GoHighLevel Texting Laws by State: Text Rules, Quiet Hours and Call Recording in 24 States

Your GoHighLevel workflow texts leads at 8:30 p.m. and the federal rule allows it, but in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington a state rule ends solicitation at 8 p.m., and in Pennsylvania the window shrinks to 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from October 18, 2026. This page puts the state rules in one table: 24 states, one row each, with the statute behind every cell and the places where the law is unsettled left as unsettled. It covers 24 states, not 50.

Each row comes from a state page on this site that was written from the statute text. The first 18 rows were re-checked for this table on October 12, 2026, and the six rows added on October 14, 2026 (Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah) come from state pages checked that day. The state names in the first column link to those pages. This page is research, not legal advice.

What do the texting, hours and recording rules say in each of the 24 states?

Each row below is the short answer for one state; the linked state page has the statute citations and the GoHighLevel settings.

State	State rule names texts?	Hours that differ from federal 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.	Call recording	Registration or bond for phone sellers	Private right of action and amounts
Arizona	Yes. A.R.S. 44-1282 covers a “text message” to a number on the national registry	None. Federal window; 44-1278 has no hours rule	One-party (13-3012(9))	Possible. Secretary of State registration, $100,000 bond, unless exempt (44-1272 to 44-1275)	Attorney General enforces, civil penalty up to $1,000 per violation. No private suit named on our page
California	No state rule found. Federal TCPA applies	None on our page. Federal window	All-party (Penal Code 632, 632.7)	Possible. Telephonic seller registration with the Attorney General, $50 fee, $100,000 bond; confirm exemptions with an attorney	Recording: $5,000 per violation (Penal Code 637.2). No state texting claim found
Colorado	Yes. C.R.S. 6-1-903(10) includes “text messaging communication”	None found. Federal window	One-party (18-9-303)	No-call list registration with the Public Utilities Commission, fee capped at $500, free under 5 employees. No bond on our page	Cell-number scanning: $300 to $500 first offense, $500 to $1,000 after (6-1-305). A suit under 6-1-113 may also apply; confirm with an attorney
Connecticut	Yes. C.G.S. 42-284 defines a telephonic sales call to include text or media messages, over-the-top messages and voicemail drops; 42-288a(l) requires prior express written consent. Exclusions apply, such as a reply to the consumer’s own inquiry	9 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time (42-288a(c)). Statute does not say whose local time	All-party for civil liability (52-570d): written or start-of-recording consent, a recorded verbal notice, or a tone about every 15 seconds. The criminal definition (53a-187) is narrower	None found on our page. Signed contract required before taking payment on a telemarketer sale (42-285, 42-286) unless exempt (42-287)	Fine up to $20,000 per violation plus Unfair Trade Practices Act penalties (42-288a(o)). Consumer recovery not stated on our page. Recording: damages, costs and attorney fees (52-570d(c)), amount not on our page
Florida	Yes. FTSA, Fla. Stat. 501.059, treats texts as calls	8 a.m. to 8 p.m., max 3 calls per 24 hours on one subject (501.616(6)). The cap is written for calls	All-party (934.03)	License from the Department of Agriculture unless exempt (501.605, 501.604). Bond amount not on our page	FTSA: $500 per violation, up to 3x if willful, after STOP and 15 days. Recording: $100 a day or $1,000
Georgia	No. Statute defines solicitation as a voice communication; federal TCPA covers texts	None found. Federal window	One-party (16-11-66)	None found on our page	SB 73 (from July 1, 2024): actual loss or up to $1,000 per violation, class actions without that cap. We read the conference substitute; confirm the enacted text and damages with an attorney
Illinois	No state rule found. Neither calling act mentions texts	Live operators: none 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. (same as federal). Recorded messages: none 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.	All-party if the recording is secret (720 ILCS 5/14-2); an announced notice removes the secrecy. Confirm with an attorney	None found on our page	Autodialer Act: $500 per violation plus treble actual damages. Live-operator Act: 3x actual damages. BIPA voiceprints: $1,000 or $5,000
Maryland	Unclear. Consent definition names texts, prohibitions say “telephone solicitation” (14-4501(d), 14-4502)	8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the called party’s zone, max 3 per 24 hours (14-4502(c))	All-party (CJP 10-402(c)(3))	None found on our page	$500 or actual damages, up to 3x if willful (14-4503)
Massachusetts	Unclear. c. 159C and 201 CMR 12 do not name texts; no ruling found. Federal TCPA covers texts	Unsolicited sales calls not received 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. (c. 159C, s. 3)	All-party if secret (c. 272, s. 99)	Annual registration with the state by January 1 (201 CMR 12.04). Fee not on our page	Greater of actual loss or up to $5,000 after more than one unsolicited call in 12 months (c. 159C, s. 8)
Michigan	Pending bill. Current law is voice only; Senate Bill 351 would add texts and passed the Senate 37 to 0 on January 29, 2026. Not law	None found. Federal window	Contested. Statute needs all parties, but Sullivan v. Gray (1982) lets a participant record; a notice is the safe default	None found on our page	$250 or actual damages plus fees (445.111c, 445.911)
Minnesota	No state rule found. Minn. Stat. 325E.26 and 325E.27 speak of calls and dialer voice messages and do not mention texts. Federal TCPA applies	9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (325E.30), an hour later start than federal. Section does not name a time zone	One-party (626A.02, subd. 2(d))	None in force on our page. The older registration provisions (325E.311, 325E.312, 325E.316) show as expired	Injured person may sue for damages plus costs and attorney fees under 8.31, no fixed amount on our page. Attorney General civil penalty up to $50,000 (325E.31)
