S 1003 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Lulu’s Law

Lulu’s Law (S 1003) requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue a rule within 180 days of enactment allowing wireless emergency alerts for shark attacks. This change would add shark attacks to the list of events covered by the existing wireless alert system, which currently includes threats like severe weather and Amber Alerts. The bill directly affects coastal communities, beachgoers, and local emergency management agencies in areas with shark activity. The policy is a technical update to the alert system's scope, not a new program or mandate for sending alerts.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jul 2025

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Signed Jun 26, 2026

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What changed between versions

Engrossed in Senate → Enrolled Bill · 2 edits

MINOR

This is a formatting and procedural change reflecting the bill's transition from the Senate engrossed version to the enrolled version after passage by both chambers. The substantive content of the bill - requiring the FCC to issue an order within 180 days designating shark attacks as events eligible for wireless emergency alerts - is unchanged. The changes consist of adding standard enrolled-bill formatting, GPO metadata, the 'Be it enacted' preamble, and signature lines.

TECHNICAL

The bill was reformatted from a plain-text Senate engrossed format into the formal enrolled bill format with proper section numbering (SECTION 1, SEC. 2), capitalized headings, em-dash subsection markers, and quotation marks around the short title.

Standard enrolled-bill boilerplate was added: GPO converter metadata, 119th Congress session information, the 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives' preamble, and signature lines for the Speaker of the House and Vice President.

Floor votes · House May 20, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jun 26, 2026

Signed into law

Signed by President.

executive

May 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 401 - 6 (Roll no. 181). (text: CR H3642)

lower

Jul 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4261; text: CR S4261)

upper

Jul 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

upper

Jun 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-30.

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors