your phone company about blocking tools | 15 | | they may have; | 16 | | (7) Do register your number on the National Do Not | 17 | | Call Registry at https://www.donotcall.gov in order to | 18 | | allow legitimate telemarketers to avoid calling your |
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| 1 | | number; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | delivered to the offices of the Federal Communications | 4 | | Commission (FCC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the | 5 | | United States Telecom Association, the Governor, the | 6 | | Lieutenant Governor, the Illinois Attorney General, the | 7 | | Illinois Secretary of State, and all members of the Illinois | 8 | | Congressional Delegation. |
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