I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2110 
To establish a process for survivors to request the termination or disabling 
of connected vehicle services that abusers misuse, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MIN, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. 
ROSS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. TITUS, 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. NORTON, 
and Ms. STEVENS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a process for survivors to request the termi-
nation or disabling of connected vehicle services that 
abusers misuse, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Vehicle Access 
for Survivors Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ABUSER.—The term ‘‘abuser’’ means an in-
dividual identified by a survivor, pursuant to section 
4, who has committed or allegedly committed a cov-
ered act against a survivor making a connected vehi-
cle services request. 
(2) ACCOUNT
HOLDER.—The term ‘‘account 
holder’’ means an individual who is— 
(A) a party to a contract with a covered 
provider that involves a connected vehicle serv-
ice; or 
(B) a subscriber, customer, or registered 
user of a connected vehicle service. 
(3) CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘connected vehicle service’’ means any capability 
provided by or on behalf of a motor vehicle manufac-
turer or affiliate that enables a person to remotely 
obtain data from or send commands to a covered ve-
hicle, which may be accomplished through a software 
application that is designed to be operated on a mo-
bile device or computer. 
(4) CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE REQUEST.— 
The term ‘‘connected vehicle service request’’ means 
a request by a survivor to terminate or disable an 
abuser’s access to a connected vehicle service. 
(5) COVERED ACT.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered act’’ 
means conduct that constitutes— 
(i) a crime described in section 
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), includ-
ing domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking; 
(ii) an act or practice described in 
paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) (relating to severe 
forms of trafficking in persons and sex 
trafficking, respectively); or 
(iii) an act under State law, Tribal 
law, or the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice that is similar to an offense described 
in clause (i) or (ii). 
(B) CONVICTION NOT REQUIRED.—Noth-
ing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to re-
quire a criminal conviction or any other deter-
mination of a court in order for conduct to con-
stitute a covered act. 
(6) COVERED
CONNECTED
VEHICLE
SERVICE 
ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘covered connected vehicle 
services account’’ means an account or other means 
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by which a person enrolls in or obtains access to a 
connected vehicle service. 
(7) COVERED PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘covered 
provider’’ means a motor vehicle manufacturer, affil-
iate, or an entity acting on behalf of the motor vehi-
cle manufacturer that provides a connected vehicle 
service. 
(8) COVERED VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘covered ve-
hicle’’ means a motor vehicle that is the subject of 
a connected vehicle request and identified by a sur-
vivor pursuant to section 4. 
(9) EMERGENCY SITUATION.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency situation’’ means a situation that if allowed to 
continue poses an imminent threat of serious bodily 
harm or death to an individual. 
(10) IN-VEHICLE INTERFACE.—The term ‘‘in- 
vehicle interface’’ means a feature or mechanism in-
stalled in a vehicle that allows a person within the 
vehicle to terminate or disconnect connected vehicle 
services. 
(11) SURVIVOR.—The term ‘‘survivor’’ means 
an individual who is not less than 18 years old and 
against whom a covered act has been committed or 
allegedly committed. 
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(12) AFFILIATE.—The term ‘‘affiliate’’ means 
any company that controls, is controlled by, or is 
under common control with another company. 
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SURVIVORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding an abuser being 
an account holder, not later than 2 business days after 
receiving a connected vehicle service request from a sur-
vivor pursuant to section 4, a covered provider shall take 
1 or more of the following actions— 
(1) terminate or disable a covered connected ve-
hicle service account associated with an abuser iden-
tified in the connected vehicle service request pursu-
ant to section 4; 
(2) terminate or disable a covered connected ve-
hicle service account associated with the covered ve-
hicle, including by resetting or deleting any data or 
wireless connection with respect to the covered vehi-
cle, and provide instructions to the survivor on how 
to re-establish a connected vehicle service account 
that does not include access by the abuser; 
(3) terminate or disable covered connected vehi-
cle services for the covered vehicle, including by re-
setting or deleting any data or wireless connection 
with respect to the covered vehicle, and provide in-
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structions to the survivor on how to re-establish con-
nected vehicle services; or 
(4) if the vehicle has an in-vehicle interface, 
provide information to the survivor about the avail-
ability of the in-vehicle interface and how to termi-
nate or disable connected vehicle services using the 
in-vehicle interface. 
(b) ACCESS TO ACCOUNT DATA.—If a covered pro-
vider takes action under subsection (a) in response to a 
connected vehicle service request, the covered provider 
shall deny a request from the abuser to obtain any data 
connected to the connected vehicle service maintained by 
the covered provider that was generated after the abuser’s 
access to the connected vehicle services was terminated or 
disabled following a connected vehicle service request. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON PENALTIES, FEES, AND OTHER 
REQUIREMENTS.—A covered provider may not make any 
action undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) contingent 
on any requirement other than the requirements under 
section 4, including— 
(1) payment of a fee, penalty, or other charge; 
(2) maintaining or extending the term of a con-
nected vehicle service account; 
(3) approval of the change by the account hold-
er, if the account holder is not the survivor; or 
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(4) an increase in the rate charged for the con-
nected vehicle service. 
(d) NOTICE TO SURVIVOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a covered provider intends 
to provide any formal notice to the abuser regarding 
any action undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), 
the covered provider shall notify the survivor of the 
date on which the covered provider intends to give 
such notice to the abuser. 
(2) TIMING.—A covered provider shall take rea-
sonable steps to provide any formal notice to an 
abuser pursuant to paragraph (1)— 
(A) no less than 3 days after the survivor 
has been notified; and 
(B) only after the abuser’s access to the 
connected vehicle service has been terminated 
or disabled. 
(3) MANNER OF CONTACT.—When completing a 
connected vehicle service request, a covered provider 
shall allow the survivor to elect the manner in which 
the covered provider may— 
(A) contact the survivor in response to the 
request, if necessary; or 
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(B) notify the survivor of the inability of 
the covered provider to complete the connected 
vehicle service request. 
(e) TECHNICAL INFEASIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirement to effec-
tuate the requested action in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to a covered provider if the covered provider 
cannot operationally or technically effectuate the re-
quest. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If a covered provider can-
not operationally or technically effectuate the re-
quest as described in paragraph (1), the covered pro-
vider shall— 
(A) promptly notify the survivor who sub-
mitted the connected vehicle service request of 
that infeasibility; and 
(B) provide the survivor with information 
about whether the operational or technical in-
feasibility can be remedied and, if so, any steps 
the survivor can take to assist in remedying 
such infeasibility. 
SEC. 4. CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE REQUESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—When making a connected vehicle 
service request under this Act, the survivor shall provide— 
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