Overview

• The Senate passed Lulu’s Law, establishing the first federal AMBER Alert-style system to warn beachgoers of shark threats.
• The measure empowers federal and local authorities to send real-time cellphone alerts when shark attacks occur or when conditions heighten risk.
• House lawmakers will next review the bill’s technical framework, including strategies to bolster coastal cell networks and align it with scientific tracking data.
• Shark-attack survivor Lulu Gribbin’s advocacy has driven bipartisan support for the alert system, underscoring public safety stakes.
• Research from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and UMass-Dartmouth tracked about 800 great whites near Cape Cod from 2015 to 2018, highlighting increased shark activity.