Senate Transportation held its August 25th hearing on how driverless vehicles are being deployed under SB 2807
The Senate Committee on Transportation posted notice of a public hearing for August 25th, 2026 in the Capitol. One of three interim charges covers the deployment of autonomous vehicle technology authorized by SB 2807 of the 89th Session. It reaches the rules adopted by the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Licensing and Regulation. The charge directs the committee to quantify the impact on traffic related collisions. The committee will hear invited and public testimony.
How to take part
The hearing was held at 9:00 AM on August 25th, 2026 in hearing room E1.016 at the Capitol in Austin, and the committee's own page carries the recording. The door to testify has closed. The committee has published no recommendations on the charge.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- hearing
Public hearing, 9:00 AM, hearing room E1.016
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-20
Admitted. The Legislature's own notice carries the charge, the date, the room and the terms on which a member of the public may be heard.
- 2026-08-21
Checked and unchanged. The Legislature's own upcoming meetings listing still carries the Transportation Committee for 9:00 AM on Tuesday, August 25th, 2026 in hearing room E1.016. The autonomous vehicle charge under SB 2807 still stands, and it still directs the committee to quantify the impact on traffic related collisions.
- 2026-08-22
Checked and unchanged. The Senate notice still sets the hearing for 9:00 AM on August 25th, 2026 in hearing room E1.016. The autonomous vehicle charge still asks the committee to quantify the impact on traffic related collisions.
- 2026-08-23
Checked and unchanged. The Senate's own upcoming meetings listing still sets the Transportation hearing for 9:00 AM on August 25th in hearing room E1.016. It does not mark that hearing canceled where it marks another committee's meeting the same day canceled.
- 2026-08-26
The hearing was held. The committee's own page now carries August 25th, 2026 in its archive of recorded meetings. The Legislature's upcoming listing no longer shows it, which is what that page does once a date passes. What the committee concluded is unconfirmed, because its minutes and witness list are published only under a directory this project does not fetch.
- 2026-08-29
Checked and unchanged. The hearing was held and the committee's own page still carries it in the archive of recorded meetings. What the committee concluded on the driverless charge is still unconfirmed, because its minutes and witness list sit under a directory this project does not fetch.
- 2026-09-02
The August 25th hearing was held and the committee's own page carries its recording. The interim charge on autonomous vehicle deployment under SB 2807 is unchanged, and the committee has published no recommendations yet.
- 2026-09-05
The August 25th hearing has been held and the Legislature's upcoming meetings listing no longer carries it, which is what a past sitting looks like on that page. What the committee concluded on the driverless charge is still unconfirmed.
- 2026-09-08
Senate Transportation's August sitting on driverless vehicle deployment is now in the committee's own video archive, and the committee has published no report from it. The state's list of upcoming Senate meetings no longer carries the hearing, because that list only ever shows what is still to come.
- 2026-09-09
The August 25th transportation hearing has now dropped off the chamber's list of upcoming meetings, which carries only what is still ahead. The hearing notice itself is still posted and the committee has published nothing since it sat.
- 2026-09-12
The August 25th transportation hearing is off the chamber's list of upcoming meetings, which carries only what is still ahead. The committee has published no report and no further sitting.
- 2026-09-13
The transportation committee's interim hearing on driverless deployment now sits in the chamber's video archive rather than on its list of what is ahead. The committee has posted nothing further on the subject.
- 2026-09-16
The transportation committee's hearing on driverless deployment now sits in the committee's own permanent meeting archive, which is where a held hearing goes. The committee has published no report out of it, so the interim charge is still open.
- 2026-09-19
The committee has published no report out of the August hearing on driverless deployment. Its own archive still lists the sitting, and what the posted notice said about the charge is unconfirmed.
- 2026-09-24
The committee has still published no report from its August hearing on driverless deployment.
- 2026-09-27
The committee's own page still lists the August hearing and still links no report from it.
- 2026-09-30
The committee's page still lists the August 25th hearing, and no report from it has been posted.
- 2026-10-03
The committee's page still lists the August hearing on driverless vehicles. No report from it has been posted.
- 2026-10-06
The committee's page still lists the August hearing on driverless vehicles. No report out of that hearing has been posted.
- 2026-10-09
The Senate committee page still lists its August hearing on driverless vehicles. No report from it has been posted.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Studying the Deployment of Autonomous Vehicle Technology: Study the deployment of autonomous vehicle technology as authorized by SB 2807, (89th Session), including rule-making adopted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Quantify the impact on traffic-related collisions.Senate, Notice of Public Hearing, Committee on Transportation, August 25th, 2026 Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 15 copies to the committee clerk with your name on each copy.Senate, Notice of Public Hearing, Committee on Transportation, August 25th, 2026 Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
TIME & DATE: 9:00 AM, Tuesday, August 25, 2026Senate, Notice of Public Hearing, Committee on Transportation, August 25th, 2026, header Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
PLACE: E1.016 (Hearing Room)Senate, Notice of Public Hearing, Committee on Transportation, August 25th, 2026, header Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
August 25, 2026 9:00 AMTexas Legislature Online, Upcoming Senate Committee Meetings Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
Study the deployment of autonomous vehicle technology as authorized by SB 2807Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Interim Hearings, Week of August 24th, 2026 Primary source, official · lrl.texas.gov
including rule-making adopted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Quantify the impact on traffic-related collisions.Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Interim Hearings, Week of August 24th, 2026 Primary source, official · lrl.texas.gov
Committee on Transportation (C640)Texas Legislature Online, Upcoming Senate Committee Meetings Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
Video/Audio — Archives 89th Session Interim August 25, 2026Senate Committee on Transportation, committee page Primary source, official · senate.texas.gov
Studying the Deployment of Autonomous Vehicle Technology: Study the deployment of autonomous vehicle technology as authorized by SB 2807, (89th Session), including rule-making adopted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.Senate Committee on Transportation, interim charges Primary source, official · senate.texas.gov
August 25, 2026Texas Senate, Committee on Transportation Primary source, official · senate.texas.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The Senate Committee on Transportation posted notice of a public hearing for August 25th, 2026 in the Capitol. One of three interim charges covers the deployment of autonomous vehicle technology authorized by SB 2807 of the 89th Session. It reaches the rules adopted by the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Licensing and Regulation. The charge directs the committee to quantify the impact on traffic related collisions. The committee will hear invited and public testimony.
Who decides it?
Texas Senate Committee on Transportation decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The hearing was held at 9:00 AM on August 25th, 2026 in hearing room E1.016 at the Capitol in Austin, and the committee's own page carries the recording. The door to testify has closed. The committee has published no recommendations on the charge.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It applies statewide.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on August 25th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is August 25th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under state policy.
What sources back it?
Four sources back it. Four of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
No. It sits outside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on October 9th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Senate Transportation held its August 25th hearing on how driverless vehicles are being deployed under SB 2807. Tracked since August 20th, 2026. Last verified October 9th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0077/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0077.
Beat
Filed under State policy, with every other decision on that beat.