State Anti-Cramming Statutes and Rules

Cramming involves unexpected or unauthorized charges on a bill for landline or mobile telephone service. This chart provides links to statutes or rules that address cramming.
 

Alabama	Alabama Public Service Commission Rule T-16(c)(7-10)
Alaska	Alaska  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Arizona	AZ. Administrative Code R14-2-2002;  R14-2-2005
Arkansas	Arkansas has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
California	Ca. Public Utilities Code  -see Section 2890
Connecticut	Connecticut  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Colorado	C.R.S. 40-15-113
Delaware	DEL CODE § 924(c)
Florida	Florida  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming( Fl. Stat. Ann. § 364.404(2) repealed).
Georgia	O.C.G.A. §  46-5-171.1
Hawaii	Hawaii  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Idaho	Idaho Code 62-616A
Illinois	815 ILCS 505/2HHH; HB5211 (07/18/2012 Signed by GOVERNOR)
Indiana	Indiana Code §8-1-29-5(2) ; 170 IAC 7-1.1-19
Iowa	Iowa Administrative Code 199–22.23(1-2)
Kansas	K.S.A. §50-6103
Kentucky	KRS § 278.542(h)
Louisiana	RS 45:1166.2
Maine	ME. Rev. Stat. 35-A §7109
Maryland	Maryland Comm. Code § 14-1322
Massachusetts	Massachusetts   has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Michigan	Michigan Comp. Laws § 484.2502
Minnesota	Minn. Stat §237.663
Mississippi	Mississippi  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Missouri	Missouri has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Montana	MONT CODE ANN §  69-3-1308; ARM 38.5.3901
Nebraska	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-211; Neb. Admin. Code Title 291, Chaper 5, § 4.12
Nevada	Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 598.969(8)
New Hampshire	NH 34 RSA 378:46
New Jersey	New Jersey  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
New Mexico	N.M. Stat. Ann. § 63-9G-1 through 63-9G-9
New York	New York has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
North Carolina	Rule R20-1
North Dakota	North Dakota  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Ohio	Ohio  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Oklahoma	OAC 165:55-1-4;OAC 165:55-19-3
Oregon	Oregon  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Pennsylvania	52 Pa. Code § 64.23
Rhode Island	Rhode Island  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
South Carolina	South Carolina  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
South Dakota	S.D. Codified Laws § 49-31-89
Tennessee	TCA §65-4-125
Texas	Texas Utilities Code § 17.151
Utah	UCA § 54-4-37
Vermont	30 V.S.A. § 208b 9 V.S.A. § 2466/HB 254 (2011)
Virginia	Virginia Code § 56-479.3
Washington	Washington  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
West Virginia	West Virginia  has no statute or regulation that specifically prohibits cramming.
Wisconsin	Wis. Admin. Code Chapter ATCP 123.04
Wyoming	W.S. § 37-15-412(e)

¹  States, such as Oregon, Washington and West Virginia, without specific cramming statutes or administrative rules may still
 prosecute slamming and cramming activities under their  various state fraud statutes.
 
² The statutory language of  cramming statutes is not codified and state legislatures may use
 phrasing such as “unauthorized charges or changes” or “unauthorized third party billings” to describe
cramming.
 
³ Rules are included in this chart as some states have given their respective public utilities commission statutory
authority to regulate and prohibit cramming activities.