Nevada	No state rule found. NRS 228 and 597.812 to 597.818 speak of calls	Prerecorded autodialer calls: none 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. (NRS 597.814). Other calls: federal	Contested. Lane v. Allstate (1998) lead opinion reads the wiretap law against secretly taping your own call; justices split. Treat as all-party	Only for sellers making listed offers (prizes, investments). $50,000 bond (NRS 599B)	Recording: greater of actual damages or $100 a day, minimum $1,000 (200.690). Do-not-call: Attorney General enforces
New Jersey	Unclear. P.L.2003 c.76 covers telephone solicitation and excludes sales through other media; our page does not read it as a texting statute. Confirm with an attorney. Federal TCPA applies	None. 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. barred at the customer’s location (P.L.2023 c.58), same as federal. First reprint read; confirm the chaptered wording	One-party (N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-4(d))	Possible. Annual registration with the Division of Consumer Affairs; Director may require a bond of at least $25,000 (P.L.2003 c.76). Fee not on our page	Recording: greater of actual damages or $100 a day or $1,000, plus punitive damages and fees (2A:156A-24). Telemarketing violation is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act; amounts not on our page
New York	Yes. GBL 399-z treats texts as telemarketing	8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the recipient’s time, same as federal; disclosures within 30 seconds	One-party (Penal Law 250.05)	Telemarketer certificate, $500 fee, 2 years, $25,000 bond unless exempt (GBL 399-pp)	Fines up to $20,000 per 399-z violation. Private suit not stated on our page
North Carolina	Yes. G.S. 75-101(9) defines solicitation as a “voice or text communication”	8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (75-102(f)), same as federal	One-party (15A-287)	None found on our page	$500 first, $1,000 second, $5,000 third and later within two years (75-105)
Ohio	Indirect. R.C. 109.87 makes federal TCPA and TSR violations Ohio violations and defines text messages	None. Federal window	One-party (2933.52(B)(4))	Possible. Attorney General registration and $50,000 bond unless exempt (4719.02, 4719.04)	Attorney General enforces R.C. 109.87. Purchaser suit for at least the amount paid, plus fees (4719.15)
Oklahoma	Yes for the registry. 15 O.S. 775B covers cellular texts. The 2022 Telephone Solicitation Act does not define texts; confirm with an attorney	8 a.m. to 8 p.m., max 3 per 24 hours (775C.4(A))	One-party (13 O.S. 176.4(5))	Telemarketers buy the registry, $150 per quarter or $600 per year. No bond on our page	$500 or actual damages, up to 3x if willful (775C.6)
Oregon	Yes. HB 3865 (2025) amended ORS 646.561 so a telephone solicitation includes a text message. The enrolled text prints no operative date; confirm it	8 a.m. to 8 p.m., max 3 separate solicitations in 24 hours, unless an established business relationship within 18 months (ORS 646.563(1)(b))	One-party for phone calls (ORS 165.540(1)(a)). Conversations that are not phone calls need all participants informed ((1)(c))	Possible. Telephonic seller registration with the Department of Justice at least 10 days before selling, $400 fee, one year (ORS 646.553). No bond mentioned; exemptions not reviewed	Actual damages or $200, whichever is greater, plus attorney fees, and punitive damages for a willful violation with ascertainable loss (ORS 646.638). File within one year
Pennsylvania	Yes, from October 18, 2026. Act 47 of 2026 includes texts, voicemail and ringless voicemail	From October 18, 2026: none on Sundays or legal holidays, none before 9 a.m. or after 7 p.m.	All-party (18 Pa.C.S. 5704(4))	Registration with the Attorney General unless exempt (section 3). Bond and fee not re-verified	Act 47 adds no per-text damages in the text we read. Unfair Trade Practices law: Attorney General penalty up to $1,000 per willful violation; private claim for ascertainable loss. Recording: $100 a day or $1,000
Tennessee	Yes. T.C.A. 65-4-401 et seq.: the Public Utility Commission says sellers may not call or text residential numbers on the Do-Not-Text register, with exceptions. Confirm current rules with the Commission	None. Before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. needs prior express permission (rule 1220-04-11, 2010 version). Confirm the current rule and texts with the Commission	One-party (T.C.A. 39-13-601(b)(5))	Annual solicitor application and $500 standard fee, due by May 1 (rule 1220-04-11, 2010 version; check current). No bond on our page	Private suit not stated on our page. Commission civil penalty up to $2,000 per knowing violation (65-4-405). Attorney General up to $1,000 per violation (47-18-1526)
Texas	Yes since September 1, 2025. SB 140 added texts to chapter 302. Confirm with an attorney how chapter 301 treats texts	9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. Sunday (301.051). Speaks of calls; confirm with an attorney for texts	One-party (Penal Code 16.02)	$200 fee and $10,000 security. Secretary of State says texting with prior consent need not complete registration	DTPA remedies added by SB 140. Recording: $10,000 per occurrence (CPRC 123.004)
Utah	Unclear. 13-25a-102(8) (effective May 1, 2024) covers a telephone call or message for a commercial purpose; the word text does not appear. Confirm with an attorney	9 p.m. to 8 a.m. barred, and none on Sundays or legal holidays, without prior express consent (13-25a-103(3))	One-party (77-23a-4(7)(b))	None found on our page	Greater of $500 or pecuniary loss, plus fees; treble if knowing and willful (13-25a-107). Administrative fine $100 to $2,500 per violation (13-25a-105)
Virginia	Yes. 59.1-510 includes texts; opt-out by “UNSUBSCRIBE” or “STOP”, honored 10 years	8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the contact’s location (59.1-511), same as federal	One-party (19.2-62(B)(2))	None found on our page	$500 first, $1,000 second, $5,000 later; up to $5,000 if willful. Seller and sender jointly liable (59.1-514.1)
Washington	Yes. CEMA, RCW 19.190.060, bars commercial texts to Washington cell numbers without advance consent. Telemarketing statutes do not mention texts	8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time (RCW 19.158.110(4), 80.36.390)	All-party (RCW 9.73.030)	Registration under chapter 19.158 unless exempt (RCW 19.158.050). Amounts not on our page	CEMA: $100 or actual damages (suits filed on or after June 11, 2026). Civil penalty $500 to $2,000 per violation (19.158.140)

