Senate Won’t Vote on Self-Driving Car Bill in 2017: Thune

The Senate’s self-driving vehicle bill will have to wait until 2018, barring any last-minute maneuvers to attach it to what is expected to be a stripped-down continuing resolution, the bill’s author told Bloomberg Government Dec. 20.

The AV START bill ( S. 1885) would create the first national regulatory framework for self-driving vehicle technology being developed by companies like Alphabet Inc., Tesla Inc., and Lyft Inc.

“Right now it looks like whatever ends up being this cleanup vehicle for the end of the year is going to be fairly skinny. So we may need to wait until next year,” ...