HB 18-1272

HB 18-1272, also known as Network-level Distracted Driving Control Technology, is a Colorado bill that requires mobile phone service providers in the state to offer technology that can limit distracting content on users' phones while they are driving. This means customers can ask their provider to restrict certain apps or notifications when they're behind the wheel. The bill doesn't give the Public Utilities Commission any authority over how this technology is implemented or enforced. Since it has been signed, mobile service providers in Colorado must now make such network-level distraction control available upon request from their customers.

Official Summary

The bill requires a provider of commercial mobile radio service in Colorado to make network-level distraction control technology available to the provider's customers so that, at the customer's request, the provider can limit distracting content on an authorized user's mobile electronic device from the network level while the authorized user is driving. The bill specifies that the public utilities commission does not have the authority to regulate, enforce, or promulgate rules regarding the bill. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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