The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2026
S 1003 Signed into law

Sponsored by Katie Boyd Britt (R)

Lulu’s Law

Requires the FCC to allow wireless emergency alerts about shark attacks.

Tradeoff

Adds negligible cost to the federal budget. Wireless carriers and service providers pay a small increase in FCC regulatory fees to cover implementation.

What's in it

See official bill text

Adds negligible cost to the federal deficit; administrative costs are insignificant and offset by FCC fee collections.

The federal cost to implement this rule is negligible—just the FCC's administrative overhead to issue the shark-attack alert rule—and is paid for by existing FCC fee authority, so there is no net federal budget impact; the policy's cost falls on wireless carriers and service providers who pay higher FCC fees.

S. 1003, Lulu’s Law · Jun 2025

The Senate passed this by on July 8, 2025. The House passed it 401-6 on May 20, 2026, and it was signed into law on June 26, 2026.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Mar 12, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Mar 12, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Apr 30, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-30.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jul 8, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Jul 10, 2025)

  6. House

    On Motion to and Pass

    Passed(Roll #181 · May 20, 2026)

    401 yeanay 6

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Jun 15, 2026)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Donald Trump (R)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Jun 26, 2026)

Final passage· May 20, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027