Bill > H191

This bill aims to enhance, update, and protect the 2013 Motor Vehicle to Repair Law and Consumer Rights. The key provisions include: 1) Defining "Mechanical Vehicle Data" as any telematics data in a vehicle related to its diagnosis, repair, or maintenance, and "Telematic System" as any system in a vehicle that collects and stores information generated by the vehicle's operation using wireless communications. 2) Requiring standardized and open access to vehicle on-board diagnostic systems for vehicle owners and independent repair facilities. 3) Mandating that starting in model year 2022, manufacturers using telematics systems must equip vehicles with an interoperable, standardized, and open access platform that allows the vehicle owner or lessee to access all mechanical data, and allows independent repair facilities to access such data for maintenance, diagnosis, and repair purposes. 4) Directing the Attorney General to establish a consumer notice on motor vehicle telematics systems, including information on data collection and the consumer's ability to access and control the data. 5) Requiring dealers to provide the consumer telematics notice to be signed when selling a vehicle with a telematics system. 6) Prohibiting a manufacturer from selling new vehicles in the Commonwealth if they fail to comply with the requirements of this act.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H191