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Tenants, landlords and industry press committee to narrow smart-lock bill
Summary
SB 5937 would require landlords to offer non‑biometric/non‑app alternatives and provide privacy policies for smart access systems; tenant advocates urged stronger deletion and anti‑retaliation rules while rental-housing groups said the bill's definitions are too broad and could burden small providers.
A bill aimed at limiting tenant reliance on phone-based or biometric building-access systems prompted sharply contrasting testimony on Jan. 14.
Committee staff described SB 5937 as requiring a landlord who uses a "smart access system" to provide, on request, an alternative key that does not use biometric identifiers or a tenant’s personal mobile device (examples: key fob, key card, physical key). The bill also requires landlords to make available a privacy policy for the system developer/operator or provide a landlord privacy policy…
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