Transportation AI Laws & Regulations

Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Maryland's SB 909 (2026, first reader text, cross-filed with HB 1295) would have allowed fully autonomous vehicles to operate without a human driver on Maryland highways if they meet safety, first responder plan and insurance requirements, including at least…

Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Maryland's HB 1295 (2026, first reader text, cross-filed with SB 909) would have allowed fully autonomous vehicles to operate without a human driver on Maryland highways if they meet safety, first responder plan and insurance requirements, including at least…

Autonomous vehicles and on-demand autonomous vehicle networks operation authorized, and rulemaking authorized.

Not law. Minnesota's HF 4521 would have amended Minn. Stat. 169.011 and added sections 169.251 to 169.255 letting autonomous vehicles operate with annual commissioner of public safety authorization (not effective until July 1, 2027), at least $10,000,000…

Autonomous vehicles regulated.

Not law. Minnesota's HF 3513 would have authorized level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles to operate on public roads, with driverless operation requiring commissioner authorization and a first responder interaction plan, and at least $1,000,000 combined single…

AI for America Act

The AI for America Act (H.R. 6304) would require the Office of Science and Technology Policy to submit an AI action plan to Congress by July 31, 2027, identify regulatory barriers to AI adoption in healthcare, scientific research and transportation, and have…

Autonomous Vehicle Safety

Not law: died in committee. Florida's HB 1469 would have amended s. 319.145, F.S., the autonomous vehicle requirements. Per its title, it would have required autonomous vehicles registered in Florida to comply with federal motor vehicle standards,…

Delivery of Commercial Goods by Autonomous Vehicles

Not law: died in committee. Florida's SB 1258 would have added s. 316.85(6), F.S., providing that an autonomous vehicle may not be used to deliver commercial goods directly to a residence or business for use or retail sale unless a licensed human operator is…

Autonomous Vehicles

Not law: died in committee. Florida's CS/HB 725 (2017) would have let a person with a valid driver license engage a vehicle's autonomous technology and treated that person as the operator for traffic laws, deemed the technology validly licensed in autonomous…

Vehicles with Autonomous Technology

Florida's CS/HB 1207 (2012) defines an autonomous vehicle as one equipped with technology that can drive without active human control or monitoring, lets a person with a valid driver license operate one in autonomous mode (that person is the operator), sets…

Concerning the operation of autonomous motor vehicles.

Washington's SB 6243 (2026 session) would have added rules for autonomous motor vehicles (Level 3 when engaged, or Level 4 or 5) to chapter 46.92 RCW. Operators would need department authorization with a first responder action plan, driverless operation…

Relating to autonomous vehicles.

Not law. Oregon HB 4085 (2026) would have let autonomous vehicles run on Oregon highways with the driving system engaged if they can reach a minimal risk condition or request intervention, follow state vehicle law and meet federal safety standards. It would…

Biometric data and license plate readers-regulation.

Wyoming's HB 0181 (2026) would have barred governmental entities from using biometric data to identify or verify people, geolocation data to locate people or vehicles, and automatic license plate reader (ALPR) systems to identify vehicles, with narrow law…

Revises provisions relating to vehicles. (BDR 43-316)

Nevada's SB 382 (2025) would have let trailers used primarily for farm purposes be registered for five years (paying all five years of fees and taxes up front) and would have let an autonomous vehicle tested or operated on a Nevada highway have automated…

Relating to motor vehicles, including automated motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense.

Texas rewrote its rules for self-driving vehicles. A vehicle with an automated driving system may operate with or without a human driver aboard if it can follow Texas traffic laws, has a manufacturer-installed recording device, meets federal safety…

Relative to licensing requirements for autonomous vehicle testing and establishing an automated and connected vehicle testing and deployment commission.

Vetoed. HB 314 (2017-2018) would have created a New Hampshire autonomous vehicle testing license, requiring at least $10 million in insurance, bond or self-insurance, a $500 annual fee, federal safety-standard compliance and a law enforcement interaction…

Requires DLPS to establish training program to prepare law enforcement to interact with autonomous vehicles.

New Jersey's A958 would require the Attorney General, consulting the Commissioner of Transportation, to develop or approve a training course on safely interacting with autonomous vehicles in emergency and traffic enforcement situations and make it available…

Autonomous vehicles.

Indiana's HB 1377 (2025) would have defined an automated tractor-trailer (a tractor towing a trailer or semitrailer where at least one safety-critical control function operates without direct operator input) and barred operating one on a highway to carry…

Requires DLPS to establish training program to prepare law enforcement to interact with autonomous vehicles.

New Jersey's A3757 would require the Attorney General, consulting the Commissioner of Transportation, to develop or approve a training course for law enforcement officers on safely interacting with autonomous vehicles in emergency and traffic enforcement…

Autonomous vehicles; safety; data

Arizona's SB 1417 (2026) would have amended the autonomous vehicle chapter (A.R.S. 28-9701 et seq.) so that a fully autonomous vehicle could run without a human driver only if its operator submitted a law enforcement interaction plan, a written compliance…

Autonomous Vehicle Amendments

Utah's HB 581 (2026), Autonomous Vehicle Amendments (second substitute), would have directed a large public transit district to request information on a large-scale autonomous vehicle public transit network and report by November 30, 2026, updated autonomous…

Autonomous Systems Amendments

Utah's SB 292 limits civil liability for automated driving systems (ADS). Noneconomic damages in actions over ADS-equipped vehicles are capped at $1,000,000 (not for wrongful death), with no punitive damages for level four or five ADS. People hurt by a…

Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.

Not law. S 4702 would have had the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission run a three-year pilot letting approved testers operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a seven-member task force. Testers would need a trained operator able to take control and $5…

Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.

Not law. A 5919 would have had the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission run a three-year pilot letting approved testers operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a five-member task force. Testers would need a trained operator able to take control and $5…

Autonomous vehicles; work group to conduct an assessment of workforce impacts, etc.

Virginia's HB 1124 directs the autonomous-vehicle work group convened by the Secretary of Transportation (with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security) under Chapter 498 of 2025 to assess the workforce impacts of autonomous vehicles, including…

Autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized.

