YouMail: 6,107,772,500 robocalls in 2025, 3,466,492,900 already in 2026. Dallas and Houston are permanent U.S. top-five metros. San Antonio stays on the board. 228,370 DNC complaints — 770 per 100,000. November 2025 alone: about 399 million calls, #1 in the country.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Texas layer — SB 140, effective September 1, 2025:
- “Telephone solicitation” now includes a call, text, graphic message, or image sent to induce a purchase, rental, claim, or receipt of an item.
- A Mini-TCPA violation is a false, misleading, or deceptive act under the DTPA (Bus. & Com. Code ch. 17). Private DTPA remedies apply — actual / statutory path commonly described as $500, with treble exposure for knowing or intentional conduct, plus fees. The AG may seek civil penalties cited at up to $5,000 per violation. Chapter 302 registration violations are separately cited at $5,000.
- The old “complain to the AG first and wait” hurdle is gone.
- Prior recoveries do not cap a later case on a later call.
- Registration and bond rules remain for sellers calling from or into Texas.
- Hours and two-registry scrubbing (federal + Texas No-Call) still matter.
What that means: Same illegal text can be a federal TCPA count and a Texas DTPA / Mini-TCPA count. That is why Texas jumped from “hot” to “must-comply” on every national calling desk.
Left on the table: 228,370 × $500 ≈ $114.2 million federal floor. × $1,500 ≈ $342.6 million. Stack state DTPA math and the same complaint pile becomes an industry.
Register at donotcall.gov and the Texas No-Call list. Use the Texas Playbook and Texas Consumer Justice.
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.