MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin's popular do not call list for telemarketers would be extended to text messages, under a bill up for approval in the state Assembly Tuesday.
A committee unanimously endorsed the measure last week.
It would prohibit most solicitors from texting sales pitches to those on the no-call list.
The list does have exceptions.
Businesses can still call their current customers. And political candidates and charities can call anyone.
Also, authorities have had a hard time stopping calls and texts made by telemarketers from outside the U.S. -- and violators of the no-call list have been the state's top consumer complaint for the last several years.