Source: the 24 state pages linked above, each written from the state statute and checked October 12, 2026 (first 18 rows) or October 14, 2026 (Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah); spot-checks listed in the method section. “None found on our page” means the state page did not report a rule, not that no rule exists. Austin and Houston are covered under Texas and Miami under Florida.

What is the federal baseline under every row?

Federally, a telephone solicitation may not be made before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. at the called party’s location (47 CFR 64.1200(c)(1)), and autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing calls to wireless numbers need the called party’s prior express written consent (64.1200(a)(2)). Both come from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. 227, and apply in all 24 states.

A state rule only changes your build where it is stricter, or where it adds a private lawsuit. Note that “calls” and “texts” are different words in many statutes; the table says “unclear” where the statute does not settle it.

How many of the 24 states end the day earlier than 9 p.m.?

Nine states end earlier than the federal 9 p.m. for at least one kind of contact: Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington at 8 p.m., Nevada at 8 p.m. for prerecorded autodialer calls only, and Pennsylvania at 7 p.m. from October 18, 2026. Fifteen states have no stricter end time: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

Seven states also have a later start or a closed day: Connecticut (9 a.m.), Illinois (9 a.m. for recorded messages), Minnesota (9 a.m.), Nevada (9 a.m. for prerecorded autodialer calls), Pennsylvania (9 a.m., no Sundays or holidays), Texas (noon on Sundays) and Utah (no Sundays or legal holidays without prior express consent).

How many of the 24 states are all-party consent for call recording?

Seven of the 24 are all-party consent: California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington. Fourteen are one-party, and three (Illinois, Michigan, Nevada) are contested or conditional in the sources we read.

