Florida Senate - 2023 SB 922



By Senator Powell





24-01306-23 2023922__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to wireless provider automatic
3 location identification services; creating s.
4 365.1755, F.S.; defining terms; requiring a wireless
5 services provider to provide automatic location
6 identification of an account holder’s wireless
7 telephone in certain circumstances; requiring
8 automatic location identification services to be
9 provided through an emergency number created by the
10 wireless services provider; requiring calls to such
11 number to be answered immediately; requiring requested
12 automatic identification information to be provided in
13 a specified format; authorizing certain persons to
14 contact a wireless services provider and request a
15 block for a specified timeframe on an account holder’s
16 ability to access automatic location identification
17 services or information; requiring such requests to be
18 confidential; authorizing a wireless services provider
19 to charge a specified fee for automatic location
20 identification services; providing an effective date.
21
22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
23
24 Section 1. Section 365.1755, Florida Statutes, is created
25 to read:
26 365.1755 Emergency telephone number; automatic location
27 identification; wireless providers.—
28 (1) As used in this section, the term:
29 (a) “Account holder” means a person who is legally
30 responsible and who enters into an agreement with a wireless
31 telephone service provider for the purchase of a wireless
32 telephone.
33 (b) “Automatic location identification” means the automatic
34 display at the Public Safety Answering Point of the caller’s
35 mobile telephone number, the address or location of the wireless
36 telephone, and supplementary emergency services information.
37 (c) “Emergency” means a situation, physical condition, or
38 method of operation which presents imminent danger of death or
39 serious physical or mental harm to a person.
40 (d) “Family or household member” means spouses; former
41 spouses; persons related by blood or marriage; persons who are
42 presently residing together as if a family or who have resided
43 together in the past as if a family; and persons who are parents
44 of a child in common regardless of whether they have been
45 married. Except for persons who have a child in common, the
46 family or household members must be currently residing or have
47 in the past resided together in the same single dwelling unit.
48 (e) “Mobile telephone number” means the telephone number
49 assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial
50 activation.
51 (f) “Wireless services provider” means a person who
52 provides services using licensed or unlicensed spectrum, whether
53 at a fixed location or mobile, using wireless facilities.
54 (2) In the event of an actual or perceived emergency, a
55 wireless services provider shall, immediately upon the request
56 of an account holder, provide automatic location identification
57 of the account holder’s wireless telephone.
58 (3) Automatic location identification services shall be
59 provided through a unique and well-advertised emergency number
60 created by the wireless services provider. There shall be no
61 wait times for persons who call the emergency number.
62 (4) Any automatic location identification information
63 provided by the wireless services provider shall be verbally
64 provided through and graphically transmitted to the wireless
65 telephone, regardless of whether the automatic location
66 identification service has been activated or deactivated on the
67 wireless telephone, except as provided in section (5).
68 (5) A family or household member of an account holder who
69 uses the account holder’s wireless telephone may contact the
70 wireless services provider and request a temporary block, not to
71 exceed 30 days, on the account holder’s ability to obtain
72 automatic location identification services or information. The
73 request shall be confidential and may not be provided to the
74 account holder.
75 (6) A wireless services provider may charge a fee for
76 automatic location identification services of no more than $5
77 per request.
78 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.