| Title | California Rejects Phone "Kill Switch" Law | |
| Date | Friday April 25 2014, @02:34PM | |
| Author | Woods | |
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| from the my-favorite-kind-of-switch dept. | ||
The California Senate on Thursday voted down a state measure that would require smarter anti-theft security on smartphones. The bill, introduced by State Senator Mark Leno and sponsored by George Gascon, San Francisco's district attorney, would have required a so-called kill switch which would render a smartphone useless after it was stolen on all smartphones sold in California. The proposal needed 21 votes to pass in the 40-member chamber. After debate on Thursday morning at the Capitol, in Sacramento, it fell two votes short of passing, with a final count of 19 to 17 in favor.
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