Oklahoma Robocall Law: The Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022 and Your Right to Sue

A Florida-style law with Oklahoma differences

Oklahoma passed HB 3168 in 2022, and it took effect November 1, 2022 (Laws 2022, c. 290). The official short title is the “Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022,” codified at 15 O.S. 775C.1 through 775C.6. The core text tracks Florida’s 2021 law almost word for word. But Oklahoma copied the earlier Florida version and never adopted Florida’s 2023 fixes. The Oklahoma statute page on OSCN shows no amendments since enactment.

That matters in three ways:

• Oklahoma’s autodialer language reads “selection or dialing of telephone numbers” (775C.3(A)). Florida changed its version to “selection and dialing” in 2023, which is narrower. Oklahoma kept the broader wording.
• There is no requirement to text STOP and wait 15 days before suing over texts, as Florida now has.
• There is no attorney fee clause in the 2022 Act at all, in either direction.

What the 2022 Act requires

1. Written consent for automated calls. No one may make or knowingly allow a commercial telephonic sales call that uses an automated system for selecting or dialing numbers, or plays a recorded message, without the called party’s prior express written consent (775C.3(A)). The consent must be signed, name the number, and say that signing is not a condition of a purchase (775C.2). The consent definition expressly covers a “telephone call, text message, or voicemail transmission.”
2. Calling hours. No commercial solicitation calls before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m. in your time zone, including automated or recorded calls (775C.4(A)(1)).
3. Three calls per 24 hours. No more than three calls to you in 24 hours on the same subject, “regardless of the phone number used to make the call” (775C.4(A)(2)). That language targets number rotation.
4. Caller ID. The caller must send its originating number and, when its carrier provides it, its name. A seller may display its own name and customer service number instead, but that number must be answered during business hours (775C.3(B)). Blocking caller ID or showing a different number to hide identity is barred (775C.4(B)).
5. No voice disguise. Altering the caller’s voice to defraud or confuse is unlawful (775C.3(C)).
6. Area code presumption. A sales call to an Oklahoma area code is presumed to reach an Oklahoma resident (775C.3(D)).

The exemption list is long

Section 775C.5 lists 26 exemptions. They include religious, charitable, political, and educational calls; licensed securities brokers and insurance agents; supervised financial institutions; cable companies; real estate licensees; periodical publishers; and retailers with a long track record under the same name. Item 20 exempts callers who have an existing business relationship with you or from whom you bought before. Oddly, item 13 exempts “a commercial telephone seller,” and the Act never defines “commercial telephonic sales call.” Expect defendants to lean on those gaps. We found no reported court decision interpreting the 2022 Act yet.

Suing under the 2022 Act

A called party who is harmed may sue to stop the violation and to recover actual damages or $500, whichever is greater (775C.6(A)). If the court finds the defendant acted willfully or knowingly, it may increase the award to up to three times that amount, so up to $1,500 (775C.6(B)). The “called party” is the regular user of the number, which can include a family member on someone else’s plan.

The Act does not shift attorney fees. That is a real cost question for a single-plaintiff case with a few calls. Pairing the state claim with a federal claim, or joining a group case, can change that math.

Oklahoma’s own do not call registry

Oklahoma kept a separate state list under the Telemarketer Restriction Act (15 O.S. 775B.1 et seq.), in effect since January 1, 2003. The Attorney General maintains it, it covers cell phone text messages, and it is updated at least quarterly (775B.3, 775B.4).

• Register: free for consumers, by phone at (405) 521-3921 or through the Attorney General’s Telemarketer Restriction Act page.
• Timing: telemarketers have 30 days after your number first appears to stop calling or texting (775B.6(A)).
• Complain: the Attorney General’s do not call complaint form.

A willful call to a registered number is an unlawful practice under the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act (775B.6(B)). That Act gives consumers a private action for actual damages plus costs and reasonable attorney fees (15 O.S. 761.1(A)). An established business relationship formed within the prior 24 months is a defense (775B.2, 775B.6).

How it fits with the federal TCPA

The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act leaves room for stricter state rules on autodialers and prerecorded calls (47 U.S.C. 227(f)(1)). An Oklahoman can pair a 2022 Act claim with a TCPA claim for $500 per violation, or up to $1,500 if willful. After Facebook v. Duguid (2021), a federal autodialer claim needs equipment that uses a random or sequential number generator. Oklahoma’s “selection or dialing” wording may reach systems the federal definition misses, although no Oklahoma court has said so. Recorded-voice calls are often the cleaner claim under both laws; see our page on prerecorded and AI voice calls.

Enforcement in Oklahoma

Attorney General Gentner Drummond joined the multistate suit against Avid Telecom announced May 23, 2023. His office said Avid sent or tried to send about 101 million calls to Oklahoma numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. In May 2024, the office reported that the federal court in Arizona denied Avid’s motions to dismiss. In July 2026, Drummond joined 48 other attorneys general urging the FCC to tighten rules on how scammers obtain phone numbers.

What to do next if you live in Oklahoma

Register with both the Oklahoma list and the federal registry. Then count your calls: a fourth call in one day on the same pitch, calls after 8 p.m., or a recorded voice you never agreed to hear are each separate problems under the 2022 Act. Log each one with the number shown, since rotating numbers do not avoid the three-call rule. Use our case value calculator to see rough ranges, and check whether a group case already exists on our class action page. Other states’ rules are on the state law hub.