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US HR582

Kari's Law Act of 2017


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Introduced
01/17/2017
In Committee
01/17/2017
Crossed Over
01/24/2017
Passed
02/09/2018
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
02/16/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

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.

AI Summary

This bill, the Kari's Law Act of 2017, amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit businesses from manufacturing, importing, selling, or leasing multi-line telephone systems in the United States unless they are pre-configured to allow users to directly dial 9-1-1 without needing to enter any additional digits, codes, or prefixes. Businesses are also prohibited from installing, managing, or operating such multi-line systems without the direct 9-1-1 dialing capability. Additionally, these systems must be configured to provide a notification to a central location or other designated person or organization when a 9-1-1 call is made. The bill aims to ensure that anyone using a multi-line telephone system can easily and directly contact emergency services in case of an emergency.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (30)

Last Action

Became Public Law No: 115-127. (TXT | PDF) (on 02/16/2018)

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