S 1212 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

ROBOCOP Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 11, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 11, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Repeated Objectionable Bothering Of Consumers On Phones Act or the ROBOCOP Act

This bill requires telecommunications companies to accurately identify callers and block robocalls.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 11, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalApr 11, 2019
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalApr 11, 2019
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalApr 11, 2019
D-ORRon WydenOriginalApr 11, 2019
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalApr 11, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2298ROBOCOP ActRelated billApr 30, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 11, 2019Introduced in Senate

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