Karis Law will make 9-1-1 Work for Everyone

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C.Today the House passed Karis Law Act 2017 (H.R. 582). This Brady sponsored legislation is designed to prevent another tragedy by requiring all Multi-Line Telephone Systems (MLTS) to have a default setting that allows people to directly dial 9-1-1 without the need for additional digits or prefix. U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (TX-08) released the following statement:

I am honored to support this bill in memory of Kari Hunt so that everyone calling from anywhere in the U.S can easily dial 9-1-1 for help. No one especially someones child should ever be unable to dial 9-1-1 to save a loved ones life.

BACKGROUND: In December 2013 Kari Hunt was killed in a motel room in Texas. Her daughter repeatedly attempted to dial 9-1-1 from the motel room but was unable to reach emergency responders because the motels MLTS required users to dial 9 to reach an outside line. While many hotels and office buildings have begun to make this change to their systems voluntarily there is no uniform requirement that every MLTS be capable of directly dialing 9-1-1.