Citation
California Department of Motor Vehicles, Adopted Regulations for Testing of Autonomous Vehicles by Manufacturers (May 19, 2014; eff. Sept. 16, 2014) (full-text).
Overview
The California DMV conducted two public workshops in 2013 related to developing regulations for testing of autonomous vehicles. The proposed regulations were then published in the Office of Administrative Law's California Regulatory Notice Register on November 29, 2013. The publishing marked the start of a 45-day public comment period, which ended on January 13, 2014. After a public hearing held on January 14, 2014, the DMV delivered final testing regulations to the Office of Administrative Law for approval.
The autonomous vehicles testing regulations were adopted on May 19, 2014, and will become effective on September 16, 2014.
A companion document released at the same time is the "Final Statement of Reasons" for the regulations.