Arizona No Spam Texting SMS Law Goes Into Effect

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The law, HB2498, was passed nearly unanimously by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs. It bans solicitors from unwanted texting as well as phone calls to numbers registered on the federal government's do-not-call list. The law calls for civil penalties of up to $1,000 per violation for offenders, authorizing the state attorney general to investigate violations.

Brnovich, during his time as attorney general, ordered civil penalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars for several companies disregarding the list between 2017 and 2022. One - Adobe Carpet Cleaning - was fined $1 million for making harassing calls. The company is no longer in business.

The new law allows civil penalties for text spam, too.