Kari's Law Reporting Act

Sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) · 2 active : 1 Republican, 1 Democrat

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedApr 21, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

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 the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed405 yea, 5 nayApril 21, 2026 · Roll call 127

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	41	1	2%
Middle	263	4	2%
Entrenched	102	0	0%

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Referred to
Communications and Technology · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Congressional oversight
Emergency communications systems
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Service industries
Telephone and wireless communication

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

43Swing 70–100
269Middle 30–70
115Entrenched 0–30
6Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 6 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 7.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1717 · Jul 15, 2025 · Roll call 195On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassCommunications Security Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4510 · May 15, 2024 · Roll call 923On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNTIA Reauthorization Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4143 · May 8, 2024 · Roll call 913On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNational Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 139 · Jul 14, 2026 · Roll call 598On PassageSunshine Protection Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1534 · Mar 25, 2025 · Roll call 73On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassIMPACT Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8958 · Sep 23, 2024 · Roll call 1159On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNASA Reauthorization Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4755 · Apr 29, 2024 · Roll call 872On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPrivacy Enhancing Technology Research Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4866 · Apr 29, 2024 · Roll call 871On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedFire Weather Development Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 7521 · Mar 13, 2024 · Roll call 804On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedProtecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1338 · Jul 25, 2023 · Roll call 364On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedSatellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1715 · May 9, 2023 · Roll call 203On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassAdvanced Weather Model Computing Development Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

All voting members	409	5	1%

1
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 11 similar votes
94Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:Not votingProjected: 94 Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 11 similar votes
93Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 93 Swing
ContactCall
3
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Energy and CommerceCommunications and TechnologyOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 17% of 11 similar votes
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:Not voting
4
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 11 similar votes
90Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 90 Swing
ContactCall
5
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 3 similar votes
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 83 Swing (today: 88)
Contact
6
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 11 similar votes
88Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 88 Swing
ContactCall
7
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 29% of 3 similar votes
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 83 Swing (today: 87)
Contact
8
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 19% of 11 similar votes
86Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall
9
Josh GottheimerDemocrat · New Jersey 5th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 11% of 10 similar votes
Today86Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 87 Swing (today: 86)
Contact
9
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 11% of 9 similar votes
Today86Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 87 Swing (today: 86)
Contact