HCS HB 1108 -- EMERGENCY CALL LOCATION INFORMATION (Lauer)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Committee on Utilities

This substitute requires a telecommunications carrier and certain
commercial mobile service providers to provide, upon request,
call location information concerning the user of a
telecommunications service or a wireless communications service
to a law enforcement official or agency in order to respond to a
call for emergency service or to provide information in an
emergency situation that involves danger of death or serious
physical injury to any person where disclosure of communications
relating to an emergency is required without delay.  There will
be no cause of action in any court against any telecommunications
carrier or telecommunications service or commercial mobile
service providers as well as telecommunications service or
wireless communications services or its officers, employees,
agents, or other specified persons for providing this information
to a law enforcement official or agency.

These provisions cannot prohibit a telecommunications carrier or
commercial mobile service provider from establishing protocols by
which it can voluntarily disclose call location information.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2013, FY 2014, and
FY 2015.

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Last Updated March 6, 2012 at 7:27 pm