Virginia's SB 320 adds Code § 33.2-274.2, letting VDOT run a pilot of autonomous truck-mounted attenuators (ATMAs), the crash-cushion trucks that trail road crews, in mobile work zones moving at no more than 25 mph. In the pilot, ATMAs may drive in…

Autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized.

Virginia's HB 582 adds Code § 33.2-274.2, letting VDOT run a pilot of autonomous truck-mounted attenuators (ATMAs), the crash-cushion trucks that trail road crews, in mobile work zones moving at no more than 25 mph. In the pilot, ATMAs may drive in…

Relative to providing multimodal transportation technologies

Not law. S 2379 would have allowed fully autonomous vehicles (SAE Level 4 or 5) to drive on Massachusetts highways without a human driver once licensed by MassDOT, if they can reach a minimal-risk condition after a system failure and follow traffic laws.…

Mississippi Fully Autonomous Vehicle Enabling (MS FAVE) Act of 2023; establish to regulate operation of autonomous vehicle on public roads.

Mississippi's MS FAVE Act of 2023 lets fully autonomous vehicles run on public roads without a human driver if the system is engaged and the vehicle will reach a minimal risk condition if it fails, can obey traffic laws, and bears any federally required…

Automated license plate recognition systems.

Vetoed. California's SB 274, the ALPR Data Accountability Act, would have tightened rules for automated license plate recognition (cameras plus computer algorithms that turn plates into searchable data). Public agencies could not have kept data not matching…

Public employment: local public transit agencies: autonomous transit vehicle technology.

Vetoed. California's AB 2441 (2022) would have required local public transit employers to give the affected workforce's exclusive employee representative written notice at least 12 months before starting any procurement process or plan to acquire or deploy…

Automated driving systems; requirements for operation, civil penalties, report.

Virginia's HB 1125 (2026), in the proposed House Transportation Committee substitute (HB1125HC1), would have allowed fully autonomous vehicles (SAE level 4 or 5) to carry property or passengers commercially without a human driver if the Department of Motor…

A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner, the attorney general, the department of career and technical education, the department of health and human services, and the department of transportation to increase the use of uncrewed aircraft systems, autonomous…

North Dakota's HB 1037 (2025), introduced by the Legislative Management Workforce Committee, would have appropriated $750,000 from the general fund to each of five agencies ($3.75 million in total) for grants to increase the use of uncrewed aircraft systems,…

Autonomous Vehicles

Alaska's HB 217 (2025-26), in its Senate committee-substitute form SCS CSHB 217(TRA), would have regulated autonomous vehicles registered in Alaska and let the licensing department require a commercial motor vehicle license applicant to retake only the…

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Illinois's HB 5220 (104th General Assembly) would add an Autonomous Vehicles Article to the Illinois Vehicle Code. It would set requirements for testing autonomous vehicles on public roads by a properly licensed driver, let the Secretary of State adopt…

Fully autonomous vehicles; extend repealer on requirement that law enforcement interaction plan be submitted to DPS before operating.

Mississippi's HB 1770 (2026) would amend Section 63-35-7 to extend the repealer on the requirement that a person submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Department of Public Safety before operating a fully autonomous vehicle without a human driver…

AUTONOMOUS VEH REQUIREMENTS

Illinois's SB 1471 (103rd General Assembly) would have amended the Illinois Vehicle Code to require manufacturers to file automation-level documentation with the Department of Transportation before selling or operating an autonomous vehicle, allow Level 2…

VEH CD-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Illinois's HB 5192 (100th General Assembly) would have amended the Illinois Vehicle Code to define automated driving systems and autonomous vehicles (Levels 3 to 5), require the Secretary of State to create a unique registration plate for autonomous vehicles…

Autonomous vehicles.

California's AB 2193 (2025-26 Regular Session) would have amended Vehicle Code Section 38750 to say who receives a traffic citation when an autonomous vehicle commits a violation: the registered owner if no one is in the driver's seat, the driver if someone…

Autonomous vehicles.

California's AB 33 (2025-26 Regular Session) would have barred delivering commercial goods through an autonomous vehicle without a human safety operator on California highways, with a $10,000 administrative fine for a first violation and $25,000 for later…

Vehicle Code (75 Pa. C.S.) - omnibus amendments (Act 130 of 2022), including highly automated vehicles and platooning

Pennsylvania's Act 130 of 2022 rewrites Chapter 85 of the Vehicle Code on highly automated vehicles (vehicles with an automated driving system). Operating one on a highway requires a certificate of compliance issued by PennDOT after a self-certification,…

Neighborhood Occupantless Vehicle.

North Carolina's S.L. 2021-179 authorizes neighborhood occupantless vehicles: low-speed, fully autonomous vehicles designed to carry cargo with no occupant. New G.S. 20-121.2 sets the roadways they may use and their operating rules, and exempts a fully…

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; ADDING DEFINITIONS TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE; PROVIDING FOR AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING PERMITS; ALLOWING PLATOONING OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

New Mexico's HB 270 (Laws 2021, Chapter 114) sets rules for autonomous motor vehicles. It adds Motor Vehicle Code definitions for automated driving systems (SAE levels 3 to 5), autonomous and autonomous commercial motor vehicles and their operators, and…

An Act to establish provisions for the operation of automated motor vehicles.

South Dakota's 2024 HB 1095 creates a framework for automated motor vehicles. A fully autonomous vehicle (SAE J3016 level 4 or 5) may operate on public roads without a human driver if its automated driving system is engaged, it can reach a minimal risk…

Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit Requirement Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Expired. This District of Columbia emergency act, in force from March 21 to June 19, 2025, amended the Autonomous Vehicle Act of 2012 to bar testing or operating an autonomous vehicle on District roads without an AV testing permit. Until DDOT made permit…

Public employment: local public transit agencies: autonomous transit vehicle technology.

