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Read. Follow. Verify.Mississippi bill requires wireless carriers to share cell location data with emergency dispatchers
Last action · February 12, 2026: 02/12 (H) Died On CalendarSponsor: Celeste Hurst
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT TO REQUIRE WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE CALL LOCATION INFORMATION CONCERNING A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE OF A USER TO A REQUESTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT WHEN REQUESTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES OR IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT INVOLVES THE RISK OF DEATH OR SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM; TO AUTHORIZE WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ESTABLISH PROTOCOLS BY WHICH THE PROVIDER VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSES CALL LOCATION INFORMATION; TO PROHIBIT A CLAIM FOR RELIEF IN ANY COURT AGAINST ANY WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR PROVIDING CALL LOCATION INFORMATION IF ACTING IN GOOD FAITH UNDER THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO OBTAIN AND DISSEMINATE CONTACT INFORMATION FROM ALL WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 19-5-319, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Law enforcement and 911 dispatchers gain a statutory mandate to obtain real-time device tracking from telecom carriers during life-threatening emergencies, while carriers receive liability protection for good-faith disclosures.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Wireless service providers
Carriers must disclose call location information upon emergency request and are granted immunity from civil lawsuits when acting in good faith.
Law enforcement agencies and public safety answering points
Dispatchers and law enforcement gain statutory authority to demand real-time device location data from wireless carriers during life-or-death emergencies.
Telecommunications device users
Users' real-time device location data may be disclosed to emergency services and law enforcement during qualifying emergency situations.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
When can law enforcement request my cell phone location under this bill?
Can wireless providers be sued for handing over my location data?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 12, 2026House02/12 (H) Died On Calendar
- Feb 11, 2026House02/11 (H) Read the Third Time
- Feb 3, 2026HouseCommittee02/03 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
- Jan 16, 2026HouseCommittee01/16 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Mandatory Emergency Location Disclosures
Shifts carrier cooperation from voluntary protocols to a mandatory requirement during life-threatening emergencies.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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