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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—September 9, 2026— The National Association of Attorneys General sent comments on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 49 state and territory attorneys general supporting stronger Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules aimed at preventing illegal robocalls from reaching consumers. The coalition is urging the FCC to strengthen its “Know Your Upstream Provider” (KYUP) requirements, which are intended to ensure that voice service providers know who is sending call traffic through their networks and take action against bad actors.
Illegal robocalls continue to cost consumers billions of dollars and undermine trust in the nation’s communications network. The attorneys general argue that stronger KYUP requirements would make it more difficult for scammers to gain access to the telephone system by requiring providers to better verify and monitor the companies from which they receive call traffic.
In addition to the FCC’s existing efforts, the attorneys general support measures that would:
- Require stronger KYUP practices. Voice service providers should collect, verify, and regularly review information about upstream providers and discontinue service to providers that fail to comply with the law.
- Increase monitoring and enforcement. Providers should routinely evaluate upstream providers for compliance with FCC rules and suspicious activity rather than waiting until contracts are renewed or problems emerge.
- Strengthen STIR/SHAKEN caller authentication protections. The attorneys general support additional safeguards to ensure caller ID authentication is properly implemented and that only legitimate providers gain access to the authentication ecosystem.
- Implement new rules quickly and require record retention. The coalition supports prompt implementation of strengthened rules, meaningful penalties for noncompliance, and retention of KYUP-related records to aid future investigations.
The bipartisan coalition is led by the attorneys general of Indiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and is joined in signing the comments by the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
A copy of the comments is available here.
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