PRIA Logo™
HR6687119th CongressWALLET

DRIVER Act

Sponsored By: Representative Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]

Introduced

Summary

Owner control of vehicle data would require automakers and fleet owners to give vehicle owners secure, real-time, cost-free access to data from their vehicles, including wired and wireless interfaces, and the ability to delete user data. It would also limit how manufacturers and fleets can sell or transfer that data and prohibit sales to certain foreign governments while assigning enforcement to the Federal Trade Commission.

Show full summary
  • Families and individual vehicle owners would get live, cost-free access to their vehicle data, permission to share it with third parties, and the right to delete personal data.
  • Drivers who operate fleet vehicles would receive a clear, conspicuous opt-out before a fleet owner sells covered data, with a limited exception for employment-generated data except when driver behavior data is sold for harmful profiling.
  • Manufacturers and fleet owners must follow baseline cybersecurity standards such as ISO/SAE 24134, face FTC enforcement for violations, and are limited in selling covered data to listed foreign regimes. A motor vehicle fleet owner is defined as one with ownership or beneficial interest in 5 or more vehicles or lessees of 180-day leases.

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New vehicle owner data rights

This bill would require manufacturers to give each vehicle owner secure, real-time access to that vehicle’s data at no extra cost beyond the vehicle price. Access must work through the vehicle port or wirelessly (if the vehicle has wireless), let owners delete user data, and follow voluntary cybersecurity standards like ISO/SAE 24134. The bill would say who counts as an owner, including designees, beneficial owners, and lessees with leases of 180 days or more. The Federal Trade Commission could enforce these owner-access rules as unfair or deceptive acts. The bill would also preempt state or local laws that conflict, and it would preserve a limited confidential business information protection for manufacturers except where owner-access rules require disclosure.

New limits on vehicle data sales

This bill would bar manufacturers or fleet owners from selling covered vehicle data unless they give owners or drivers a clear, conspicuous chance to opt out. Fleet opt-out rules would not apply to data from a commercial or government vehicle driven in the course of employment, except if driver behavior data is sold for harmful profiling outside work. The bill would treat a fleet owner as someone controlling five or more vehicles or a lessee with leases of 180 days or more. It would also prohibit knowingly selling vehicle data to North Korea, China, Russia, Iran, or Venezuela.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 12/12/2025

  • Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 12/12/2025

  • Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2026

  • Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 2/20/2026

  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 6/4/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation