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Kari's Law Reporting Act

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Introduced 2025-09-08
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What it does

Kari's Law Reporting Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish a report on the enforcement of Kari’s Law, which requires multiline telephone systems to be preconfigured to allow users to dial 9-1-1 directly from any phone without dialing any additional code or prefix. The report must include (1) a summary of the extent to which multiline telephone system manufacturers and vendors have complied with the law, and any obstacles to their compliance; and (2) related recommendations for improvements to FCC policy or further legislation, if necessary.
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1Short title

This section gives the Act its short title, the Kari's Law Reporting Act.

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kari's Law Reporting Act .

2Report on implementation of Kari's Law Act of 2017

This section would require the Federal Communications Commission, not later than 180 days after this Act becomes law, to publish a report on its website about its enforcement of section 721 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 623), the provision known as Kari's Law that requires multi-line telephone systems to allow direct dialing of 911. The report would have to include a summary of how well multi-line telephone system manufacturers and vendors have complied with that section, the potential difficulties and obstacles in complying with that section, potential ways to improve the Commission's policies to better enforce it if improvement is needed, and recommendations to Congress on further legislation to address problems like those the section covers, if such legislation is needed. For purposes of this section, "Commission" means the Federal Communications Commission, and "multi-line telephone system" has the meaning given that term in section 721(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 623(f)).

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2. Report on implementation of Kari’s Law Act of 2017 (a) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall publish on the website of the Commission a report regarding the enforcement by the Commission of section 721 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 623 ), which shall include— (1) a summary of the extent to which multi-line telephone system manufacturers and vendors have complied with such section; (2) potential difficulties and obstacles in complying with such section; (3) potential ways, if necessary, to improve the policies of the Commission to better enforce such section; and (4) recommendations to Congress, if necessary, on further legislation that could mitigate problems like those that are addressed by such section. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (2) Multi-line telephone system The term multi-line telephone system has the meaning given such term in section 721(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 623(f) ).

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-09-08

In the House.

Passed the House · 2026-04-21
Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

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The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
3
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONvia COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
4 filings
PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIAvia STEPTOE LLP
2 filings
From 6 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (2026-04-22).