00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 217(CRA) 01 "An Act regulating autonomous vehicles; and providing for an effective date." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03  * Section 1. AS 28.90 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read:  04 Sec. 28.90.050. Autonomous vehicles. (a) An autonomous vehicle registered 05 in this state must meet federal standards and regulations for a motor vehicle operated 06 on a public highway. 07 (b) An autonomous vehicle registered in this state may not be engaged in the 08 transport of interstate commerce, goods, or passengers unless 09 (1) the transport is for personal, noncommercial use, has a gross 10 vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less, and is designed to transport not more than 16 11 passengers, including the driver; or 12 (2) a human safety operator is physically present in the vehicle and has 13 the ability to monitor and intervene in the vehicle's performance, including operating 14 or shutting off the vehicle. 15 (c) A human safety operator must meet federal and state requirements for 01 operating autonomous and nonautonomous vehicles. 02 (d) In a civil action regarding a motor vehicle accident involving an 03 autonomous vehicle, percentage of fault and apportionment of damages shall be 04 determined under AS 09.17.080. 05 (e) The requirements of this section do not apply to a personal delivery device 06 that 07 (1) is electrically powered; 08 (2) is operated on a sidewalk or path within the right-of-way of a 09 highway; 10 (3) is intended primarily to transport property; 11 (4) weighs less than 120 pounds, excluding cargo; 12 (5) has a maximum speed of 10 miles per hour; and 13 (6) is equipped with technology to allow for operation of the device 14 with or without the active control or monitoring of an operator who monitors or 15 exercises direct physical control over the navigation system and operation of the 16 device. 17 (f) In this section, 18 (1) "autonomous technology" does not include collision avoidance 19 systems, electronic blind spot assistance, automated emergency braking systems, park 20 assist, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist or lane departure warning systems, 21 traffic jam and queuing assist, or other systems that enhance safety or provide driver 22 assistance that are not capable, singularly or collectively, of driving the vehicle 23 without the active control or monitoring of a human safety operator; 24 (2) "autonomous vehicle" means a vehicle equipped with autonomous 25 technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without active physical control or 26 monitoring by a human safety operator that has been integrated into that vehicle and is 27 considered to have conditional driving automation, high driving automation, or full 28 driving automation; 29 (3) "conditional driving automation" means the sustained and 30 operational design domain-specific performance by an automated driving system of 31 the entire dynamic driving task with the expectation that the dynamic driving task 01 fallback human safety operator is receptive to an automated driving system-issued 02 request to intervene, as well as to dynamic driving task performance-relevant system 03 failures in other vehicle systems, and will respond appropriately; 04 (4) "dynamic driving task" includes all real-time operational and 05 tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in traffic, but does not include trip 06 scheduling, the selection of destinations and waypoints, and other strategic functions; 07 (5) "dynamic driving task fallback" means the response by the human 08 safety operator to perform the dynamic driving task or achieve a stable, stopped 09 condition in order to reduce the risk of a crash after a dynamic driving task system 10 failure, an operational design domain exit, or a response by the automated driving 11 system; 12 (6) "full driving automation" means the sustained and unconditional 13 performance by an automated driving system of the entire dynamic driving task and 14 dynamic driving task fallback without any expectation that a fallback human safety 15 operator will need to intervene; 16 (7) "high driving automation" means the sustained and operational 17 design domain-specific performance by an automated driving system of the entire 18 dynamic driving task and dynamic driving task fallback without any expectation that a 19 fallback human safety operator will need to intervene; 20 (8) "operational design domain" includes the environmental, 21 geographical, and time-of-day restrictions, presence or absence of roadway or traffic 22 characteristics, and other operating conditions under which a given driving automation 23 system or feature is specifically designed to function. 24  * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).