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TX HB3026: Relating to the operation and regulation of certain automated motor vehicles.

Effective Sep 1, 2021 Texas · 2021 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

HB3026 · where it stands

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  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Since Sep 1, 2021
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In one paragraph

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, which preempts other regulation. A vehicle designed to be driven only by its automated driving system for all trips is exempt from equipment requirements that relate to a human driver and are irrelevant to an automated driving system, and it passes the required safety inspection for those items. Effective September 1, 2021.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

Driverless-vehicle developers and fleet operators get a single state framework in Texas and relief from human-driver equipment rules for fully automated vehicles.

Key provisions

  1. Transportation Code 545.452: automated motor vehicles and automated driving systems governed exclusively by Subchapter J and 547.618
  2. Covers commercial use of automated motor vehicles
  3. New 547.618: a vehicle operated exclusively by its automated driving system for all trips is exempt from equipment laws that relate to a human driver
  4. Such vehicles pass required safety inspections for the exempt equipment

Latest legislative action

Jun 16, 2021. Signed by the Governor; Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., ch. 892

Topics and industries

Related topics

Autonomous Vehicles

Affected industries

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