Massachusetts and Illinois are all-party in effect when a recording is secret; an announced recording is a different case, which is why their rows say to confirm with an attorney. The general guide is is it legal to record calls in GoHighLevel.

Which states list a bond for phone sellers, and how much?

Seven of the 24 states list a dollar figure for a seller bond or security on their pages: Arizona and California $100,000, Nevada and Ohio $50,000, New York $25,000, New Jersey at least $25,000 if the Director requires a bond, and Texas $10,000. Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington require registration or a license but their pages do not state a bond amount, Oregon and Tennessee charge a registration fee ($400 and $500) with no bond on their pages, and Colorado and Oklahoma charge for a list or registry instead of a bond.

What does this mean for your GoHighLevel account?

Build to the strictest rule among the states your contacts live in, and keep the proof of consent on the contact. Three settings do most of the work.

Consent capture. Thirteen of the 24 states name texts in a state rule, and many give a private lawsuit with a fixed dollar amount or a floor, so a separate unticked consent box that saves the date, source and wording to the contact is the common denominator. Several states define consent more strictly than a checkbox: Connecticut wants a signed written agreement that names the channel and the number (42-284(14)), North Carolina wants an independent signed form with the number (G.S. 75-101(6)), Maryland and Pennsylvania want a signed agreement that names the number and states consent is not a condition of purchase. Carrier registration uses the same opt-in wording; see how long GoHighLevel A2P approval takes and the A2P rejection guide.

Quiet hours by the contact’s time zone. The stricter rules attach to where the person is, not where you are. Set marketing windows on the contact’s own time zone, then use the earliest end time and latest start time among the states you send to: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., no Sundays, covers every row in this table once Pennsylvania’s rule starts, and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. covers every other row except Texas on Sundays and Utah on Sundays and legal holidays. That is a conservative house rule, not a legal requirement everywhere. We did not verify a built-in per-state quiet-hours setting in HighLevel, so test it with a contact in another zone. Long messages can also split into several segments, which the SMS segment counter shows before you send.

Recording notice. Fourteen one-party states let your business record its own calls, but a caller in an all-party state brings that rule onto the call. Play a short notice before recording on every number, including AI voice agents and voicemail drops. Michigan, Nevada and Illinois are the three where the law itself is contested or conditional, so the notice is not optional there.

Two other points come out of the table. Registration and bonds are filings with the state, not settings in HighLevel. And Georgia and Virginia make the seller liable for what a vendor or agency sends, so keep vendors inside your own account with named logins. If you want these settings built and tested, the GoHighLevel setup agency guide lists what a build includes. aibrevo works with its partner company autoesta, whose team delivers GoHighLevel builds; aibrevo’s CRM team scopes the project with you.

Where is the law still unsettled in this table?

Fourteen states carry an explicit hedge, because the source material says so and we did not want to round them off.

State	What is unsettled	Where it comes from
Oklahoma	Whether the 2022 Telephone Solicitation Act reaches texts. The registry in 15 O.S. 775B does	The enrolled bill does not define the call to include texts
Georgia	The damages terms after SB 73	We read the conference committee substitute, not the enacted code text; the signing date is as reported by a law firm
Texas	How chapter 301 hours and chapter 302 apply to texts	Section 301.051 speaks of telephone calls
Colorado	Whether a residential subscriber can sue over a text under 6-1-113	Section 6-1-906 points to 6-1-113; how it applies to a text is for an attorney
Michigan	The participant exception for recording	It rests on one 1982 court reading of a definition (Sullivan v. Gray), not on the statute’s plain text
Nevada	Whether one party’s consent is enough to record	A 1998 lead opinion in Lane v. Allstate; the justices wrote separately
Maryland and Massachusetts	Whether state solicitation rules cover texts	Neither statute settles it; Massachusetts has a federal court ruling on the TCPA, not on the state law
Minnesota, New Jersey and Utah	Whether state solicitation rules cover texts	Minnesota’s sections speak of calls and dialer voice messages; New Jersey’s act defines telemarketing as solicitation by telephone; Utah’s definition says call or message and never says text
Tennessee	Whether the current Commission rule applies the 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window and the $500 fee to texts	We could open only the 2010 version of rule chapter 1220-04-11
Oregon	When House Bill 3865 took effect	The enrolled text prints no operative date; one secondary summary gave January 1, 2026
Connecticut	Whether a typed name or tick box meets the signature element of prior express written consent	Section 42-284(14) requires a signed written agreement; the act’s October 1, 2023 date rests on law-firm summaries

Pennsylvania adds a timing caveat rather than a legal one: Act 47 of 2026 was signed July 20, 2026 and takes effect 90 days later, October 18, 2026, which is six days after the October 12 check. Its enrolled effective date and any Attorney General guidance should be confirmed with a Pennsylvania attorney.