California's AB 96 adds Government Code §§ 3125-3130. At least 10 months before beginning a procurement process (a request for proposals or quotations) to acquire or deploy autonomous transit vehicle technology that would eliminate job functions or jobs, a…

Provides that no autonomous vehicle may be used for taxi, livery or transportation network company vehicle services in any city with a population of one million or more without first being licensed by the New York City taxi and limousine commission; requires the New York City taxi and limousine…

New York's S 2688 would add Vehicle and Traffic Law § 397-d providing that no autonomous vehicle may be used for taxi, livery or transportation network company services in a city of one million or more unless first licensed by the New York City Taxi and…

Operation of certain autonomous vehicles and on-demand autonomous vehicle networks authorization

Not law. Minnesota's SF 4618 (1st engrossment) would have created Minn. Stat. chapter 169B letting autonomous vehicles operate with commissioner of public safety authorization, requiring at least $10,000,000 combined single limit liability coverage and…

Establishes certain requirements relating to the operation of autonomous vehicles

Missouri's HB 2240 (Autonomous Vehicle Public Safety Act) would bar registration of an autonomous vehicle unless it meets all state and federal standards for motor vehicles, and would require a licensed human operator who can monitor and intervene to be…

Creates new provisions governing autonomous vehicles

Missouri's HB 3365 would add section 301.4101 to let a political subdivision, municipality or local entity prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles, automated driving systems or on-demand autonomous vehicle networks, or enact or keep rules and…

Establishing minimum requirements for the testing of autonomous vehicles.

Washington's Chapter 182, Laws of 2020 (ESHB 2676) sets minimum rules for testing autonomous vehicles on public roads under the Department of Licensing self-certification pilot program. Testers must carry at least $5 million in umbrella liability insurance…

Implementing recommendations of the autonomous vehicle work group.

Washington's Chapter 193, Laws of 2021 (SSB 5460) implements recommendations of the state autonomous vehicle work group by amending the self-certification testing pilot program in RCW 46.92.010. It defines "autonomous" as a level four or five driving…

Regulating personal delivery devices.

Washington's Chapter 214, Laws of 2019 (ESHB 1325) authorizes personal delivery devices: electrically powered devices under 120 pounds that carry property on sidewalks and crosswalks at up to 6 mph and are equipped with automated driving technology,…

Transportation: other; on-demand automated motor vehicle network; extend sunset.

Michigan's Public Act 232 of 2022 amends section 606b of the Vehicle Code (MCL 257.606b), which allows on-demand automated motor vehicle networks (app-based ride services using automated vehicles) to operate on Michigan roads. It extends the ban on local…

Autonomous Vehicles

Florida's CS/CS/HB 1289 (Chapter 2021-233) defines a low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle (fully autonomous, meeting the federal low-speed vehicle standard, not built to carry people) and lets it run on roads posted at 35 mph or less and, under conditions,…

An Act amending sections 28-101, 28-661, 28-662, 28-663, 28-664, 28-665, 28-666, 28-907, 28-909, 28-941, 28-956, 28-957, 28-957.01, 28-966, 28-2157 and 28-3315, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 28, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 31; relating to motor vehicles.

Arizona's HB 2813 (Laws 2021, Ch. 117) writes autonomous vehicle rules into Title 28. It defines automated driving system, autonomous and fully autonomous vehicle (SAE level 4 or 5) and related terms. A fully autonomous vehicle may operate without a human…

An Act amending section 28-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2019, chapter 89, section 1; repealing section 28-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2019, chapter 89, section 1; amending title 28, chapter 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 22; relating to personal delivery devices.

Arizona's SB 1305 (Laws 2020, Ch. 78) adds A.R.S. 28-1221 to 28-1228 on personal delivery devices: devices built to carry cargo in pedestrian areas and equipped with automated driving technology (software and hardware) that operate with remote human support…

An Act amending section 28-101, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to autonomous vehicles.

Arizona's SB 1320 (Laws 2025, Ch. 19) amends the Title 28 definition of "implement of husbandry" (A.R.S. 28-101) to include agricultural implements and vehicles that use an automated driving system or are autonomous. Such equipment, used solely for…

An Act relating to personal delivery devices, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

Iowa's 2021 Acts chapter 119 (HF 304) creates Iowa Code chapter 321O for personal delivery devices: cargo-carrying devices for pedestrian areas, equipped with automated driving technology (software and hardware), that operate with remote support and…

Autonomous vehicles.

California's SB 1246 adds duties for autonomous vehicle manufacturers from July 1, 2028. Remote drivers must be in the U.S. and hold a license valid in California, of the right class. Manufacturers must keep enough communications capacity for remote support,…

AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to autonomous motor vehicles; providing for the use and regulation thereof; establishing the autonomous vehicle advisory committee; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2106 and 8-2204 and repealing the existing sections.

Kansas SB 313 (L. 2022, ch. 93, K.S.A. 8-2901 et seq.) authorizes driverless-capable vehicles. A vehicle with an automated driving system that can perform the entire driving task and reach a minimal-risk condition may operate without a human driver, subject…

Autonomous Vehicles Testing Program Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Law 23-156)

D.C. Law 23-156, the Autonomous Vehicles Testing Program Amendment Act of 2020, amends the Autonomous Vehicle Act of 2012 (D.C. Code 50-2351 et seq.). It defines an autonomous driving system and autonomous vehicle and has the District Department of…

Public Life and Activity Zones Amendment ("PLAZA") Act of 2024 (D.C. Law 25-312)

Section 6 of D.C. Law 25-312, the PLAZA Act of 2024, amends the Autonomous Vehicle Act of 2012. No person or entity may test or operate an autonomous vehicle on a District roadway without an AV testing permit. Until DDOT makes the permit application…

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §17C-24-1 and §17C-24-2, all relating to autonomous delivery vehicles; authorizing operation of low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on certain streets and roads; authorizing operation of low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on streets or roads with posted speed limit of up to a specified number of miles per hour under specified conditions.

HB 4675 lets autonomous or remotely monitored delivery robots operate in West Virginia. Personal delivery devices may use sidewalks, crosswalks and roadways with pedestrian-like rights, must yield to pedestrians, obey signals, carry an identifying plate with…

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia Code, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new chapter, designated §17H-1-1, §17H-1-2, §17H-1-3, §17H-1-4, §17H-1-5, §17H-1-6, §17H-1-7, §17H-1-8, §17H-1-9, §17H-1-10, §17H-1-11, §17H-1-12, §17H-1-13, §17H-1-14, and §17H-1-15, all relating to establishing the Fully Autonomous Vehicle Act; defining terms; providing for construction of the act; providing requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles without a human driver and with a human driver; providing for the operation of on-demand autonomous vehicle networks; providing for the operation of fully autonomous commercial and motor vehicle carriers; providing for the platooning of fully autonomous vehicles; providing for licensing, titling, registration, and insurance requirements of fully autonomous vehicles; providing for control and regulation of fully autonomous vehicles; providing for equipment standards for fully autonomous vehicles; and providing duties following a crash involving fully autonomous vehicles.

