US HB6823 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on December 14 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-12-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on December 14 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-12-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to provide location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement officer or an employee or other agent of a public safety answering point in an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious physical harm or in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services.
Title
Kelsey Smith Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Jacob Laturner [R-KS] | Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS] | Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS] | Rep. Tracey Mann [R-KS] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. |
| 2023-12-14 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2023-12-14 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6823/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr6823/BILLS-118hr6823ih.pdf |
