This chapter applies only to an action or arbitration proceeding in which:

1. (1) a transportation network company is a defendant;
2. (2) the claimant seeks recovery of damages for loss of property, bodily injury, or death;
3. (3) the claim for which the action or proceeding is brought arises out of the ownership, use, operation, or possession of a network vehicle while the vehicle's driver or passenger was logged on to a transportation network company's digital network; and

4. (4) the theory of recovery for which damages are sought against the transportation network company is based on:

   1. (A) the ownership, operation, design, manufacture, or maintenance of a digital network accessed by a driver or passenger; or
   2. (B) the relationship, affiliation, or interaction with a driver logged on to a transportation network company's digital network.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 318 (H.B. 1745), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.