Calif. bill would force companies to pull rental vehicles off the road after a safety recall

California lawmakers on Tuesday took a step toward enacting what would be the nation’s first law forcing rental car companies to pull recalled vehicles off the road, encouraged by a mother who testified that such a rule could have saved the lives of her two daughters. A state Assembly committee voted 6-2 in favour of a bill named for Carol Houck’s daughters, who died in 2004 while driving a rented car that was the subject of a safety recall.