Bill Text: TX SB916 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 916

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to vehicle monitoring technology installed on certain motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB916 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB916-Introduced.html

	88R9468 BEE-D

	By: Hall	S.B. No. 916



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to vehicle monitoring technology installed on certain
	motor vehicles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 2301.655 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2301.655. VEHICLE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY. (a) In this
	section:
	(1) "Light truck" and "passenger car" have the
	meanings assigned by Section 541.201, Transportation Code.
	(2) "Vehicle monitoring technology" means any
	application or device, including software, firmware, or hardware,
	that, when activated or engaged, monitors the operator or operation
	of a motor vehicle on which it is installed.
	(b) The board may take an action described by Section
	2301.651 against a license holder under this chapter who:
	(1) manufactures, distributes, or possesses with
	intent to distribute vehicle monitoring technology that is:
	(A) installed or intended to be installed on a
	light truck or passenger car; and
	(B) not capable of being deactivated or
	disengaged by the vehicle's operator;
	(2) installs on a light truck or passenger car vehicle
	monitoring technology that is not capable of being deactivated or
	disengaged by the vehicle's operator; or
	(3) sells a light truck or passenger car on which has
	been installed vehicle monitoring technology that is not capable of
	being deactivated or disengaged by the vehicle's operator.
	SECTION 2. Section 2301.655, Occupations Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to disciplinary action under Section
	2301.651, Occupations Code, against a license holder for conduct
	that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.