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CT SB924: An Act Concerning Motor Vehicle Registration Notice, the International Registration Plan, Carriers, School Buses, the Medical Advisory Board, Reserve…

Effective Jul 12, 2019 Connecticut · 2019 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

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  5. Effective Since Jul 12, 2019
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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

In one paragraph

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 routes, vehicles and hours. Testing is allowed only if a trained, licensed operator is physically inside the vehicle (no longer necessarily in the driver's seat), monitoring it and able to take immediate manual control, and each vehicle is registered with the DMV. Testing on limited-access highways is barred, OPM may halt unsafe testing, and testers must share performance information. Both sections were effective on passage.

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What it means for business

Autonomous vehicle testers in Connecticut's municipal pilot need a licensed, trained safety operator on board and registered vehicles, and may not test on limited-access highways.

Key provisions

  1. C.G.S. 13a-260 (Sec. 17): the operator must be physically inside the fully autonomous vehicle (no longer required to sit in the driver's seat), monitoring it, able to take immediate manual control, trained by the tester and licensed
  2. Pilot program in up to four municipalities run by the Office of Policy and Management; municipal agreements set locations, routes, vehicles and hours of operation
  3. Testers must register each vehicle with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; testing on limited-access highways is prohibited
  4. The OPM secretary may immediately stop testing that risks public safety; testers must give OPM and the task force performance information (confidential information may be withheld)
  5. OPM reports on the program by July 1, 2020 and annually; Sec. 18 continues the autonomous vehicle task force, which evaluates the pilot program
  6. Sections 17 and 18 effective from passage (signed July 12, 2019)

Latest legislative action

Jul 12, 2019. Signed by the Governor (Public Act 19-119)

Topics and industries

Related topics

Autonomous Vehicles

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