Kelsey Smith Act

This bill would require phone and electronic communication service providers to give a device's available location information to a law enforcement officer, or to a 911 call center acting for an officer, without delay in certain emergencies. The officer must say the device was used to call for emergency help in the past 48 hours, or that there is reasonable suspicion the device is with someone in an emergency involving risk of death or serious physical harm. The officer must also have consent from the customer or next of kin, or show that reasonable efforts to get consent failed and delay could increase the risk of harm. The officer's agency would have to keep a record of each request, and the bill sets an order for deciding who counts as next of kin. It does not excuse providers from following state laws that also require sharing location information.

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Sponsors

• Derek Schmidt Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors