A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to provide location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement officer or an employee or other agent of a public safety answering point in an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious physical harm or in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services.
Kelsey Smith Act
This bill requires a mobile or internet voice service provider to disclose the location information of a device pursuant to certain requests.
Specifically, a provider must disclose this information at the request of an investigative or law enforcement officer (or public safety employee or agent on behalf of such officer) if the officer asserts (1) that the device was used to place a 911 call, or (2) reasonable suspicion that the device is in the possession of an individual who is in an emergency situation.
A provider that discloses a device location in response to such a request may not be held liable in legal or administrative proceedings related to the disclosure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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