HOUSE 582115th CongressBecame Public Law No: 115-127.

Kari's Law Act of 2017

Last Action: 2/16/2018

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2018-02-16Became Public Law No: 115-127.
2018-02-16Became Public Law No: 115-127.
2018-02-16Signed by President.
2018-02-16Signed by President.
2018-02-09Presented to President.
2018-02-09Presented to President.
2018-02-09Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-02-09On 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)
2018-02-09Resolving 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)
2018-02-08At 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 The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
2018-02-08DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Senate amendment to H.R. 582.
2018-02-08Mr. Lance moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H992-994)
2018-02-08Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2018-02-05Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2018-02-05Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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CRS Summary

As of 2018-02-16 (49)

(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.

Cosponsors (20)

Randy Weber (R-TX)
KEVIN BRADY (R-TX)
Steve King (R-IA)
Blake Farenthold (R-TX)
Michael McCaul (R-TX)
JOHN CULBERSON (R-TX)
Ted Yoho (R-FL)
Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
JOHN SHIMKUS (R-IL)
Diane Black (R-TN)
PETE SESSIONS (R-TX)
Trent Franks (R-AZ)
ROBERT ADERHOLT (R-AL)
Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)
Robert Pittenger (R-NC)
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)

Subjects

Emergency communications systems
Telephone and wireless communication

Became law: Pub. L. 115-127

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