SOUTH CAROLINA — The murder of a University of South Carolina student is inspiring a push for national change.
There is a new bill in Congress named for Samantha Josephson, "Sami's Law."
The Greenville News reports the plan would require front license plates and light-up signs for rideshare vehicles.
Officials said states that don't follow these rules would lose one percent of their federal highway funding.
North Carolina has a similar bill. On top of the license plate and sign requirements, it also calls for criminal penalties for people who impersonate drivers.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has already signed a law like this.
Josephson was killed in March in Columbia after she got into a car thinking it was her Uber.
Police said the driver Nathaniel Rowland locked Josephson in the car, killed her, and dumped her body.
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