Texas Automated Motor Vehicle Law

Authority type
State Statute
Jurisdiction
Texas
Issuing body
Texas Legislature
Citation
Tex. Transp. Code Ann. ยงยง 545.451 to 545.459; SB 2807, 89th Leg.
Legal status
Statute in Effect (SB 2807 took effect September 1, 2025; commercial driverless authorization became enforceable May 28, 2026).
Effective
Last reviewed

Establishes the Texas framework for automated motor vehicles, including operating conditions, commercial driverless authorization, first responder plans, and limits on local regulation. When the ADS is engaged, it is the statutory operator; traffic citations issue to the owner or, for an authorized operation, the authorization holder. Those rules do not by themselves determine civil liability after an injury.

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