Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R15574 SCR-F
2	2	By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2319
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to automobile liability insurance requirements for
10	10	transportation network company drivers.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 1954.051(b), Insurance Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(b) Insurance maintained under this subchapter must allow a
15	15	transportation network company driver to use a personal vehicle to
16	16	transport transportation network company riders for compensation
17	17	and cover the driver while:
18	18	(1) the driver is logged on to the transportation
19	19	network company's digital network as provided by Section 1954.052;
20	20	or
21	21	(2) the driver is engaged in a prearranged ride with a
22	22	transportation network company rider in the vehicle as provided by
23	23	Section 1954.053.
24	24	SECTION 2. Section 1954.052, Insurance Code, is amended to
25	25	read as follows:
26	26	Sec. 1954.052. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS: WITHOUT
27	27	TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY RIDER IN VEHICLE [BETWEEN
28	28	PREARRANGED RIDES]. At the time a transportation network company
29	29	driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital
30	30	network and is available to receive transportation network requests
31	31	but is not engaged in a prearranged ride or is engaged in a
32	32	prearranged ride without a transportation network company rider in
33	33	the vehicle, the automobile insurance policy must provide:
34	34	(1) the following minimum amounts of liability
35	35	insurance coverage:
36	36	(A) $50,000 for bodily injury to or death for
37	37	each person in an incident;
38	38	(B) $100,000 for bodily injury to or death of a
39	39	person per incident; and
40	40	(C) $25,000 for damage to or destruction of
41	41	property of others in an incident;
42	42	(2) uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage where
43	43	required by Section 1952.101; and
44	44	(3) personal injury protection coverage where
45	45	required by Section 1952.152.
46	46	SECTION 3. Section 1954.053, Insurance Code, is amended to
47	47	read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 1954.053. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS: WITH TRANSPORTATION
49	49	NETWORK COMPANY RIDER IN VEHICLE [DURING PREARRANGED RIDES]. At
50	50	the time a transportation network company driver is engaged in a
51	51	prearranged ride with a transportation network company rider in the
52	52	vehicle, the automobile insurance policy must provide, at a
53	53	minimum:
54	54	(1) coverage with a total aggregate limit of liability
55	55	of $1 million for death, bodily injury, and property damage for each
56	56	incident;
57	57	(2) uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage where
58	58	required by Section 1952.101; and
59	59	(3) personal injury protection coverage where
60	60	required by Section 1952.152.
61	61	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
62	62	an automobile insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or
63	63	renewed on or after January 1, 2026. An automobile insurance policy
64	64	delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2026,
65	65	is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
66	66	effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
67	67	that purpose.
68	68	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.