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Committee adopts amendment, pauses final action on bill to centralize fleet telematics under TSS pending fiscal analysis
Summary
Committee adopted an amendment narrowing an exemption for telematics, discussed privacy and cost concerns, and paused final action after a request for a fiscal impact statement; the bill would require telematics (GPS) on cabinet-level state vehicles and consolidate fleet management under the Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS).
Representative Clowney introduced an amendment to the bill that would change the law’s enumerated exemptions for telematics to a categorical exemption for vehicles “owned by a cabinet level department of the executive branch of state government and used for law enforcement,” saying the change would capture agencies the drafters previously missed. The committee adopted that amendment by voice vote.
Clowney and TSS staff described the bill as part of a larger fleet‑management effort to centralize vehicle oversight under the Department of Transformation and Shared Services and to require telematics (GPS or global navigation devices) on cabinet‑level state vehicles by a future date. Courtney Traylor, chief of staff at TSS, told the committee that all 15 cabinet departments own vehicles and that some departments assign vehicles to individuals who travel frequently.
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