‘Kelsey Smith Act’ to help locate kidnap victims becomes Oklahoma law Oklahoma Senate Communications OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill intended to help law enforcement locate kidnap victims faster has been signed into law. Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, and Rep. Rande Worthen, R-Lawton, are the principal authors of Senate Bill 272, the “Kelsey Smith Act,” which will require cell phone companies to provide phone location information to law enforcement in emergency situations, such as an abduction. The measure was signed into law on May 3, which would have been Kelsey’s 32nd birthday. The Kelsey Smith Act is named for an 18-year-old from Kansas who was abducted from a store parking lot in 2007. By the time police finally got the information on Kelsey’s cell phone pings, it was too late—she was found murdered four days later. Since Kelsey’s death, her parents, Greg and Missey Smith, have been working to pass legislation throughout the country to give law enforcement emergency access to information to locate the cell phone of an abducted person. Smith’s mother contacted Weaver about passing similar legislation in Oklahoma.