Bill would ban election calls to people on do-not-call list
H.R. 10310 — Robo COP Act · Filed by Virginia Foxx (R-NC) · Introduced Sep 8, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Federal Trade Commission to update rules within 180 days. The new rules would ban recorded calls about elections sent to do-not-call list numbers. The ban covers calls about candidates, election issues, and requests for money. It also covers any recorded call that names a candidate.
Who it affects
People on the do-not-call list would stop getting unwanted election recorded calls. Groups that run election campaigns would no longer use recorded calls to reach people on the list.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what counts as an election call. The bill does not say what fines groups would pay for breaking the rule.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 8, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 8, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- do-not-call list — A list where people sign up to stop getting unwanted sales calls.
- recorded calls — Calls made by machines that play messages without a live person.
- Federal Trade Commission — A government agency that makes rules about how groups can contact people.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,069 characters) on Sep 13, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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