Shark attacks will trigger emergency phone alerts nationwide
S. 1003 — Lulu’s Law · Filed by Katie Britt (R-AL) · 9 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 12, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
This bill tells the FCC to add shark attacks to emergency alerts. The wireless emergency alert system sends urgent messages to phones. The FCC has 180 days to make this change. Coastal residents will get fast warnings about shark attacks.
Who it affects
Coastal residents will get emergency alerts about shark attacks. The FCC must set up the new alert type.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what counts as a shark attack. The FCC will decide if a sighting or confirmed attack triggers an alert.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
9 cosponsors: 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats.
- Mar 12, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 12, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
- Apr 30, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
- Jul 8, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4261; text: CR S4261)”
- May 20, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 401 - 6…”
- May 20, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Palmer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Jun 15, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Jun 26, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-100”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- wireless emergency alert system — A system that sends urgent messages to phones during emergencies
- FCC — The agency that makes rules about phones and radio
- coastal residents — People who live near the ocean
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (527 characters) on Apr 4, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-18.
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