Except as provided in section 5, a smartphone manufactured on
or after July 1, 2016, and sold in this Commonwealth after that
date shall include a technological solution at the time of sale
that shall be provided by the manufacturer or operating system
provider that, once initiated and successfully communicated to a
smartphone, can render the essential features of a smartphone
inoperable to an unauthorized user when a smartphone is not in
the possession of an authorized user. A smartphone shall, during
the initial device setup process, prompt an authorized user to
enable the technological solution. The technological solution
shall be reversible so that if an authorized user obtains
possession of a smartphone after the essential features of a
smartphone have been rendered inoperable, the operation of those
essential features can be restored by an authorized user. A
technological solution may consist of software, hardware or a
combination of both software and hardware and, when enabled,
shall be able to withstand a hard reset or operating system
downgrade and shall prevent reactivation of the smartphone on a
wireless network except by an authorized user.
Section 5. Opt-out.
An authorized user of a smartphone may affirmatively elect to
disable or opt out of enabling the technological solution at any
time. However, the physical acts necessary to disable or opt out
of enabling the technological solution may only be performed by
the authorized user or a person specifically selected by the
authorized user to disable or opt out of enabling the
technological solution.
Section 6. Exception.
A smartphone model that was first introduced prior to January
1, 2015, that cannot reasonably be reengineered to support the
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