SELF DRIVE Act / AV START Act — Federal AV Legislation (Died in Senate 2017-2018)
The SELF DRIVE Act passed the House in 2017 but died in the Senate. The companion AV START Act was introduced in the Senate in 2017 but never advanced. Both bills would have established a federal framework for autonomous vehicle testing and deployment, preempting state safety regulations. The failure left AV regulation fragmented at the state level.
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