TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas legislators have given final approval to a bill adding cellphone numbers to the state’s no-call law for telephone solicitors.
The House approved the measure from Attorney General Derek Schmidt on a 117-0 vote Friday. The Senate passed the same measure last month. It now heads to Gov. Sam Brownback.
Kansas enacted the no-call statute in 2002 to protect residents from unwanted telemarketing calls. People add their numbers to a list maintained by the Federal Trade Commission.
The attorney general can pursue complaints about solicitations made through landline phones but has no authority over calls made to cellphones. The bill would create that authority.
Schmidt praised lawmakers for updating the law and said in a statement that the change will protect consumers and their privacy.
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