YouMail: 675,062,500 robocalls in 2025, 431,820,400 in 2026 YTD. Louisville stays on national city lists. 34,544 DNC complaints — 766 per 100,000, up 44.3%.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Kentucky layer:
- Kentucky Telemarketing Act, KRS § 367.46951 et seq. Registration, disclosures, and solicitation limits. AG-driven.
- Kentucky Consumer Protection Act theories travel with a deceptive pitch. Enhanced penalties are often discussed when the target is over 60.
- No Florida-style private mini-TCPA $500 count. Your per-call private statutory damages are the TCPA.
What changed: No 2026 mini-TCPA. Kentucky joined the 49-AG FCC coalition. The complaint spike is the news — almost half again as many people reported as the year before.
Left on the table: 34,544 × $500 ≈ $17.3 million. × $1,500 ≈ $51.8 million.
Register at donotcall.gov. Kentucky is generally one-party consent. Report to the Kentucky AG Office of Consumer Protection. Use the Kentucky Playbook.
This is a Q3 2026 TeleJustice Academy quarterly law update. Figures: YouMail Robocall Index (estimated volume); 2025 DNC complaint counts and per-capita rates from the FTC Data Book cycle. “Money left on the table” is complaint count × TCPA statutory minimums — an illustration, not a prediction. Robocall indexes include legal recorded calls. Only documented illegal calls and texts support a claim. Educational only. Not legal advice. TeleJustice Academy is not a law firm. Protect the file: donotcall.gov · state list where one exists · call log with date, time, number · screenshots · your state Playbook at telejusticeacademy.com and telejusticepro.com.