Full Text of SR0231 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Smartphone device sales are on the rise with | 3 | | almost 1 billion units sold in the world in 2013; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Smartphone theft has increased in Illinois and the | 5 | | United States; in 2013, 3.1 million American consumers were | 6 | | victims of
smartphone theft, according to Consumer Reports | 7 | | Magazine (double the number reported in 2012); and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, 113 smartphones are stolen every minute in the | 9 | | United States; in New York City,
those thefts account for 14% | 10 | | of all crime; the Federal Trade Commission cites one out of
3 | 11 | | robberies nationwide involves the theft of a mobile phone; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Secure Our Smartphones (SOS), an initiative | 13 | | spearheaded by a coalition of law enforcement
officials | 14 | | co-chaired by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and | 15 | | San Francisco District
Attorney George Gascon, is comprised of | 16 | | consumer groups, law enforcement agencies, and elected leaders
| 17 | | from across the country, including Illinois Attorney General | 18 | | Lisa Madigan; SOS advocates a "kill switch", such as featured | 19 | | on the latest iPhone operating system, that allows the rightful | 20 | | owner to wipe all data from
a stolen phone, thus rendering any | 21 | | stolen smartphone inoperable on any network, anywhere in the | 22 | | world, eliminating the incentive to steal smartphones; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, This issue is a national problem in all 50 states | 2 | | and should not be dealt with on a state by state basis; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, It is incumbent upon this legislative body to add | 4 | | its support to such a commonsense solution for all 50 states,
| 5 | | especially in the face of mounting evidence that such incidents | 6 | | of smartphone thefts are becoming
increasingly violent; | 7 | | therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we call upon the | 10 | | Federal Communications Commission
to expeditiously promulgate | 11 | | such rules and regulations in the interest of public safety | 12 | | that will mandate
the installation of software in smartphones | 13 | | that would render them inoperable if they have been stolen; and | 14 | | be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | prepared and presented to the members of the Illinois | 17 | | Congressional Delegation, the
Chairman of the Federal | 18 | | Communications Commission Tom Wheeler, and the other members of | 19 | | the Federal Communications Commission.
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