Daines Seeks TCPA Tweaks
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., still plans to press for tweaks to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, an aide told us. Daines developed a “commonsense approach” to such an overhaul, said Business in the Public Interest Chairman Adonis Hoffman in a…
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blog post for The Hill Wednesday. Hoffman referred to Daines’ proposal to amend the TCPA "to provide incentives to establish voluntary TCPA compliance programs” and said under “Daines's approach, if a business implements a meaningful compliance program with its third-party service providers, then that business can raise evidence of its program as an affirmative, compliance defense during litigation.” A Daines aide confirmed this was an amendment Daines filed but that wasn't attached to the FCC Reauthorization Act earlier this year. Daines is working on this issue to find a solution that protects consumers but avoids excessive litigation, the aide said. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the topic earlier this year.