_Regulation · Operational restriction_

# 13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26 — Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment

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- **Jurisdiction:** [California](/locations/california.md) — id `fdf937a9-5eeb-4e8d-a514-ef860b351b30`
- **Kind:** `operational_restriction`
- **Status (derived):** in_effect
- **Effective:** 2018-04-02

Governs vehicles excluded from autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment. As amended (effective April 28, 2026, OAL File 2025-0415-04), removes California's prohibition on operating autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds or greater — creating a regulatory path for heavy-duty/commercial AV testing and deployment — while continuing to exclude household movers, transport of passengers, oversize loads, hazardous materials, and bulk liquids requiring a tank endorsement.

## Sources (3)

1. **OAL Notice Register 2025 No. 17-Z (Apr 25, 2025) — DMV Autonomous Vehicles, Notice of Proposed Action (OAL File Z2025-0415-04): Informative Digest describing removal of the 10,001-lb prohibition (§ 227.26)** · https://oal.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/166/2025/04/2025-Notice-Register-No.-17-Z-April-25-2025.pdf · 2025-04-25
2. **California DMV adopted regulatory text — 13 CCR Article 3.7 (Testing of Autonomous Vehicles), OAL File 2025-0415-04, effective April 28, 2026** · https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/adopted-regulatory-text-article-3-7-2025-0415-04-pdf · 2026-04-28
3. **Cornell LII — 13 CCR § 227.26 (section number/title verification; shows pre-amendment text)** · https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/13-CCR-227.26

## Status history

- **in_effect** · 2018-04-02 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5b status-event pass)
    - California AV regulation (Title 13 CCR); current canonical, in effect (framework effective Apr 2, 2018). Baseline status event.

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