The Kelsey Smith Act passed in Kansas in 2009, and similar laws exist in 23 other states. However, in 2016, it failed to pass the U.S. House of Representatives.

Update: The Kelsey Smith Act received 229 votes in the House of Representatives, falling short of a mandated 2/3rd majority needed to pass, Rep. Kevin Yoder said on Monday. FOX 4 will have a follow… ...

UPDATE: The Kelsey Smith Act failed to pass in the House in a 229-158 vote.It required two-thirds majority to pass. Rep. Kevin Yoder is anticipating the act being brought back to the House floor ...

The Kelsey Smith Act is currently the law in 22 states. It is already helping law enforcement save lives. For example, one month after it passed in Tennessee, ...

The Kelsey Smith Act, or a similar version of it, is the law in 31 states. Passage last week in the House was 103-8 – all those against were Democrats – and the next step is to get out of the ...

In 2007, Kelsey Smith, 18, was kidnapped from a Target parking lot in Kansas and strangled with her own belt. ... Additionally, in 2009, the Kansas legislature passed the Kelsey Smith Act, ...

Among the new laws signed by Gov. Evers this spring is the Kelsey Smith Act. The law requires wireless providers to turn over device location data without a warrant.

Rep. Kitchens said in a statement that the Kelsey Smith Act was first brought to his office by Conor Waterstreet, a Sturgeon Bay High School student who introduced the bill as part of the Door ...