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TX SB969: Relating to the operation of personal delivery and mobile carrying devices.

Effective Jun 10, 2019 Texas · 2019 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

SB969 · where it stands

All steps complete
  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Since Jun 10, 2019
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In one paragraph

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 governs their operation exclusively, along with consistent local rules, and a compliant device is not a vehicle. Only a business entity may operate one, a human agent must be able to monitor or control it, and the business entity is treated as the operator for traffic-law purposes. Effective immediately (June 10, 2019).

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

What it means for business

Delivery-robot operators may run automated sidewalk delivery devices statewide in Texas under one set of state rules, with the business entity responsible as operator.

Key provisions

  1. Transportation Code ch. 552A: personal delivery device defined as a cargo device equipped with automated driving technology operating with remote human support and supervision
  2. Operation governed exclusively by the subchapter and consistent local regulation; a compliant device is not a 'vehicle'
  3. Only a business entity may operate a device; a human agent must be able to monitor or physically control it
  4. The business entity is the operator for traffic-law compliance while the device is engaged
  5. A person who only requests or dispatches a delivery is not the operator

Latest legislative action

Jun 10, 2019. Signed by the Governor; effective immediately; Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., ch. 612

Topics and industries

Related topics

Autonomous Vehicles

Affected industries

TransportationConsumer ProtectionTechnology

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