How was each cell checked?

Every row comes from a state page on this site, and each of those pages was written from the primary statute or regulator page, fetched on October 12, 2026 (the first 18 pages) or October 14, 2026 (Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah). For this table we read all 24 pages in full and copied each rule, number and hedge. We re-fetched primary sources to spot-check a sample of the first 18 on October 12, 2026; the six added rows were not spot-checked separately.

Column	Primary sources re-fetched for this table	Result
Texts named	A.R.S. 44-1282, Va. Code 59.1-514	Arizona: “text message” is in the statute, penalty up to $1,000. Virginia: “UNSUBSCRIBE” or “STOP”, honored at least 10 years
Hours	Fla. Stat. 501.616, Md. Commercial Law 14-4502, 47 CFR 64.1200	Florida: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and three calls per 24 hours. Maryland: 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. barred, three per 24 hours. Federal: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Recording	RCW 9.73.030	Washington: consent of all participants, with the announcement route in subsection (3)
Registration or bond, private suits	Not re-fetched for every state	Taken from the state pages. Pennsylvania’s bill page and Ohio’s R.C. 109.87 could not be reached during this check, so those two rows rest on the state pages alone

We counted the groups in this page’s charts from the table itself, and every group sums to 24. Rows where the state page said “none found” are marked “none found on our page”, because absence of a rule on our page is weaker evidence than a statute saying there is none. We did not check any state outside the 24, and the original pages were written for a GoHighLevel build, so they leave out rules that do not touch one.

Sources

All checked October 12, 2026 unless noted; the Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee and Utah sources were checked October 14, 2026.

• Federal: 47 CFR 64.1200 (hours, written consent for autodialed and prerecorded calls) and 47 U.S.C. 227 (Telephone Consumer Protection Act).
• Arizona: A.R.S. 44-1282, 44-1278, 13-3012.
• California: Penal Code 632, 632.7, 637.2; Attorney General, telephonic sellers.
• Colorado: C.R.S. 6-1-903, 6-1-304, 6-1-305, 18-9-303.
• Connecticut: C.G.S. chapter 743m, 42-284 to 42-289, 52-570d, 53a-187. State page: Connecticut.
• Florida: Fla. Stat. 501.059, 501.605, 934.03.
• Georgia: SB 73 (2024), O.C.G.A. 16-11-66.
• Illinois: 720 ILCS 5/14-2, 815 ILCS 413, 815 ILCS 305.
• Maryland: Commercial Law 14-4501, 14-4503; Courts and Judicial Proceedings 10-402.
• Massachusetts: M.G.L. c. 159C, c. 272, s. 99, 201 CMR 12.00.
• Michigan: MCL 445.111c, MCL 750.539c, Senate Bill 351.
• Minnesota: Minn. Stat. 325E.26, 325E.27, 325E.30, 325E.31, 8.31, 626A.02. State page: Minnesota.
• Nevada: NRS chapter 228, chapter 597, chapter 599B, chapter 200; Lane v. Allstate.
• New Jersey: P.L.2003, c.76, Senate Bill 921 first reprint, P.L.2023, c.58, N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-4 and 2A:156A-24. State page: New Jersey.
• New York: GBL 399-z, 399-pp; Penal Law 250.05.
• North Carolina: G.S. Chapter 75, Article 4, G.S. 15A-287.
• Ohio: R.C. 109.87, 4719.02, 4719.04, 2933.52.
• Oklahoma: SB 398 (2011), HB 3168 (2022), Attorney General registry page.
• Oregon: HB 3865 (2025), chapter 580, ORS 646.553, 646.638, 165.540. State page: Oregon.
• Pennsylvania: Senate Bill 992, Act 47 of 2026, 18 Pa.C.S. 5704.
• Tennessee: Public Utility Commission Do-Not-Call / Do-Not-Text program, rule chapter 1220-04-11, 2010 version, Public Chapter 1029 of 2026, T.C.A. 65-4-405 and 39-13-601. State page: Tennessee.
• Texas: Business and Commerce Code chapter 301 and chapter 302; Secretary of State FAQ.
• Utah: Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 25a, 102, 103, 105, 107; 77-23a-4. State page: Utah.
• Virginia: Va. Code 59.1-510, 59.1-514, 59.1-515.
• Washington: RCW 9.73.030, 19.190.060, 19.158.110.