Bill Text: TX SB931 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to remote vehicle disabling technology capable of being activated or engaged by a motor vehicle manufacturer or governmental entity; creating criminal offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Transportation [SB931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB931-Introduced.html
By: Middleton | S.B. No. 931 | |
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relating to remote vehicle disabling technology capable of being | ||
activated or engaged by a motor vehicle manufacturer or | ||
governmental entity; creating criminal offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 547, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 547.619 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 547.619. REMOTE VEHICLE DISABLING TECHNOLOGY; | ||
OFFENSE. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Governmental entity" means an agency of the | ||
United States, this state, or a local government of this state. | ||
(2) "Remote vehicle disabling technology" means any | ||
application or device, including software, firmware, and hardware, | ||
that, when activated or engaged, allows a person to disable the | ||
operation of a motor vehicle. The term does not include an ignition | ||
interlock device as defined by Article 42A.408, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
(1) manufactures, distributes, or possesses with | ||
intent to distribute remote vehicle disabling technology that is | ||
capable of being: | ||
(A) activated or engaged by a motor vehicle | ||
manufacturer or governmental entity; and | ||
(B) installed on a light truck or passenger car; | ||
(2) installs on a light truck or passenger car remote | ||
vehicle disabling technology that is capable of being activated or | ||
engaged by the vehicle manufacturer or a governmental entity; or | ||
(3) sells a light truck or passenger car on which has | ||
been installed remote vehicle disabling technology that is capable | ||
of being activated or engaged by the vehicle manufacturer or a | ||
governmental entity. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
(d) A license holder under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, | ||
who commits an offense under this section is subject to the | ||
revocation of the license under Section 2301.651(a)(4), | ||
Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | ||
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | ||
this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that | ||
date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |