HR 5201passed_one119th Congress

Kari's Law Reporting Act

Introduced Sep 8, 2025House billPolicy area: Science, Technology, CommunicationsLast action Apr 21, 2026Sponsor: Doris O. Matsui(D-CA)

technologyScience, Technology, Communications

Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeEnergy and Commerce CommitteeCommunications and Technology Subcommittee

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Official summaryUpdated Apr 22, 2026

What the bill 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.

Latest official action

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

Lobbying Filings Citing It

Undisclosed

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Sep 8, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 21, 2026vote

Jake Auchincloss voted yea

Apr 21, 2026vote

Mark E. Amodei voted yea

Apr 21, 2026vote

Pete Aguilar voted yea

Official Congressional Actions

Apr 22, 2026IntroReferral

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

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Apr 21, 2026Floor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3025)

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Apr 21, 2026Floor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 5 (Roll no. 127). (text: CR 4/20/2026 H2976)

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Apr 21, 2026Floor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 5 (Roll no. 127). (text: CR 4/20/2026 H2976)

Lobbying Activity

No lobbying report on the 119th Congress cites this bill.

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Jake Auchincloss	D	yea	Apr 21, 2026
Mark E. Amodei	R	yea	Apr 21, 2026
Pete Aguilar	D	yea	Apr 21, 2026
Rick W. Allen	R	yea	Apr 21, 2026

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.