Under existing law, residential telephone subscribers may request to be added to the state's database of residential telephone subscribers who object to receiving telephone solicitations. This bill would authorize commercial and cellular telephone subscribers to join the database. Under existing law, telephone solicitors are prohibited from circumventing the use of caller identification systems. This bill would prohibit telephone solicitors from using misleading caller identification information. This bill would prohibit telephone solicitors from making solicitation calls before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. This bill would prohibit telephone solicitors from making more than three solicitation calls to a given person over a 24-hour period. Under existing law, the Public Service Commission may commence a proceeding against a knowing violation or threatened knowing violation of the prohibitions related to telephone solicitations. This bill would authorize the Public Service Commission to commence a proceeding against any violation or threatened violation of the prohibitions. Under existing law, the Public Service Commission imposes a civil penalty of up to $2,000 for each violation. This bill would authorize the Public Service Commission to impose a civil penalty of up to $20,000 for each violation. Under existing law, a person who has received more than one telephone solicitation in violation of the law may seek damages of up to $2,000 for each violation. This bill would authorize a person who has received more than one telephone solicitation in violation of the law to seek up to $20,000 for each violation. This bill would also provide that a violation of the law is a deceptive trade practice.