California 2021 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB1398 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/18/2022

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1398Introduced by Senator GonzalezFebruary 18, 2022 An act relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1398, as introduced, Gonzalez. Vehicles: consumer notices.Existing law requires any new motor vehicles sold in the state to have certain notices to the consumer either affixed to the vehicle or provided to the buyer.Existing law regulates autonomous vehicles equipped with technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without the active physical control or monitoring by a human operator. Under existing law, this does not include collision avoidance systems, including, but not limited to, electronic blind spot assistance, automated emergency braking systems, park assist, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, traffic jam and queuing assist, or other similar systems that enhance safety or provide driver assistance, but are not capable, collectively or singularly, of driving the vehicle without the active control or monitoring of a human operator.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring consumer notices regarding these semiautonomous driver assistance features.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring new vehicles sold to include consumer notices regarding semiautonomous driver assistance features.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1398Introduced by Senator GonzalezFebruary 18, 2022 An act relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1398, as introduced, Gonzalez. Vehicles: consumer notices.Existing law requires any new motor vehicles sold in the state to have certain notices to the consumer either affixed to the vehicle or provided to the buyer.Existing law regulates autonomous vehicles equipped with technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without the active physical control or monitoring by a human operator. Under existing law, this does not include collision avoidance systems, including, but not limited to, electronic blind spot assistance, automated emergency braking systems, park assist, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, traffic jam and queuing assist, or other similar systems that enhance safety or provide driver assistance, but are not capable, collectively or singularly, of driving the vehicle without the active control or monitoring of a human operator.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring consumer notices regarding these semiautonomous driver assistance features.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill 

No. 1398

Introduced by Senator GonzalezFebruary 18, 2022

Introduced by Senator Gonzalez
February 18, 2022

 An act relating to vehicles. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1398, as introduced, Gonzalez. Vehicles: consumer notices.

Existing law requires any new motor vehicles sold in the state to have certain notices to the consumer either affixed to the vehicle or provided to the buyer.Existing law regulates autonomous vehicles equipped with technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without the active physical control or monitoring by a human operator. Under existing law, this does not include collision avoidance systems, including, but not limited to, electronic blind spot assistance, automated emergency braking systems, park assist, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, traffic jam and queuing assist, or other similar systems that enhance safety or provide driver assistance, but are not capable, collectively or singularly, of driving the vehicle without the active control or monitoring of a human operator.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring consumer notices regarding these semiautonomous driver assistance features.

Existing law requires any new motor vehicles sold in the state to have certain notices to the consumer either affixed to the vehicle or provided to the buyer.

Existing law regulates autonomous vehicles equipped with technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without the active physical control or monitoring by a human operator. Under existing law, this does not include collision avoidance systems, including, but not limited to, electronic blind spot assistance, automated emergency braking systems, park assist, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, traffic jam and queuing assist, or other similar systems that enhance safety or provide driver assistance, but are not capable, collectively or singularly, of driving the vehicle without the active control or monitoring of a human operator.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring consumer notices regarding these semiautonomous driver assistance features.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring new vehicles sold to include consumer notices regarding semiautonomous driver assistance features.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring new vehicles sold to include consumer notices regarding semiautonomous driver assistance features.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring new vehicles sold to include consumer notices regarding semiautonomous driver assistance features.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring new vehicles sold to include consumer notices regarding semiautonomous driver assistance features.

### SECTION 1.