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S1003Passed Senate

Lulu’s Law

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
Failed — Did not pass vote
119th
Congress
2025-03-12
Introduced
9
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Katie Boyd Britt
Katie Boyd Britt
Republican · AL · Senator
Votes with party: 34.1% (320 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001319

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (9)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Bill Cassidy (R-LA)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Brian Schatz (D-HI)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Deb Fischer (R-NE)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Pete Ricketts (R-NE)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Tim Kaine (D-VA)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)Original· 2025-03-12
  • Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)· 2025-03-24

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

2026-05-20

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReported By · 2025-06-12

Previously

  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReported By · 2025-06-12
  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-04-30
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationMarkup By · 2025-04-30
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-03-12
  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-12

Plain-English Summary

Lulu’s Law This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order explicitly permitting the transmission of wireless emergency alerts to mobile phones in the event of a shark attack. (Under current regulations, authorized government authorities are permitted to send wireless emergency alerts regarding public safety emergencies, including severe weather, missing children, and other threats to life or property.)

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Science, Technology, Communications

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1003 Engrossed in Senate (ES)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1003 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ``Lulu's Law''. SEC. 2. WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS. (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Alert Message'' has the meaning given the term in section 10.10(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (b) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall issue an order to provide that a shark attack is an event for which an Alert Message may be transmitted. Passed the Senate July 8, 2025. Attest: Secretary. 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1003 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.
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