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SB 2807 (Commercial Driverless Authorization)

Bill: SB 2807 · Session: 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · Status: Enacted; in effect since September 1, 2025 · Effective: September 1, 2025; compliance with amended Subchapter J required May 28, 2026

SB 2807 amended the existing Texas automated-vehicle framework by adding commercial driverless authorization and related administrative procedures, along with motor-carrier employment-status, insurance, and transportation-network provisions. The act took effect September 1, 2025. Compliance with the amended Subchapter J became required May 28, 2026 under the rule-triggered transition provision.

Primary source: Enrolled act; Acts 2025, ch. 1034

Tracker record: SB 2807 Enactment and Transition

Filing to enactment: The bill passed each chamber in amended form: the Senate amended it on the floor on April 30, 2025 (floor amendment FA1 Johnson), and the House amended it on May 28, 2025 (amendment 1-Capriglione). The Senate concurred in the House amendments on May 30, 2025, so no conference committee was needed.

History

  1. 2025-03-14: Filed in the Senate.
  2. 2025-04-07: Read first time; referred to Transportation.
  3. 2025-04-23: Reported favorably without amendments.
  4. 2025-04-30: Passed the Senate as amended (floor amendment FA1 Johnson; three-day rule suspended).
  5. 2025-05-02: Read first time in the House; referred to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.
  6. 2025-05-14: Reported favorably without amendments in the House.
  7. 2025-05-27: Read second time; passed to third reading.
  8. 2025-05-28: Amended (1-Capriglione); passed as amended (Record Vote RV#3920).
  9. 2025-05-30: Senate concurred in the House amendments.
  10. 2025-05-31: Reported enrolled.
  11. 2025-06-02: Signed in the Senate and the House; sent to the Governor.
  12. 2025-06-20: Signed by the Governor.
  13. 2025-09-01: Effective (Acts 2025, ch. 1034).

Unenacted 89th Legislature Drone Bills (HB 1285, HB 3272, HB 3662)

Bill: HB 1285; HB 3272; HB 3662 · Session: 89th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) · Status: Not enacted · Effective: Not enacted; no effective date

Three 89th Legislature drone bills were not enacted. HB 1285 would have governed Railroad Commission of Texas inspections and examinations of certain sites and facilities conducted using unmanned aircraft; it passed the House April 25, 2025 and died in the Senate Natural Resources Committee. HB 3272 would have added spaceports to the Penal Code section 42.15 drone-overflight offense; it was laid on the table subject to call April 28, 2025 when companion SB 1197 was considered in its place, and SB 1197 took effect September 1, 2025. HB 3662 would have added primary and secondary school instructional facilities to the critical-infrastructure drone-overflight restrictions; it reached the House General State Calendar May 13, 2025 and was not enacted.

Primary source: TLO bill history, HB 1285

Additional sources: HB 3272 bill history; HB 3662 bill history.

Tracker record: Texas HB 1285 Drone Inspection Proposal; Texas HB 3272 Drone Proposal; Texas HB 3662 School Facility Drone Proposal

Filing to enactment: None of the three bills was enacted. HB 1285 advanced furthest, passing the House before stalling in the Senate. HB 3272 did not need to pass because its identical companion, SB 1197, was enacted; its provisions appear in the current-law record. HB 3662 reached the House calendar but received no floor vote.

History

  1. 2024-11-13: HB 1285 filed (prefiled).
  2. 2025-02-25: HB 3272 filed.
  3. 2025-03-04: HB 3662 filed.
  4. 2025-03-10: HB 1285 read first time; referred to Energy Resources.
  5. 2025-03-20: HB 3272 read first time; referred to State Affairs.
  6. 2025-03-24: HB 1285 reported favorably without amendments (8 Ayes, 0 Nays).
  7. 2025-03-25: HB 3662 read first time; referred to Public Education.
  8. 2025-04-09: HB 3272 reported favorably without amendments.
  9. 2025-04-24: HB 1285 passed to engrossment.
  10. 2025-04-25: HB 1285 passed the House (Record Vote RV#564); reported engrossed.
  11. 2025-04-28: HB 1285 received in the Senate; HB 3272 laid on the table subject to call when companion SB 1197 was considered in its place.
  12. 2025-04-30: HB 3662 reported favorably as substituted.
  13. 2025-05-13: HB 3662 placed on General State Calendar.
  14. 2025-05-20: HB 1285 read first time in the Senate; referred to Natural Resources. Last action; not enacted.

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