Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0983 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to wireless provider automatic 2
16	16	location identification services; creating s. 3
17	17	365.1755, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring a 4
18	18	wireless provider to provide automatic location 5
19	19	identification of an account holder's wireless 6
20	20	telephone in certain circumstances; requiring 7
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22	22	provided through an emergency number created by the 9
23	23	wireless provider; requiring ca lls to such number be 10
24	24	answered immediately; prohibiting callers of such 11
25	25	number from being placed on hold; specifying the 12
26	26	format of receipt of automatic location identification 13
27	27	information; authorizing certain persons to contact a 14
28	28	wireless provider and requ est a block for a specified 15
29	29	timeframe on an account holder's ability to access 16
30	30	automatic location identification services or 17
31	31	information; requiring such requests to be 18
32	32	confidential; authorizing a wireless provider of 19
33	33	automatic location identification servi ces to charge a 20
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36	36	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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38	38	Section 1. Section 365.1755, Florida Statutes, is created 25
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51	51	to read: 26
52	52	365.1755 Emergency telephone number; automatic location 27
53	53	identification; wireless providers. — 28
54	54	(1) As used in this section: 29
55	55	(a) "Account holder" means a person who is legally 30
56	56	responsible and who enters into an agreement with a wireless 31
57	57	telephone service provider for the purchase of a wireless 32
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59	59	(b) "Automatic location identification" means the 34
60	60	automatic display at the Public Safety Answering Point of the 35
61	61	caller's mobile telephone number, the address or location of the 36
62	62	wireless telephone, and supplementary emergency services 37
63	63	information. 38
64	64	(c) "Emergency" means a situation, physical condition, or 39
65	65	method of operation which presents imminent danger of death or 40
66	66	serious physical or mental harm to a person. 41
67	67	(d) "Family or household member" means spouses; former 42
68	68	spouses; persons related by blood or marriage; persons who are 43
69	69	presently residing together as if a family or who have resided 44
70	70	together in the past as if a family; and persons who are parents 45
71	71	of a child in common regardless of whether they have been 46
72	72	married. Except for persons who have a child in commo n, the 47
73	73	family or household members must be currently residing or have 48
74	74	in the past resided together in the same single dwelling unit. 49
75	75	(e) "Mobile telephone number" means the telephone number 50
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90	90	(f) "Wireless services provider" means a person who 53
91	91	provides services using licensed or unlicensed spectrum, whether 54
92	92	at a fixed location or mobile, using wireless facilities. 55
93	93	(2) In the event of an actual or perceived emergency, a 56
94	94	wireless provider shall, immediately upon the request of an 57
95	95	account holder, provide automatic location identification of any 58
96	96	of the account holder's wireless telephones on their account. 59
97	97	(3) Automatic location identification services shall be 60
98	98	provided through a unique an d well-advertised emergency number 61
99	99	created by the wireless services provider. There shall be no 62
100	100	wait times for persons who call the emergency number and the 63
101	101	account holder shall not be placed on hold at any time. 64
102	102	(4) Any automatic location identification information 65
103	103	provided by the wireless provider shall be verbally provided and 66
104	104	graphically transmitted to the account holder's wireless 67
105	105	telephone he or she is calling from, regardless of whether the 68
106	106	automatic location identification service has been activat ed or 69
107	107	deactivated on the wireless telephone, except as provided in 70
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109	109	(5) A family or household member of an account holder who 72
110	110	uses the account holder's wireless telephone may contact the 73
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125	125	automatic location identification services or information. The 76
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128	128	(6) A wireless provider may charge a fee for automatic 79
129	129	location identification services at no more than $5 per request. 80
130	130	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 81