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H.R. 1289: PHONE Act of 2020

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H.R. 1289: PHONE Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-14 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

PHONE Act of 2020

Plain summary

Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020 or the PHONE Act of 2020 This bill restricts the reassignment of a telephone number assigned to a subscriber for the provision of fixed wireline voice service. Specifically, for up to one year after a major disaster has been declared, such number may not be reassigned except at the request of the subscriber. Further, a subscriber may cancel service without a cancellation fee and resubscribe with the same number and no fee if the subscriber is located in a disaster area and the residence where the number is located is inaccessible or uninhabitable.

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Official text

PHONE Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · 36 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

André Carson (D-IN), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] reported raising $5.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1289 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116