California Bill Would Let Insurers Monitor Driving Data For Discounts

CBS Bay Area

July 10, 2026

A California bill would let insurers monitor customers' driving data in exchange for discounted premiums.

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, the author of AB 311, said the digital monitoring, known as telematics, rewards good driving and would improve safety. In real time, telematics technology would track data such as speed, location and how a vehicle is being driven.

"We have to slow people down," McKinnor said. "That is the whole purpose for this bill, is driver safety."

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