House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Kelsey Smith Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6823.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaTURNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 206, December 14, 2023, Page H6987):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require a mobile or internet service provider to disclose the location information of a device pursuant to certain requests.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 283 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6823, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6823
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6823, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Sharice Davids (D-KS), Ron Estes (R-KS), Tracey Mann (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jake LaTurner.
- H.Res. 465 (118th) Expressing support for AM radios in automobiles.
- H.R. 6344 (118th) Simon Crosier Act
- H.R. 7380 (118th) PURR Act of 2024
- H.R. 5847 (118th) International Children with Disabilities Protection Act of 2023
- H.R. 1550 (118th) Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act
- H.R. 1551 (118th) Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.