North Carolina HB 936: FED ESTATE TAX DEFERRAL/STATE CLAIM

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 5
HOUSE BILL 936
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/6/25
Third Edition Engrossed 5/7/25
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/3/26
Fifth Edition Engrossed 6/17/26

Short Title: Robocall Solicitation Modifications. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 14, 2025
*H936-v-5*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE LAWS GOVERNING TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS TO 2
ADDRESS ROBOCALLS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Article 4 of Chapter 75 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten: 5
"Article 4. 6
"Telephone Solicitations. 7
"§ 75-100. Findings. 8
... 9
"§ 75-101. Definitions. 10
The following definitions apply in this Article: 11
(1) Affiliate. – A business establishment, business, or other legal entity that 12
wholly or substantially owns, is wholly or substantially owned by, or is under 13
common ownership with a telephone solicitor. 14
(2) Automatic dialing and recorded message player. – Any automatic equipment 15
that incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a 16
random or a sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be 17
called that, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, 18
disseminates a prerecorded message to the telephone number called. 19
(3) "Do Not Call" Registry. – The registry created and maintained by the Federal 20
Trade Commission pursuant to the Telemarketing Sales Rule. It also means 21
any other telemarketing registry created by the federal government, including 22
the Federal Communications Commission. It also means any registry created 23
by the Attorney General pursuant to G.S. 75-102(n). 24
(4) Doing business in this State. – To make or cause to be made any telephone 25
solicitation to North Carolina telephone subscribers, whether the telephone 26
solicitations are made from a location inside North Carolina or outside North 27
Carolina. 28
(5) Established business relationship. – A relationship between a seller and a 29
consumer based on: 30
a. The consumer's purchase, rental, or lease of the seller's goods or 31
services or a financial transaction between the consumer and the seller 32

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or one or more of its affiliates within the 18 months immediately 1
preceding the date of a telephone solicitation; or 2
b. The consumer's inquiry or application regarding a product or service 3
offered by the seller within the three months immediately preceding 4
the date of a telephone solicitation. 5
(6) Express invitation or permission. – Any invitation or permission that is 6
registered by the telephone subscriber on an independent form and that 7
contains the telephone number to which calls can be placed and the signature 8
of the telephone subscriber. The form may be completed and signed 9
electronically. 10
(7) Person. – Any individual, business establishment, business, or other legal 11
entity. 12
(7a) Prior express written consent. – An agreement that satisfies all of the 13
following conditions: 14
a. It is in writing. 15
b. It bears the signature of the person called that clearly authorizes the 16
seller to deliver or cause to be delivered to the person called telephone 17
solicitations. The term "signature" includes an electronic or digital 18
form of signature, to the extent that such form of signature is 19
recognized as a valid signature under applicable federal law or State 20
law. 21
c. It includes the telephone number to which the signatory authorizes 22
such telephone solicitations to be delivered. 23
d. It includes a clear and conspicuous disclosure informing the person 24
signing both of the following: 25
1. By executing the agreement, such person authorizes the seller 26
to deliver or cause to be delivered to the signatory telephone 27
solicitations. 28
2. The person is not required to sign the agreement (directly or 29
indirectly) or agree to enter into such an agreement as a 30
condition of purchasing any property, goods, or services. 31
(7b) Robocall. – A voice communication that delivers artificial, artificially 32
generated, or prerecorded voice messages, in whole or in part, including, but 33
not limited to, telephone calls utilizing soundboard technology and ringless 34
voicemail messages. "Robocall" also includes spam and scam text messages 35
received by a telephone subscriber through a messaging application. The 36
following are not considered a "robocall": (i) a voice communication made 37
with the prior express written consent of the telephone subscriber that delivers 38
artificial, artificially generated, or prerecorded voice messages, in whole or in 39
part, including, but not limited to, telephone calls utilizing soundboard 40
technology and ringless voicemail messages, and (ii) text messages sent with 41
the prior express written consent of the telephone subscriber received by a 42
telephone subscriber through a messaging application. 43