California Department of Motor Vehicles

Rule Changes

Will implement SB 1246 rules for autonomous vehicles

Fleet Week ended October 11, and the city's geofence on robotaxis along the northern waterfront was lifted with it. For three days, Waymo and Zoox could not pick up or drop off riders between the Marina and the Embarcadero, and the Presidio had no autonomous service at all.

Updated Oct 28

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Published barcode verification key and open-source verifier

New York and Virginia sign their driver's license barcodes cryptographically but never published the verification keys, so only their DMVs could check authenticity. A security researcher just derived both keys mathematically from the signatures themselves. Now anyone can build a verifier without state cooperation.

Updated Sep 17