Fourteen states have transferred 9 million consumer telephone numbers to the national do-not-call registry bringing the total number of registrants to 41.7 million.
Two more states, Pennsylvania and Oregon, are expected to participate at a later date.
The transfer allows the consumer data to be handled on a federal level by the Federal Trade Commission, which made the program available to the American public June 27. And while some participating states have turned the administrative duties entirely over to the FTC, others will continue to collect consumer telephone numbers, requiring telemarketers to access both the state and federal data. All participating states will continue to enforce state laws governing do-not-call legislation, according to David Torok, the program manager for the FTC’s registry.
While no other states have agreed to join in at this point, the FTC continues to encourage participation.
“We are hoping that ultimately all states will join the national registry,” Torok said.
The participating states include: Alabama (36,746); Arkansas (37,289); California (1.6 million); Colorado (1 million); Connecticut (393,431); Florida (113,473); Kansas (443,942); Kentucky (734,684); Maine (44,968); Massachusetts (1 million); Minnesota (1 million); New York (2 million); North Dakota (46,767); and Oklahoma (437,159).
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