Vehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's effectiveness is contingent upon the repeal and lack of replacement of a federal order, which introduces uncertainty.

Crash Reporting Rules for Advanced Driver Systems

The bill requires manufacturers of Level 2 ADAS vehicles to report crashes involving their vehicles within five days and imposes penalties for non-compliance, provided that a specific federal order is repealed.

What This Bill Does

• Requires car makers who make Level 2 ADAS cars to tell the Department of Motor Vehicles about any crash that happens with those cars if certain conditions are met.
• Makes the Department of Motor Vehicles put this crash information on their website, but they must keep private business and personal details secret.
• Sends the crash data to federal agencies like NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board.
• Imposes a fine of $27,874 per day for each time a car maker does not report a crash as required.

Who It Names or Affects

• Manufacturers who make Level 2 ADAS vehicles
• The Department of Motor Vehicles
• Federal agencies like NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board

Terms To Know

Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS)

A type of car technology that helps drivers by controlling speed, steering, and braking in certain situations.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

A federal agency that sets safety standards for vehicles and investigates vehicle-related crashes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only works if the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01 is repealed and not replaced with similar rules.
• It does not specify what happens if federal crash reporting requirements change.

Official Summary Text

SB 572, as amended, Gonzalez.
Vehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.
Existing law regulates vehicles, including autonomous vehicles and autonomous technology in vehicles. Under existing federal statute and regulation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01, effective June 16, 2025, that requires specified vehicle and equipment manufacturers and operators of autonomous driving systems and Level 2 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) vehicles to report crashes to NHTSA, as specified. A violation of the Vehicle Code is an infraction.
This bill would require a manufacturer of a Level 2 ADAS vehicle to report a crash involving its Level 2 ADAS vehicle to the Department of Motor Vehicles, including reporting the crash, as defined, within 5 days of the crash, as specified, if specified conditions pertaining to the crash are met. The bill would
require the department to post this crash data on its internet website, as specified, and to transmit this data to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, as specified. The bill would prohibit the department from publishing any proprietary business information, including any personally identifiable information, when posting crash data on its internet website and would make this information confidential and not subject to disclosure under certain public records provisions. The bill would impose a civil penalty of $27,874 per violation per day on a manufacturer that fails to report a crash pursuant to these provisions. The bill would be operative only if the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01 is repealed and not replaced with another general order, a federal statute, or a federal regulation that is consistent with the repealed General Order, as determined by the Director of Motor Vehicles.
Existing
constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
By expanding the application of a crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Current Bill Text

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