Public Law 115-127 · H.R. 582 · Became law

Kari's Law Act of 2017

Official title: “To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a configuration that permits users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, and for other purposes.”

House: voice vote · Senate: without objection
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It became law on February 16, 2018.

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