A bipartisan group of 40 attorneys general is trying to reduce the amount of annoying or harmful automated or “robocalls” across the country. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has joined that effort.

The coalition has met with several major telecom companies in hopes of finding the best technology to fight robocalls. Arizona sits on the executive committee for this multistate group.

"We need to use every tool available to stop illegal phone scammers from preying on hardworking Arizona families," Brnovich said in a statement Friday.

The group will determine whether states should make further recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).