An Act relative to the right to repair motor vehicle data law

1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3509 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 290 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Michael J. Finn _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act relative to the right to repair motor vehicle data law. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Michael J. Finn 6th Hampden 1/20/2023 1 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3509 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 290 By Representative Finn of West Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 290) of Michael J. Finn relative to the right to repair motor vehicle data law. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ An Act relative to the right to repair motor vehicle data law. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Subsection (f) of section 2 chapter 93K of the General Laws, as most 2 recently amended by section 3 of chapter 386 of the Acts of 2020, is hereby amended by striking 3 “2022” in the first sentence and replacing it with the following:- “2025”. 4 SECTION 2. Said Chapter 93K is hereby amended by striking subsections (g) and (h) of 5 Section 2, as most recently amended by section 4 of said chapter 386, and inserting in place 6 thereof the following subsection (g):- 7 (g) The Attorney General is hereby directed to establish a motor vehicle telematics 8 system notice which a vehicle manufacturer shall include in the owner’s manual provided for its 9 new motor vehicles beginning with model year 2025 vehicles and which shall include the 10 following information: (i) an explanation of motor vehicle telematics and its purposes; (ii) a 11 description summarizing the mechanical data collected, stored, and transmitted by a telematics 12 system; (iii) the prospective owner’s ability to access the vehicle’s mechanical data through a 2 of 2 13 mobile device; and (iv) an owner’s right to authorize an independent repair facility to access the 14 vehicle’s mechanical data for vehicle diagnostics, repair, and maintenance purposes.