What would the Stop Spam Calls Act change?

It would direct the FCC to reinstate a consent standard requiring telemarketers to get a consumer's written permission individually, not in bulk, before placing robocalls or sending robotexts.

Who introduced the bill?

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam [D-Va.] and Rep. Jefferson Shreve [R-Ind.] introduced the legislation last week.

What happened in the collection call lawsuit mentioned in the September 28 digest?

A judge trimmed the suit, dropping FCRA and TCPA claims along with two affiliated defendants.

What did the platform show today on mobile numbers?

Across 2,101 checks run on the 1Lookup platform on 2026-09-28, 71.4% came back mobile, down 8.8 points from the trailing seven-day average of 80.2%.

Monday, September 28, 2026

House Bill Would Force FCC to Revive One-to-One Robocall Consent Rule

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam and Rep. Jefferson Shreve introduced the Stop Spam Calls Act, which would direct the FCC to reinstate a rule requiring telemarketers to get a consumer's written consent individually before robocalls or robotexts. Separately, a judge trimmed a collection call lawsuit, dropping FCRA and TCPA claims and two affiliated defendants.

1Lookup Signal Report

Across 2,101 checks run on the 1Lookup platform on 2026-09-28, 71.4% came back mobile

Mobile share fell 8.8 points from the trailing seven-day average of 80.2%. Email deliverability also dropped, running at 87.9% versus a 93.9% baseline, down 6.0 points. Phone number status showed active numbers at 90.0%, down 5.1 points from 95.1%. All three metrics moved down together today, a pattern worth watching for businesses validating contact lists before an outbound push.

Phone line types

2,101 checks

mobile71.4%
landline17.3%
other line types11.3%

Phone number status

2,101 checks

active90%
other line types10%

Email deliverability

1,409 checks

deliverable87.9%
other line types12.1%

Measured across every completed lookup on the 1Lookup platform for this UTC day. Aggregate only: no customer, organisation or lookup input is published, and any bucket too thin to be anonymous is withheld.

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House bill directs FCC to reinstate one-to-one consent standard for robocalls and robotexts
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam [D-Va.] and Rep. Jefferson Shreve [R-Ind.] introduced the Stop Spam Calls Act last week. The bill would require the FCC, within a set timeframe, to reinstate a consent standard requiring telemarketers to obtain a consumer's written permission individually before placing robocalls or sending robotexts.
Why it matters: If enacted, this would raise the bar for what counts as valid consent before an outbound call or text campaign, meaning batched or bundled consent would no longer satisfy the rule. Businesses that rely on shared or resold consent lists would need to revisit how permission is captured and documented.
- AccountsRecovery.net
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Judge trims collection call suit, drops FCRA and TCPA claims and two affiliated defendants
AccountsRecovery.net's September 28 digest reports a judge ruled the Fed must fund the CFPB even when it loses money, a judge trimmed a collection call lawsuit by dropping FCRA and TCPA claims along with two affiliated defendants, and a judge remanded an FDCPA suit over a missing dispute notation. The digest also references a House bill to revive the FCC's one-to-one consent rule and a report that the share of financially vulnerable households matches a record high.
Why it matters: The narrowed claims in the collection call suit show courts are willing to pare down TCPA and FCRA theories against affiliated entities, which matters for how businesses structure calling operations across related companies and how much legal exposure follows from shared corporate structures.
- AccountsRecovery.net

Questions people asked today

What would the Stop Spam Calls Act change?: It would direct the FCC to reinstate a consent standard requiring telemarketers to get a consumer's written permission individually, not in bulk, before placing robocalls or sending robotexts.
Who introduced the bill?: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam [D-Va.] and Rep. Jefferson Shreve [R-Ind.] introduced the legislation last week.
What happened in the collection call lawsuit mentioned in the September 28 digest?: A judge trimmed the suit, dropping FCRA and TCPA claims along with two affiliated defendants.
What did the platform show today on mobile numbers?: Across 2,101 checks run on the 1Lookup platform on 2026-09-28, 71.4% came back mobile, down 8.8 points from the trailing seven-day average of 80.2%.

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House Bill Would Force FCC to Revive One-to-One Robocall Consent Rule

House bill directs FCC to reinstate one-to-one consent standard for robocalls and robotexts

Judge trims collection call suit, drops FCRA and TCPA claims and two affiliated defendants

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