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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—November 10, 2026— The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent reply comments on behalf of a bipartisan group of 49 attorneys general urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) to help combat illegal robocalls.
Voice service providers must submit information about their businesses and robocall mitigation practices to the RMD before routing calls through the U.S. communications network. The attorneys general say stronger safeguards are needed to ensure the database contains accurate and complete information and to make it more difficult for noncompliant providers and other bad actors to gain access to the network.
Among their recommendations, the attorneys general urge the FCC to:
- Verify provider information before allowing filings to appear in the RMD.
- Require additional disclosures about related businesses, third-party service providers, company principals, and other information that could help identify problematic providers.
- Strengthen robocall mitigation requirements and require providers to certify that their filings are accurate and comply with applicable FCC robocall rules.
- Make it more difficult for bad actors to reenter the database after being suspended or removed.
- Preserve historical RMD filings and make provider-status information publicly available to support law enforcement and industry oversight.
The bipartisan group also supports stronger procedures for suspending or removing providers that violate FCC requirements and asks the FCC to implement improvements to the database as soon as practicable while maintaining existing safeguards during the transition.
The reply comments were co-sponsored by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson and Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.
They were joined by the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
A copy of the comments is available here.
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