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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1300 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 398
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven S. Howitt
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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 disclosure notice in the right to repair motor vehicle data law.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/14/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1300 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 398
By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 398) of
Steven S. Howitt and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to disclosure notice in the right to repair
motor vehicle data law. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 329 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to disclosure notice in 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 2 of Chapter 93K of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Section 4 of
2Chapter 386 of the Acts of 2022, is hereby amended by striking subsections (g) and (h) and
3inserting in place thereof the following subsection (g):-
4 (g) The Attorney General is hereby directed to establish a motor vehicle telematics
5system notice which a vehicle manufacturer shall include in the owner’s manual provided for its
6new motor vehicles beginning with model year 2026 vehicles and which shall include the
7following information: (i) an explanation of motor vehicle telematics and its purposes; (ii) a
8description summarizing the mechanical data collected, stored, and transmitted by a telematics
9system; (iii) the prospective owner’s ability to access the vehicle’s mechanical data through a 2 of 2
10mobile device; and (iv) an owner’s right to authorize an independent repair facility to access the
11vehicle’s mechanical data for vehicle diagnostics, repair, and maintenance purposes.