S. 120, Safe Connections Act of 2022

S. 120 would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to:

• Issue rules that require mobile service providers, upon request, to separate the line of a domestic violence survivor from a mobile service contract that they share with their convicted or alleged abuser;
• Issue rules that allow a domestic violence survivor suffering from financial hardship to participate in the Lifeline program or Affordable Connectivity Program without meeting all of the current eligibility requirements;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of relaxing the Lifeline program or Affordable Connectivity Program eligibility requirements for domestic violence survivors; and
• Conduct a rulemaking to consider whether it should require voice service providers to omit calls or text messages to domestic violence hotlines from any consumer-facing records.