Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is working...
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is working on legislation that would require smartphones sold in the state to be equipped with anti-theft kill switch technology, a spokeswoman told us Wednesday after a report appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal (http://on.rgj.com/1ppP2N7).…
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The bill would become effective July 1, and would impose a fine of $500 to $2,500 per smartphone sold after that date that didn’t include the technology, the spokeswoman said. The bill would follow California’s enactment last week of its own kill switch legislation and Minnesota’s enactment of anti-theft legislation in May. New York legislators plan to re-introduce their own kill switch legislation when the state’s legislature reconvenes in January, while similar efforts in Illinois and Rhode Island are on hold (CD Sept 2 p4). CTIA, which has opposed kill switch legislation as redundant to wireless industry commitments, didn’t immediately comment.