California Senate Passes Smartphone Kill Switch Bill on Second Try

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California Senate Passes Smartphone Kill Switch Bill on Second Try
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California lawmakers have passed a updated version of the state’s cell phone kill switch bill, a measure (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_962_bill_20140206_introduced.htm) that requires mobile device manufacturers to build remote cutoffs into the hardware so a phone can be disabled if lost or stolen.

This is the second time (http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/california-smartphone-kill-switches/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) the measure has come before the California State Senate. It was rejected last month (http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/california-rejects-kill-switch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), two votes away from becoming law.

See also: 7 Insurance Plans to Protect Your Smartphone (http://mashable.com/2013/07/09/smartphone-insurance/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Government officials suspected the wireless industry didn’t want to lose out on business from insurance groups that covered phone theft, CNET reported (http://www.cnet.com/news/calif-state-senate-shoots-down-kill-switch-legislation/) in April.

The bill looks a bit different **w, and it passed 26-8 on Thursday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/09/california-passes-smartphone-kill-switch-bill/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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