As mentioned earlier this week, the legislature did not pass our No Call expansion this year.

So here's where we stand with No Call: You can register your residential landline phone. (The legislature rejected our proposal to accept cell phone numbers, fax lines and business lines.)

There are exempt groups - your phone may still ring now and then. It's likely one of these groups:

• Charities and non-profits, raising money.
• Companies you're currently doing business with (like your bank, insurance company, etc)
• Political and survey groups - those encouraging you to vote or asking about your buying habits.

As mentioned in the previous post, the legislature rejected our proposal to ban automated political calls to people on the No Call list.

Now here's a trick. You have the right to tell any telemarketer not to call you again, even if it's one of the exempt groups listed above. If they do, they're in violation of federal law. You can and should file a complaint with us if you feel a telemarketer has violated the law. We got more than 19,000 complaints at our No Call office in 2006.