California Senate Fails to Pass Mandatory Kill-Switch Law for Phones
A mandatory kill-switch law failed to pass the California Senate on Thursday, meaning phone makers will not be required to add anti-theft features on new smartphones this coming year. Short of 21 votes, Senate Bill 962 was amended to delay the kill-switch regulation until July of 2015.
Unfortunately, this means another win for telecommunication lobbyists who have long disapproved of installing additional features as stolen phones actually increase insurance premiums and sales for replacement units.
The law was proposed by Mark Leno, a Senator from San Francisco, a city with plenty of smartphones and theives seeking to steal them.
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