Congress·Reported·S. 3199

988 Suicide Lifeline: Improving Caller Location Tracking

988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2025

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This bill creates a 15-member advisory committee to solve a major problem with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call centers often don't know exactly where a caller is. Unlike 911, 988 does not automatically receive precise GPS data, which can delay emergency help when someone is in immediate danger.
The committee will include experts from phone companies, cell phone makers, mental health organizations, and the Veterans Crisis Line. They will also include representatives from small towns and rural areas to make sure the technology works for everyone, regardless of where they live.
A major focus of the group will be balancing safety with privacy. They are tasked with figuring out the legal and technical rules for sharing a person's location while making sure their personal information stays protected and is only used to provide life-saving help.
The group must also figure out the costs. They will look at how much it will cost phone companies and crisis centers to upgrade their systems and suggest ways to pay for those changes. The bill specifies that no new federal money is being authorized for this study; it must use existing agency budgets.
Within one year of the bill becoming law, the committee must give Congress a detailed report. This report will include specific recommendations for new laws or rules that would allow 988 to see a caller's location just like 911 does, potentially leading to faster response times for mental health emergencies.

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Feb 12, 2026Senate

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Nov 19, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S8241-8242)

Nov 19, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Congressional Bill

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988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 3199

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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