Cell phones will be protected under the Wisconsin no-call list if state Sen. Jon Erpenbach's, D-Middleton, proposal is passed by the Legislature.
Wisconsin law does not currently cover cell phones. The Wisconsin State Journal said Erpenbach's bill would also increase fines from $100 per violation to $10,000 for each infraction a company commits.
This comes as the FCC is mulling a petition from the Consumer Bankers Association to establish a federal no-call law, which would likely weaken Wisconsin's no-call laws.
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Gov. Jim Doyle has been urging people to respond to the FCC by commenting at www.datcp.state.wi.us. Doyle said he will do whatever is necessary to keep state law strong.
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