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Utah House pauses bill to declare vehicle owners hold event-data ‘black box’ rights amid privacy concerns
Summary
Lawmakers debated HB127, which would codify that vehicle owners own data recorded by event data recorders (so-called 'black boxes'). Sponsors and critics clashed over lienholders, rental agencies and marketing risks; members voted to circle the bill for further work.
Representative Lifferth brought House Bill 127 to the floor as a privacy-protection measure, saying "this law would codify that the owner of the vehicle is the owner of the data." The bill would extend statutory protections to event data recorders by making vehicle owners — and jointly, lienholders in certain circumstances — the decisionmakers for release of recorder data.
During extended questioning, members raised hypothetical scenarios to probe legal and practical consequences. Representative Greenwood asked whether an insurance company that pays…
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