West Virginia's Fully Autonomous Vehicle Act (new Chapter 17H) authorizes self-driving vehicles on public roads. A fully autonomous vehicle may run without a human driver if its automated driving system can reach a minimal risk condition on failure, and the…

An Act relating to motor vehicles operated by an automated driving system, and making penalties applicable.

Iowa's 2019 Acts chapter 75 (SF 302), codified at Iowa Code 321.514 to 321.519, sets rules for vehicles driven by an automated driving system, defined as the hardware and software collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a…

Relating to motor vehicles; to authorize autonomous commercial vehicles operated by an automated driving system and commercial motor vehicles with teleoperation systems.

Alabama's SB 47 (Act 2019-496) lets automated commercial motor vehicles run on Alabama roads without a conventional driver on board if they meet the act's criteria, and lets commercial vehicles with teleoperation systems run with a remote driver who holds…

Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system.

Alabama's SB 226 (Act 2024-453) allows vehicles equipped with an automated driving system (ADS) to run on public roads without a conventional human driver on board if the vehicle can reach a minimal risk condition. A fully autonomous vehicle (SAE Level 4 or…

Relating To Autonomous Vehicles.

Hawaii's HB 2590 (Act 21 of 2020) established an autonomous vehicles testing pilot program within the Department of Transportation. Autonomous vehicles, meaning vehicles with an automated driving system that can perform the whole driving task and reach a…

An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Vermont's S.149 (Act 60 of 2019) is a motor vehicle omnibus whose Sec. 16 adds the Automated Vehicle Testing Act, 23 V.S.A. chapter 41. An automated vehicle (one equipped with an automated driving system) may not be tested on public highways until the…

Provides relative to autonomous commercial motor vehicles

Louisiana's HB 455 (Act 232 of 2019) adds R.S. 32:400.1 to 400.5 on autonomous commercial motor vehicles, meaning vehicles of 26,001 pounds or more used in commerce and equipped with an automated driving system. Such vehicles may operate without a…

Provides relative to low speed autonomous motor vehicles.

Louisiana's SB 453 (Act 268 of 2022) adds R.S. 32:378.4. Autonomous vehicles are not required to have equipment related to supporting a human driver, and equipment is not required if it is not necessary for automated driving. This lets driverless vehicle…

VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION

HB4843 is a Vehicle Code bill mostly about license plates, registration and driver's licenses. Its AI provision amends Section 12-610.2 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/12-610.2) so that "electronic communication device" expressly includes artificial…

Autonomous vehicles: zero emissions.

SB 500 amended Vehicle Code Section 38750 on autonomous vehicles. Commencing January 1, 2030, and to the extent authorized by federal law, it prohibits the operation of certain new autonomous vehicles that are not zero-emission vehicles. It also bars the…

Vehicles: consumer notices.

SB 1398 added Vehicle Code Section 24011.5. A dealer or manufacturer that sells a new passenger vehicle equipped with a partial driving automation feature, or that adds such a feature by software update or upgrade, must give the buyer or owner a notice…

Autonomous vehicles.

AB 1777 amended Vehicle Code Section 38750 and added Sections 38751 to 38753. Commencing July 1, 2026, manufacturers of autonomous vehicles that operate without a human operator in the vehicle must maintain a dedicated emergency response telephone line and…

Relating to the operation of personal delivery and mobile carrying devices.

Texas SB 969 (2019) authorizes personal delivery devices: robots made mainly to carry cargo on sidewalks, crosswalks and road shoulders and equipped with automated driving technology that lets them operate with remote human support and supervision. State law…

Relating to a study on the impacts of using certain motor vehicle technologies.

Texas SB 1308 (2021) became law without the Governor's signature. It required the Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety, consulting the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, to study the use of automated driving systems, connected…

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 1; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to personal delivery devices.

Tennessee's 2020 personal delivery device law (Public Chapter 685, SB 2836) authorizes electric delivery robots that travel mainly on sidewalks and crosswalks and can navigate with or without the active control or monitoring of a natural person. The devices…

Electric personal delivery devices; operation on sidewalks, shared-use paths, etc.

Virginia SB 758 (2020) revises the state's law on delivery robots. A personal delivery device is a powered device used on sidewalks and crosswalks to transport property, weighing no more than 500 pounds (up from 50) and capable of navigating with or without…

Autonomous driving systems; Secretary of Transportation to convene work group to study.

Virginia HB 2627 (2025) directs the Secretary of Transportation, with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, to convene a work group of VDOT, State Police, DMV, legislators and stakeholders on the operational, technical and legal issues raised…

Vehicle Laws - Personal Delivery Devices - Standards and Requirements

Maryland SB 726 (2021) authorizes personal delivery devices: powered devices up to 550 pounds, used mainly on shoulders, sidewalks and crosswalks to carry property and capable of navigating with or without the active control or monitoring of an individual.…

Vehicle Laws - Autonomous Vehicle Converters - Sale of Autonomous Vehicles

Maryland's 2023 autonomous vehicle converter law creates Transportation Article Subtitle 9. An autonomous vehicle converter alters a new or used vehicle in compliance with federal safety requirements and installs an automated driving system, the hardware and…

Autonomous Vehicle Regulations

Utah HB 101 (2019) is the state's core autonomous vehicle law. It enacts Utah Code Title 41, Chapter 26, defining automated driving systems and related terms and allowing a vehicle to operate in Utah using an automated driving system. A vehicle with an…

Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year

Part Y of Chapter 58 of 2026 (FY2027 budget) enacts the Safe by Design Act (General Business Law Article 45-B). Operators of covered platforms may not offer an integrated AI companion without age assurance, must disable integrated AI companions by default…

Relating to the operation and regulation of certain automated motor vehicles.

Texas HB 3026 (2021) updates the state's automated motor vehicle framework. Operation of automated motor vehicles, including commercial use, and of automated driving systems is governed exclusively by Transportation Code Subchapter J and new section 547.618,…

Motor vehicles; use of personal delivery devices to transport cargo; authorize

Georgia's HB 1009 (Act 814 of 2022) authorizes delivery robots. A personal delivery device is a powered vehicle that uses an automated driving system to transport cargo, carries no passengers and weighs at most 500 pounds empty or 600 pounds loaded. Devices…

Establishes "New Jersey Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Task Force."

