Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025
This bill allows state and federal correctional facilities (like jails and prisons) to operate cellphone jamming systems to block wireless signals used for contraband devices or by incarcerated individuals. It restricts the FCC from preventing this use, but requires jamming systems to be limited to housing areas within the facility. Facilities must fund the systems entirely themselves (if state-run), consult local law enforcement before implementation, and notify the Bureau of Prisons about operations. The law specifically targets blocking signals to/from contraband devices or inmates, not general cellphone use.
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in committee
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Introduction
Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 26, 2025
Last action Mar 26, 2025
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Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
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Tom Cotton
RRepublican
Co
Bernie Moreno
RRepublican
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Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
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Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
David McCormick
RRepublican
Co
James C. Justice
RRepublican
Co
James E. Risch
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
Lindsey Graham
RRepublican
Co
Mike Crapo
RRepublican
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