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AB-2512 Telecommunications: automatic dialing-announcing devices: artificial voices.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 2871 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

2871.
 (a)  As used in this article, “automatic dialing-announcing device” means any automatic equipment which that  incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a random or sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be called and the capability, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, to disseminate a prerecorded message to  message, or to make a call using an artificial voice, to  the telephone number called.
(b) For purposes of this section, “artificial voice” includes a voice simulated or generated using artificial intelligence.
SEC. 2.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.