H398 • 2025

An Act relative to disclosure notice in the right to repair motor vehicle data law

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Sponsor: Steven S. Howitt
Last action: 2026-02-17
Official status: Accompanied a study order, see H5081
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to disclosure notice in the right to repair motor vehicle data law

An Act relative to disclosure notice in the right to repair motor vehicle data law By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to disclosure notice in the right to repair motor vehicle data law 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.

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Bill History

2026-02-17 House
Accompanied a study order, see H5081
2025-10-14 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-10-02 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to disclosure notice in the right to repair motor vehicle data law
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.

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Bill H.398

Section 2 of Chapter 93K of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Section 4 of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 2022, is hereby amended by striking subsections (g) and (h) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection (g):-

(g) The Attorney General is hereby directed to establish a motor vehicle telematics system notice which a vehicle manufacturer shall include in the owner’s manual provided for its new motor vehicles beginning with model year 2026 vehicles and which shall include the following information: (i) an explanation of motor vehicle telematics and its purposes; (ii) a description summarizing the mechanical data collected, stored, and transmitted by a telematics system; (iii) the prospective owner’s ability to access the vehicle’s mechanical data through a mobile device; and (iv) an owner’s right to authorize an independent repair facility to access the vehicle’s mechanical data for vehicle diagnostics, repair, and maintenance purposes.

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