Texas bill prohibits public safety director from requiring electronic logging devices in intrastate commercial vehicles

Original title: Relating to the authority of the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules requiring the use and installation of intrastate commercial motor vehicle electronic logging devices.

Last action · March 11, 2025: Referred to TransportationSponsors: Wes Virdell and 16 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Official description

Relating to the authority of the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules requiring the use and installation of intrastate commercial motor vehicle electronic logging devices.

Why it matters

Exempts operators from mandatory requirements, altering regulatory compliance obligations for local trucking and agricultural transport businesses.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

intrastate commercial motor vehicle operators

Operators are exempt from any future rule requiring the use and installation of electronic logging devices in commercial motor vehicles used only for intrastate commerce.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does this bill require commercial drivers to use electronic logging devices?

No. The bill explicitly prohibits the public safety director from requiring s to record duty status or be installed in commercial motor vehicles used only for intrastate commerce.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

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Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to Transportation
Mar 11, 2025HouseIntroduced
Read first time
Nov 18, 2024HouseIntroduced
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