Senate committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 75-101 by amending the definition of robocaller to include any person doing business in the state that knows or consciously avoids knowing that they provide substantial assistance or support for making robocalls. Also amends the definition of telephone solicitor to include a person doing business in this state that knows or consciously avoids knowing that they provide substantial assistance or support for making telephone solicitations.

Amends GS 75-104A by adding that no telephone solicitor or robocaller can cause misleading information to be transmitted to caller id users or otherwise block or misrepresent the origin of a call with the intent to defraud, confuse, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value, including personal information (previously, no intent was specified).

Changes the act’s effective date from October 1, 2025, to October 1, 2026.