Florida 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 712 — Autonomous Vehicles

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Florida Senate - 2018 SB 712 By Senator Brandes 24-00494E-18 2018712__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to autonomous vehicles;
Florida Senate - 2018 CS for SB 712 By the Committee on Transportation;
and Senator Brandes 596-02448-18 2018712c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to autonomous vehicles;
authorizing the Florida Turnpike Enterprise to fund, construct, and operate test facilities for the advancement of autonomous, connected, and innovative transportation technology solutions for specified purposes;
creating s.
324.033, F.S.;
providing insurance requirements for all fully autonomous vehicles;
authorizing the owner or operator of an autonomous vehicle used for certain purposes to prove financial responsibility by furnishing satisfactory evidence of having certain automobile insurance;
amending s.
627.748, F.S.;
deleting an obsolete provision;
beginning on a specified date, providing that specified insurance requirements apply to all autonomous vehicles used by a transportation network company (TNC) during prearranged rides while the vehicles are being driven by an automated driving system;
53 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
69 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
55 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 316.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
71 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 316.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
(4) The Florida Turnpike Enterprise may fund, construct, and operate test facilities for the advancement of autonomous, connected, and innovative transportation technology solutions for the purposes of improving safety and decreasing congestion for the travelling public and to otherwise advance the enterprise’s objectives under chapter 338.
Section 11. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section 339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
Section 11. Section 324.033, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
324.033 Manner of proving financial responsibility;
autonomous vehicles.— (1) All fully autonomous vehicles must have uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required by s.
627.727, personal injury protection coverage as required by s.
627.736, and liability coverage in the amount of at least $500,000 for combined bodily injury liability and property damage liability or at least:
(a) One hundred thousand for bodily injury to, or the death of, one person in any one accident;
(b) Subject to such limits for one person, $300,000 for bodily injury to, or the death of, two or more persons in any one accident;
and (c) Fifty thousand for damage to, or destruction of, the property of others in any one accident.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the owner or operator of an autonomous vehicle, as defined in s.
316.003(2), used commercially for the pickup or delivery of passengers or goods or for providing other services for compensation, except in the circumstance of a digital network connecting a user to a driver or an autonomous vehicle, may prove financial responsibility by furnishing satisfactory evidence of having automobile insurance that provides all of the following:
(a) Primary automobile liability coverage of at least $2 million for death, bodily injury, and property damage.
(b) Personal injury protection benefits that meet the minimum coverage required under ss.
627.730-627.7405.
(c) Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required by s.
627.727.
Section 12. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section 339.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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Section 12. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 339.64, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
Section 13. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 339.64, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
Section 13. Section 339.83, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
Section 14. Section 339.83, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
Section 14. Subsection (6) of section 627.0653, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
Section 15. Subsection (6) of section 627.0653, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
Section 15. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
Section 16. Subsection (7) of section 627.748, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
627.748 Transportation network companies.— (7) TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY AND TNC DRIVER INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.— (a) Beginning July 1, 2017, A TNC driver or a TNC on behalf of the TNC driver shall maintain primary automobile insurance that:
1. Recognizes that the TNC driver is a TNC driver or otherwise uses a vehicle to transport riders for compensation;
and 2. Covers the TNC driver while the TNC driver is logged on to the digital network of the TNC or while the TNC driver is engaged in a prearranged ride.
(b) The following automobile insurance requirements apply while a participating TNC driver is logged on to the digital network but is not engaged in a prearranged ride:
1. Automobile insurance that provides:
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a. A primary automobile liability coverage of at least $50,000 for death and bodily injury per person, $100,000 for death and bodily injury per incident, and $25,000 for property damage;
b. Personal injury protection benefits that meet the minimum coverage amounts required under ss.
627.730-627.7405;
and c. Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required by s.
627.727.
2. The coverage requirements of this paragraph may be satisfied by any of the following:
a. Automobile insurance maintained by the TNC driver;
b. Automobile insurance maintained by the TNC;
or c. A combination of sub-subparagraphs a.
and b.
(c) The following automobile insurance requirements apply while a TNC driver is engaged in a prearranged ride:
1. Automobile insurance that provides:
a. A primary automobile liability coverage of at least $1 million for death, bodily injury, and property damage;
b. Personal injury protection benefits that meet the minimum coverage amounts required of a limousine under ss.
627.730-627.7405;
and c. Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required by s.
627.727.
2. The coverage requirements of this paragraph may be satisfied by any of the following:
a. Automobile insurance maintained by the TNC driver;
b. Automobile insurance maintained by the TNC;
or c. A combination of sub-subparagraphs a.
and b.
(d) Beginning July 1, 2018, the following insurance requirements apply to all autonomous vehicles, as defined in s.
316.003(2), used by a TNC during prearranged rides while the vehicles are being driven by an automated driving system:
1. Primary automobile liability coverage of at least $1 million for death, bodily injury, and property damage;
2. Personal injury protection benefits that meet the minimum coverage amounts required of a limousine under ss.
627.730-627.7405;
and 3. Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required by s.
627.727.
(e)(d) If the TNC driver’s insurance under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) has lapsed or does not provide the required coverage, the insurance maintained by the TNC must provide the coverage required under this subsection, beginning with the first dollar of a claim, and have the duty to defend such claim.
(f)(e) Coverage under an automobile insurance policy maintained by the TNC must not be dependent on a personal automobile insurer first denying a claim, and a personal automobile insurance policy is not required to first deny a claim.
(g)(f) Insurance required under this subsection must be provided by an insurer authorized to do business in this state which is a member of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association or an eligible surplus lines insurer that has a superior, excellent, exceptional, or equivalent financial strength rating by a rating agency acceptable to the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission.
(h)(g) Insurance satisfying the requirements under this subsection is deemed to satisfy the financial responsibility requirement for a motor vehicle under chapter 324 and the security required under s.
627.733 for any period when the TNC driver is logged onto the digital network or engaged in a prearranged ride.
(i)(h) A TNC driver shall carry proof of coverage satisfying paragraphs (b) and (c) with him or her at all times during his or her use of a TNC vehicle in connection with a digital network.
In the event of an accident, a TNC driver shall provide this insurance coverage information to any party directly involved in the accident or the party’s designated representative, automobile insurers, and investigating police officers.
Proof of financial responsibility may be presented through an electronic device, such as a digital phone application, under s.
316.646.
Upon request, a TNC driver shall also disclose to any party directly involved in the accident or the party’s designated representative, automobile insurers, and investigating police officers whether he or she was logged on to a digital network or was engaged in a prearranged ride at the time of the accident.
(j)(i) If a TNC’s insurer makes a payment for a claim covered under comprehensive coverage or collision coverage, the TNC shall cause its insurer to issue the payment directly to the business repairing the vehicle or jointly to the owner of the vehicle and the primary lienholder on the covered vehicle.
Section 17. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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Action History

  1. Died in Banking and Insurance

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. CS by Transportation read 1st time

  4. Now in Banking and Insurance

  5. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  6. CS by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

  7. On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/25/18, 10:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building

  8. Introduced

  9. Referred to Transportation; Banking and Insurance; Rules

  10. Filed

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  • Brandes · Primary

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SB 712 is sponsored by Brandes.
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This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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