S. 2770 114th Congress Senate

Kelsey Smith Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to provide call location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement officer in an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious physical injury or in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services.

Introduced: April 13, 2016 See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liabilityEmergency communications systemsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersTelephone and wireless communication

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Apr 11, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Apr 11, 2016

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Kelsey Smith Act

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a mobile or Internet voice service provider to disclose, at the request of an investigative or law enforcement officer, the call location information of a device that is: (1) used to place a 911 call, or (2) reasonably believed to be in the possession of an individual who is in an emergency situation that involves a risk of death or serious physical harm.

Additionally, the bill prohibits a civil action or administrative proceeding against a telecommunications carrier who discloses call location information in good faith in accordance with this bill.

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