New Jersey's AJR 164, enacted as P.L. 2019, Joint Resolution No. 2, created the New Jersey Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Task Force to study vehicles with SAE driving automation level 3, 4 or 5 and recommend laws to integrate them safely on state roads. Its 11…

Sunset Public Utilities Commission

Colorado HB26-1326 continues the Public Utilities Commission to 2033 and changes many utility and carrier rules. Its AI-relevant provision is Section 23: a transportation network company (TNC) must run periodic checks using facial recognition software, or…

Relating To Autonomous Vehicles.

Hawaii's HB 1797 HD 1 (2026) would have required any automated vehicle that a motor carrier uses to transport passengers to have a supervisor on board at all times, with the carrier ensuring each supervisor is licensed and running a training program. It…

Prohibits any motor vehicle with a manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more which utilizes autonomous vehicle technology from being operated on public highways unless a natural person holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's class is…

New York's S 7956 would add Vehicle and Traffic Law section 393-b. A motor vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more that uses autonomous vehicle technology could not be operated on public highways unless a natural…

Automated vehicle network companies and autonomous vehicle operations

North Dakota's HB 1418 (2019) authorizes driverless operation. An autonomous vehicle with its automated driving system engaged needs no human driver on public highways if it can reach a minimal risk condition, such as a safe stop, when the system fails. Such…

Motor vehicles; creating the Oklahoma Driving Automation System Uniformity Act. Conditional effective date.

Oklahoma's SB 365 (2019) creates the Oklahoma Driving Automation System Uniformity Act. Only the State of Oklahoma may enact a law or take other action to regulate the operation of motor vehicles equipped with driving automation systems, meaning hardware and…

Personal delivery devices; authorizing certain use; limiting certain jurisdictional powers. Effective date.

Oklahoma's SB 706 (2021) authorizes delivery robots. Personal delivery devices are electrically powered cargo devices of up to 550 pounds equipped with automated driving technology for operation with remote support and supervision. Devices may use sidewalks,…

SELF DRIVE Act of 2026 Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution Act of 2026

The SELF DRIVE Act of 2026 (H.R. 7390) would add federal safety rules for vehicles with automated driving systems to Title 49: manufacturers would need a safety case for each system, report certain crashes to a national repository, and states could not ban…

TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding personal delivery devices.

Idaho's H 528 (2022) updates the rules for personal delivery devices, the sidewalk delivery robots defined as devices equipped with technology that lets them operate with or without the active control or monitoring of a person. A device may not operate on a…

Transportation; authorize the use of autonomous motor vehicles.

Mississippi's SB 2676 (2015) would have authorized autonomous motor vehicles on the state's highways, requiring a human operator seated to take immediate manual control, and would have required the Department of Public Safety to create a driver's license…

To authorize the operation of autonomous vehicles or fully autonomous vehicles on the streets and highways of this state under an autonomous vehicle pilot program

Arkansas's HB 1561 (Act 468 of 2019) authorizes autonomous vehicles under a pilot program approved by the State Highway Commission. A program is approved automatically 60 days after submission and must state its commercial purpose, any insurance…

Concerning the operation of autonomous vehicles at railroad crossings

Arkansas's HB 1822 (Act 1052 of 2019) amends the autonomous vehicle pilot program law. A pilot program's statement that its autonomous or fully autonomous vehicles can follow traffic and motor vehicle safety laws must include the ability to safely negotiate…

To amend the law concerning autonomous vehicles

Arkansas's HB 1562 (Act 619 of 2021) updates the state's autonomous vehicle law. Autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles operate under State Highway Commission pilot programs, which must show the vehicles obey traffic laws, including at railroad crossings…

To allow the operation of a personal delivery device in pedestrian areas and certain streets and roads

Arkansas's Act 926 of 2021 (HB 1767), the Personal Delivery Device Act, authorizes delivery robots: electrically powered cargo devices of up to 500 pounds equipped with automated driving technology that lets them operate with or without a person's active…

An Act Concerning Motor Vehicle Registration Notice, the International Registration Plan, Carriers, School Buses, the Medical Advisory Board, Reserved Parking Spaces, Autonomous Vehicles and Other Motor Vehicle Statutes

Sections 17 and 18 of Connecticut's Public Act 19-119 revise the state's fully autonomous vehicle testing pilot program. The Office of Policy and Management runs the program in up to four municipalities, each of which signs an agreement with testers setting…

Establishes provisions relating to autonomous vehicles

Autonomous Vehicles

Florida's HB 311 lets fully autonomous vehicles operate in Florida whether or not a human operator is in the vehicle, needing no licensed human operator, and deems the automated driving system the operator when engaged. Fully autonomous vehicles must be able…

Permits testing and use of autonomous vehicles on State roadways under certain circumstances.

New Jersey's A768 would allow autonomous vehicles to be tested on New Jersey public roads if a designated operator sits in the driver's seat and the manufacturer has $5,000,000 in insurance, a surety bond or self-insurance and the Motor Vehicle Commission…

Autonomous Vehicles Amendment Act of 2025

The District of Columbia's B26-0323, the Autonomous Vehicles Amendment Act of 2025, would amend the Autonomous Vehicle Act of 2012 to establish a framework for autonomous vehicle operations, including commercial operations. The captured introduced text would…

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PILOT PROJ

Illinois's SB 3392 would create the Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Project Act, letting level 4 or 5 autonomous vehicles operate on public roads under authorization from the Department of Transportation, with pilot projects confined to counties of 1,000,000 or…

Creates new provisions governing autonomous vehicles

Missouri's SB 1050 would let a person operate a fully autonomous vehicle on public roads without a human driver while the automated driving system is engaged, if the vehicle can reach a minimal risk condition after a system failure, can comply with state…

Warehouse employers; required disclosures and recordkeeping, civil penalties.

Virginia's HB 1451 (Labor and Commerce Committee substitute) would require employers of 500 or more employees at warehouse distribution centers to give nonexempt employees written descriptions of each quota, related incentives and potential adverse action,…

A BILL for an Act to provide for a department of transportation study regarding autonomous and semiautonomous vehicle technologies; and to provide a legislative management report.

