# H.R. 5201 (119th): Kari's Law Reporting Act

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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: emergency_services. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fcc_oversight. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: telecommunications. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 127: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a reporting and oversight measure on an ordinary public-safety requirement. Its goal of reliable emergency access is a real good, but it does not directly restrain evil or defend justice in a named way, and it does not advance a named moral harm. It is best classified as a prudential governance measure, which the framework treats as mixed rather than unclear.
Theological note: Issue relevance: the measure concerns emergency access to help, which bears on the protection of neighbors in danger, and on the orderly exercise of lawful government oversight. It is a reporting mandate, not a direct restraint or advancement of a named moral harm, so it sits in the domain of prudential public-safety governance.

## Recorded votes

Roll 127: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 405 · Nay 5 · Other 20.

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