Bill Text: TX SB2156 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to human operators of automated motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Transportation [SB2156 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2156-Introduced.html

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88R9920 MZM-D
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 2156

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to human operators of automated motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.451(4), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(4) "Human operator" means a natural person in an
automated motor vehicle who is capable of performing all aspects of
[controls] the entire dynamic driving task.
SECTION 2. Section 545.452(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Unless otherwise provided by this subchapter, the
operation of automated motor vehicles, including any commercial
use, and automated driving systems are governed exclusively by [:
[(1)] this subchapter [; and
[(2) Section 547.618].
SECTION 3. Subchapter J, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.4525 to read as follows:
Sec. 545.4525. REQUIREMENTS OF HUMAN OPERATOR. A human
operator of an automated motor vehicle must hold a valid driver's
license issued under Chapter 521 or 522.
SECTION 4. Section 545.454(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An automated motor vehicle may operate in this state
with the automated driving system engaged only if [, regardless of
whether] a human operator is physically present in the vehicle.
SECTION 5. Sections 545.453 and 547.618, Transportation
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.