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Automakers back bill letting them sever app access for domestic violence survivors
Summary
Witnesses told the House Judiciary Committee that Section 4 of House Bill 223 would let automakers cut connected-vehicle app access when a survivor presents a court order, while including liability protections and carve-outs for infeasible vehicles.
Wayne Weikle, speaking for the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, told the House Judiciary Committee on May 20 that Section 4 of House Bill 223 would allow automakers to sever a remote connection between a vehicle and a user’s phone app when a domestic violence survivor presents a restraining order or similar court decree.
“The Alliance for Automotive Innovation is a DC trade association that represents the automakers that manufacture nearly 95% of all new cars sold in The US each year,” Weikle said, and described the section as consistent with a federal bill his group drafted, H.R. 2110. “It just says that if an abuser presents with a restraining order or other court decree to an automaker, that the automaker can sever that connection to the app.”
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