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Committee backs bill requiring manufacturers to disable remote vehicle access for domestic violence victims
Summary
After survivor testimony and law-enforcement support, the committee approved HB 74 with amendments requiring carmakers to provide a secure process to suspend remote access when victims supply a certified protective order and proof of property interest.
Speaker pro tem Mike Johnson and Representative Edmondson presented HB 74, the "Justice for Survivors of Technology-Enabled Abuse" bill, to address growing use of connected-vehicle remote access by domestic abusers.
Representative Mike Johnson, the bill’s author in the House, described cases in which abusers used manufacturer apps to lock or unlock vehicles, start or stop engines, honk horns, change temperature settings and track victims in real time. “This bill creates a clear path for the survivor victims to reclaim their safety and control over their vehicles…
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