North Dakota's HB 1614 (2025), as engrossed, would have required the Department of Transportation to study autonomous and semiautonomous vehicle technologies during the 2025-26 interim, covering infrastructure readiness, review of accident and traffic data,…

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Autonomous Vehicles.

Delaware's SB 46 would bar an autonomous vehicle that requires a Class A commercial driver license without an O restriction from operating on a Delaware highway for testing, transporting goods or transporting passengers unless a human safety operator is…

Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully…

New York's A 4901-B (same as S 344-B) would add Article 34-E to the Vehicle and Traffic Law, letting a person operate a fully autonomous vehicle (gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less) on public roads without a human driver if the automated…

Creates the RI Pedestrian Safety Act allows cities and town to use automated safety monitoring which a civil fine of $50 for violations.

The RI Pedestrian Safety Act authorizes cities and towns in Rhode Island to use automated safety monitoring systems, imposing a $50 civil fine for speeding and red-light violations.

Certain autonomous vehicles regulations provision

SF4010 is a Minnesota bill proposing regulations for autonomous vehicles. Specific provisions cannot be confirmed without the full bill text.

Fully autonomous vehicles; commercial use, civil penalty.

Virginia's SB 670 (2026 Regular Session) would regulate commercial use of fully autonomous vehicles that carry property or passengers for a commercial enterprise. Operators would need an autonomous operation license first. It passed the Senate 35-4 on…

CTA POLICE DEPARTMENT

Illinois's SB 4070 (104th General Assembly) would amend the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act to require the Chicago Transit Authority to set up a CTA Transit Police Department of sworn officers. It would also require a pilot of AI-based weapon-detection…

Transportation

Not law: died in committee. Florida's CS/SB 1274 was a broad transportation bill. Its AI-related part would have amended s. 339.85 to create the Next-generation Traffic Signal Modernization Grant Program for signals with "artificial intelligence- and machine…

Autonomous Vehicle Testing

Illinois's HB 2974 (104th General Assembly) would create the Illinois Autonomous Vehicle Testing Program Act. The Department of Transportation would lead a program for testing connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), with a State registration system for…

BIPA-IDOT TESTING VEHICLES

Illinois's HB 2593 (104th General Assembly) would amend Section 25 of the Biometric Information Privacy Act to add that nothing in the Act applies to companies registered with the Department of Transportation to conduct testing of autonomous vehicles.…

BIPA-VEHICLE SAFETY TECH

Illinois's HB 3292 (104th General Assembly) would amend Sections 10 and 25 of the Biometric Information Privacy Act to provide that nothing in the Act may be construed to apply to an entity using vehicle safety technology for a vehicle safety purpose. Last…

Urging The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Utilize Artificial Intelligence To Mitigate Traffic And Improve Road Safety In The State.

Hawaii's House Resolution 51 (2026) would have urged the State Department of Transportation and the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Transportation Services to consider implementing artificial intelligence technologies in their infrastructure to…

House Study Committee on Code Revisions for Autonomous Vehicles; create

Enacts the "food delivery worker safety and fair algorithms act" to prohibit food delivery platforms from utilizing or deploying any algorithmic management system that requires or incentivizes delivery workers to complete deliveries within a fixed or rigid time window that cannot reasonably be met…

New York's A 10118, the “food delivery worker safety and fair algorithms act,” would add Labor Law Article 21-D (§§ 796 to 796-e) barring food delivery platforms from using an algorithmic management system that requires or incentivizes deliveries within a…

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 30 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to autonomous vehicles.

Tennessee's HB 2302 was enacted as its Senate companion, SB 2253 (Public Chapter 726), which the House substituted for it on March 23, 2026. The law amends Tenn. Code § 55-8-202 so a state or local law enforcement agency may adopt a policy for enforcing…

Revises provisions relating to transportation network companies. (BDR 58-935)

Nevada's SB 288 lets a transportation network company (TNC) contract with monitored autonomous vehicle providers, who own and operate autonomous vehicles with an employed monitor physically present at all times, to give rides through the TNC's app largely on…

Requires the department of transportation to collect data from third-party identification verification services used by airline passengers for expedited security screening in public-use airports and submit a quarterly report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of…

New York's A 8209 would add Transportation Law § 14-o requiring each third-party identification verification service operating in the state (a private service using biometric data, including fingerprint and facial recognition, for expedited access to airport…

Establishes the New York state autonomous vehicle task force to study autonomous vehicle usage on the roads located within the state of New York.

New York's A 8109 would authorize the Department of Transportation to establish a ten-member New York State autonomous vehicle task force to study current autonomous vehicle usage on New York roads, compare it across regions and with other states, and report…

Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully…

New York's A 539-B (2023-2024) would have added Vehicle and Traffic Law Article 34-E allowing a person to operate a fully autonomous vehicle (SAE Level 4 or 5) on public roads without a human driver if the automated driving system is engaged, the vehicle can…

AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.

Kentucky's HB 223 (2026 session) would have amended KRS 186.763 to bar school districts from operating a fully autonomous vehicle as a school bus or using one to transport students, and to bar operating a fully autonomous vehicle on state highways if it…

Urging The Department Of Transportation And Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Utilize Artificial Intelligence To Mitigate Traffic And Improve Road Safety In The State.

Hawaii's House Concurrent Resolution 55 (2026) would have urged the state Department of Transportation and the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services to consider adding artificial intelligence technologies to their traffic systems to reduce…

Operation of autonomous vehicles on highways and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin's SB 831 (2025-26) would have created an Autonomous Driving Safety Board in the Department of Transportation to permit operation of Level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles on approved highways other than interstates, with permit conditions, permit…

Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.

New Jersey's A3968 would have the Department of Transportation, with the Motor Vehicle Commission, establish a three-year pilot program allowing authorized testers to operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a nine-member task force, with crash…

Prohibiting the use of facial recognition technology in connection with driver's license photographs.

New Hampshire's HB 1329 adds RSA 263:40-b, which prohibits the department from using any facial recognition technology in connection with taking or retaining any photograph or digital image for purposes of RSA chapter 263 (drivers' licenses). Signed July 28,…

Concerning vehicle and operator requirements for autonomous vehicles.

