Rhode Island legislators recently approved HB 7301, which was based in part on the National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ (NCOIL) airbag anti-fraud model act.
The bill would make it a crime to steal or purchase a stolen airbag, and it requires repairers to maintain detailed records of airbag replacement operations and parts sources.
The law also requires anyone in the business of purchasing, selling or installing salvaged airbags to maintain a record of the purchase, sale or installation that includes the identification number of the airbag; the vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which the salvaged airbag was removed; the name, address and driver’s license number of the person from whom the salvaged airbag was purchased; and, in the event that the salvaged airbag is installed, the vehicle identification number of the vehicle into which the airbag is installed.
More information:
Read a copy of HB 7301
