HB 1065 Summary

• Requires legislative management to study what current North Dakota laws need to be changed to accommodate introduction or testing of automated motor vehicles during the 2015-16 interim.

• Defines "automated motor vehicle" as a vehicle capable of full automation as defined by Society of Automotive Engineers standard J3016, section 5.6 (January 2014).

• Study may include research on how automated motor vehicles could reduce traffic fatalities and crashes by reducing driver error and how they could reduce congestion and improve fuel economy.

• Legislative management must report findings, recommendations, and any required legislation to the sixty-fifth legislative assembly.

• Passed by House vote of 88-2 with 4 absent and Senate vote of 40-6 with 1 absent.