Washington's HB 1984 (2025-26 biennium) would have required registered autonomous vehicles to meet federal motor vehicle standards and barred operating one on a highway to carry passengers or goods unless a human safety operator is physically present to…

Autonomous Vehicles

Florida's CS/SB 712 (2018, committee substitute) would have let a fully autonomous vehicle operate in Florida whether or not a licensed human operator is physically present, with the automated driving system deemed the operator. It would have required fully…

SAFE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ACT

Illinois's HB 2747 (100th General Assembly, 2017-2018) would have created the Safe Autonomous Vehicle (SAVE) Act. A motor vehicle manufacturer could start a SAVE project after notifying the Department of Motor Vehicles and self-certifying that its automated…

Relative to providing multimodal transportation technologies

Massachusetts' H 3634 would add a framework in General Laws chapter 90 to let fully autonomous vehicles run on public roads without a human driver. Each vehicle would need an autonomous operation license from MassDOT and, before driverless operation, proof…

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ACT

Illinois's SB 1432 (100th General Assembly), as introduced, would have created the Safe Autonomous Vehicle (SAVE) Act, letting a motor vehicle manufacturer start a safe autonomous vehicle project with automated driving system vehicles after notifying the…

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55 and Title 65, relative to autonomous vehicles.

Tennessee's HB1168 (114th General Assembly), as introduced, would have amended Code § 55-30-103 so that an automated-driving-system (ADS) vehicle used to transport property for hire or compensation in interstate commerce, or passengers for hire or…

Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.

New Jersey's S2324 would extend the State's no-fault Automobile Reparation Reform Act and compulsory liability insurance requirement to self-driving vehicles capable of operating without active control or monitoring by a human operator, so their owners would…

Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.

New Jersey's A1639 would extend the State's compulsory automobile liability insurance requirement and the no-fault Automobile Reparation Reform Act to self-driving motor vehicles of any SAE automation level, so their owners would have to carry the same…

Establishes certain requirements relating to the operation of autonomous vehicles

Missouri's HB 3034 would amend section 304.012, RSMo, to require that every motor vehicle operated on the state's roads and highways have present an appropriately endorsed driver who holds a valid driver's license and keeps the ability to actively control…

BIPA-VEHICLE SAFETY TECH

Illinois's SB 2051 (104th General Assembly) would amend Sections 10 and 25 of the Biometric Information Privacy Act to provide that nothing in the Act may be construed to apply to an entity using vehicle safety technology for a vehicle safety purpose. Filed…

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PILOT PROJ

Illinois' HB4663 would create the Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Project Act, letting authorized persons operate level 4 or 5 autonomous vehicles on public roads in pilot areas (counties of 1,000,000 or more, Sangamon County, and Madison, St. Clair and Monroe…

Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.

New Jersey's S1677 would have the Department of Transportation, with the Motor Vehicle Commission, establish a three-year pilot program allowing authorized testers to operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a nine-member task force, with crash…

Criminal Law - Mail and Package Theft (Porch Piracy Act of 2025)

Maryland's HB 210 (2025, the Porch Piracy Act of 2025, third reader) is a mail and package theft bill. It would have made taking mail or a package addressed to someone else a felony (up to 5 years), created penalties for mail theft and arrow-key offenses,…

Safe Autonomous Vehicle Act

Illinois's HB 1839 (104th General Assembly) would create the Safe Autonomous Vehicle Act. A motor vehicle manufacturer could start a safe autonomous vehicle project with an Automated Driving System after notifying the Secretary of State and self-certifying…

Personal delivery devices

Indiana's HB 1072 (P.L. 15-2021) authorizes delivery robots. A personal delivery device is a powered device of up to 500 pounds, excluding cargo, used mainly on sidewalks and crosswalks to carry property and capable of navigating with or without the active…

Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully…

New York's A 3650 would have added Vehicle and Traffic Law Article 34-E allowing a fully autonomous vehicle (SAE level 4 or 5) to operate on public roads without a human driver when its automated driving system is engaged, if it can reach a minimal risk…

AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.

Kentucky's HB 7 (2024 Ky. Acts Ch. 176), enacted over the Governor's veto, sets rules for fully autonomous vehicles in KRS Chapter 186. Vehicles with automated driving systems may operate on public highways if they meet the act's requirements, including a…

AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Kentucky's HB 45 (2024 session) was a privacy bill covering automated license plate readers (data kept no more than 30 days with exceptions, no sale), drone surveillance, deep fakes, identification devices and tracking devices. The deep fake sections would…

AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.

Vetoed. Kentucky's HB 135 (2023) would have let fully autonomous vehicles (SAE level 4 or 5) run on Kentucky highways without a human driver if the system could reach a minimal risk condition after a failure and follow traffic laws. Operators would have…

Vehicle Laws - Autonomous Vehicle Converters - Sale of Autonomous Vehicles

Maryland's 2023 autonomous vehicle converter law creates Transportation Article Subtitle 9. An autonomous vehicle converter alters a new or used vehicle in compliance with federal safety requirements and installs an automated driving system, the hardware and…

Transportation: other; definition of automated driving systems and automated vehicle roadway; modify and expand.

Michigan's Public Act 179 of 2022 amends the Vehicle Code (MCL 257.2b, 257.642, 257.665 and new 257.665c-665e and 257.666a). It redefines automated driving systems, lets the Department of Transportation designate automated vehicle roadways and lanes, charge…

VEH CD-SAFETY ZONES

Illinois' Public Act 104-0381 (SB 1507) adds subsection (v) to the Vehicle Code's automated speed enforcement section (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8). The University of Illinois Chicago Urban Transportation Center must study North and South DuSable Lake Shore Drive,…

Autonomous vehicles; allowing fully automated vehicles to operate on public roads. Effective date.

Oklahoma's SB 1541 (2022) lets fully autonomous vehicles drive on public roads without a human driver when the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle can reach a minimal risk condition if the system fails, can obey traffic laws and meets federal…

AV Accessibility Act Autonomous Vehicle Accessibility Act

The federal AV Accessibility Act (H.R. 4419, 119th Congress) would bar a State from issuing a motor vehicle operator's license for operating or using a Level 4 or Level 5 ADS-equipped vehicle in a way that discriminates on the basis of disability against a…

Autonomous vehicles.

