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DMV and CPUC outline expanded reporting and enforcement as AV rulemaking advances
Summary
State regulators told the Transportation Committee the DMV is finalizing a new rulemaking package to add reporting (vehicle immobilizations, system failures) and enforcement tools for AVs while the CPUC is strengthening permit, reporting and passenger‑safety requirements for autonomous passenger service.
Representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the California Public Utilities Commission told senators they are updating regulatory frameworks to address operational and safety issues raised in the hearing.
Bernard Soriano, deputy director at the DMV, said California began regulating AVs in 2014 and has developed a "coordinated end to end framework for vehicle operation and passenger service." Miguel Acosta, the DMV’s chief of autonomous vehicles, described the department’s pending fourth rulemaking: it would expand…
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