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Rep. Matt McPherson advances bill to update autonomous-vehicle definitions; committee moves bill forward
Summary
Rep. Matt McPherson said the first substitute to HB 581 narrows the bill to update level 3–5 autonomous-vehicle definitions and send RFIs to vendors; the committee passed the bill out with the sponsor pledging to remove language that would create a funded GOEO account.
Representative Matt McPherson presented a narrowed first substitute to HB 581 that, he said, is intended primarily to update state code to match federal definitions for level 3, 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles and to send requests for information (RFIs) through UDOT to gather technical and vendor input.
"All this bill does now is it updates some of our definitions when it comes to level 3, level 4, and level 5 autonomous vehicles," McPherson told the committee, saying the change was largely future-looking because most of the technology is not yet deployed on Utah roads. He said the RFIs will inform what infrastructure, liability and safety…
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