California's SB 480 lets autonomous vehicles, from January 1, 2026, be equipped with automated driving system (ADS) marker lamps, which emit a light showing when the ADS is engaged in operating the vehicle, built to SAE International standards J3134 (May…

Transportation; allow and regulate autonomous vehicles.

Mississippi's SB 2569 (2023), the "Mississippi Fully Autonomous Vehicle Enabling (MS FAVE) Act of 2023," would, per its title, have authorized fully autonomous vehicles (SAE Level 4 or 5) to operate on public roads without a human driver while the automated…

K-12 School Transportation

Not law: died in committee. Florida's SB 1424 (2025) would have revised school transportation rules in ss. 1002.20, 1006.21 and 1006.23, F.S.: transport for students living more than 1 mile from school, bus stops within 1,000 feet of the home, faster and…

Autonomous Veh Requirements

Illinois's HB 2053 (103rd General Assembly) would have amended the Illinois Vehicle Code to require manufacturers to submit automation-level documentation and a filing fee to the Department of Transportation before selling or operating autonomous vehicles,…

Establishing an autonomous vehicle advisory commission, establishing an autonomous vehicle testing pilot program, and providing requirements for automated vehicle deployment.

New Hampshire's SB 216 creates an Autonomous Vehicle Advisory Commission (RSA 241) and an automated vehicle testing and deployment pilot program run by the Division of Motor Vehicles (RSA 242). Testing entities need department approval, $5 million in…

Provides that no autonomous vehicle may be used for taxi, livery or transportation network company vehicle services in any city with a population of one million or more without first being licensed by the New York City taxi and limousine commission; requires the New York City taxi and limousine…

New York's A 793 would add Vehicle and Traffic Law § 397-d barring the use of an autonomous vehicle for taxi, livery or transportation network company services in a city of one million or more unless the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission first…

Relative to the safety of autonomous vehicles

Massachusetts H3669 would add G.L. c. 90, s. 19M requiring registered autonomous vehicles to keep meeting federal motor vehicle standards and barring their use for interstate commerce or passenger or goods transport unless a human safety operator is…

Advanced driver assistance systems.

California's SB 1315 (2025-26 Regular Session), titled 'Advanced driver assistance systems,' would have required the manufacturer of an advanced driver assistance system, or of an automobile equipped with one, to ensure a driver can disable or disengage that…

AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Kentucky's HB 58 (2026) makes it unlawful for anyone, including the state and local governments, to use automated license plate readers (ALPRs: high-speed cameras plus data processing that turn vehicle and plate images into computer-readable data) except for…

Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)

HB711 prohibits the sale of consumer data to governmental units engaged in civil immigration enforcement unless required by law.

Limiting the use of automatic registration plate readers, requiring a search warrant for data from an automatic registration plate reader or security camera, and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin's AB 576 would have banned use of automatic registration plate readers (devices that turn plate images into computer-readable data) except by parking facilities, for access control to enclosed non-public areas, and at weigh stations. It would also…

Advisory board established to study impacts of commercial autonomous vehicle operations implementation, minimum requirements for operation of commercial autonomous vehicles established, and permit process for commercial autonomous vehicle operations required.

Minnesota's HF 4216 would have barred commercial autonomous vehicle operations until an advisory board's study is complete and the commissioner sets up a permit process, and would have required a permit for any entity to begin such operations. Permitted…

MS Fully Autonomous Vehicle Enabling Act; extend repealer on law enforcement interaction plan submission to DPS.

Mississippi's SB 2269 keeps in force, until July 1, 2029, the rule that anyone operating a fully autonomous vehicle on public roads without a human driver must first submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Department of Public Safety. The rule (Code…

Relating to the regulation of autonomous vehicles; creating a criminal offense.

Texas HB 3837 (2025), as introduced, would have created an Autonomous Vehicle Commission and required a permit for autonomous vehicles to operate on Texas highways, with an operating plan for emergency responders, a recording device, insurance, and collision…

Relating To Traffic Safety.

Hawaii's HB 1231 (Act 212 of 2025) bars photo red light imaging detector systems and automated speed enforcement systems from using or being equipped with facial recognition software or biometric identification technology. Automated license plate readers and…

Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully…

New York's S 344-B would add Vehicle and Traffic Law Article 34-E allowing a fully autonomous vehicle (10,000 pounds or less gross weight, with two distinct sensing modalities) to operate without a human driver while its automated driving system is engaged.…

Prohibits any motor vehicle with a manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more which utilizes autonomous vehicle technology from being operated on public highways unless a natural person holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's class is…

New York's A 8621 (2023-2024 session) would have added Vehicle and Traffic Law § 393-b so that no motor vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more that uses autonomous vehicle technology could be operated on public…

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55 and Title 65, relative to autonomous vehicles.

Tennessee's SB0310 (114th General Assembly), as introduced, would have amended Code § 55-30-103 so that an automated-driving-system (ADS) vehicle used to transport property for hire or compensation in interstate commerce, or passengers for hire or…

Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully…

New York's S 1012-B (2023-2024 session) would have added Vehicle and Traffic Law Article 34-E allowing a person to operate a fully autonomous (SAE level 4 or 5) vehicle on public roads without a human driver while its automated driving system is engaged,…

Task Force on Proactive Review of Audio and Video Recordings on Special Education Buses

Maryland's HB 530 (2026, first reader text) would have created a Task Force on Proactive Review of Audio and Video Recordings on Special Education Buses to study using AI tools to review bus recordings for student safety. The task force would report by…

AUTONOMOUS VEH REQUIREMENTS

Illinois's HB 3044 (104th General Assembly) would amend the Illinois Vehicle Code to require manufacturers to file automation documentation and a fee with IDOT before selling or operating an autonomous vehicle. Level 2 vehicles could be sold and registered,…

Relating to the regulation of automated motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense.

Permits testing and use of autonomous vehicles on State roadways under certain circumstances.

Not law. A 1589 would have let autonomous vehicles be tested on New Jersey roads with Motor Vehicle Commission approval. Testing would have needed a licensed operator employed or designated by the manufacturer, seated in the driver's seat and able to take…

State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions

HB276 revises the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program by establishing AED coordinator requirements, repealing regional council AED committees, and exempting AEDs in certain law enforcement patrol vehicles. It also sets certification…