HR 582 115th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Emergency communications systems Telephone and wireless communication

Kari's Law Act of 2017

Introduced: January 17, 2017 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 24 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 16, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-127.

Feb 16, 2018

Signed by President.

Feb 9, 2018

Presented to President.

Feb 9, 2018

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Feb 9, 2018

On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text of Senate amendment: CR 2/8/2018 H992)

Feb 9, 2018

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(text of Senate amendment: CR 2/8/2018 H992)

Feb 8, 2018

At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Lance objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

Feb 8, 2018

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Senate amendment to H.R. 582.

Feb 8, 2018

Mr. Lance moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H992-994)

Feb 8, 2018

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Feb 5, 2018

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Feb 5, 2018

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Feb 5, 2018

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S615; text: CR S615)

Feb 5, 2018

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Jan 24, 2017

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

Jan 23, 2017

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jan 23, 2017

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 61). (text: CR H588)

Jan 23, 2017

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H592)

Jan 23, 2017

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Jan 23, 2017

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 582.

Jan 23, 2017

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H588-590)

Jan 23, 2017

Mr. Lance moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Jan 17, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jan 17, 2017

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Jan 23, 2017	House · vote #61	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed	408–0	See who voted →

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 1,921	Klobuchar, Amy	To modify the effective date.	Agreed to	Feb 5, 2018

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 5, 2018. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Kari's Law Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit businesses from manufacturing or importing for use in the United States, or selling or leasing in the United States, a multi-line telephone system unless it is pre-configured to allow users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities.

Businesses are prohibited from installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems without such a direct 9-1-1 call configuration.

Businesses installing, managing, or operating such systems for use in the United States must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed, or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware or software.

What's happening now February 16, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-127.

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 6 versions

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 17

BARTON, JOE

· Jan 23, 2017

Emmer, Tom

Minnesota · Jan 23, 2017

Green, Al

Texas · Jan 23, 2017

Meeks, Gregory W.

New York · Jan 23, 2017

Alabama · Jan 17, 2017

North Dakota · Jan 17, 2017

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 582: Kari's Law Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-582/

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