1. (a) Before a delivery network company authorizes an individual to access the company's digital network as a delivery person, the company must:

   1. (1) confirm that the individual:

      1. (A) is at least 18 years of age; and

      2. (B) maintains:

         1. (i) valid government-issued photo identification; or
         2. (ii) if the individual indicates an intention to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, a valid driver's license issued by this state or another state;

   2. (2) conduct, or cause to be conducted, a local, state, and national criminal background check for the individual that includes the use of:

      1. (A) a commercial multistate and multijurisdiction criminal records locator or other similar commercial nationwide database; and
      2. (B) the national sex offender public website maintained by the United States Department of Justice or a successor agency; and
   3. (3) if the individual indicates an intention to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, obtain and review the individual's driving record.

2. (b) A delivery network company may not permit an individual to log in as a delivery person on the company's digital network if:

   1. (1) the individual has been convicted in the preceding seven-year period of any of the following:

      1. (A) driving while intoxicated under Section 49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code;
      2. (B) use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony;
      3. (C) a felony crime involving property damage;
      4. (D) fraud;
      5. (E) theft;
      6. (F) an act of violence; or
      7. (G) an act of terrorism;
   2. (2) the individual is found to be registered in the national sex offender public website maintained by the United States Department of Justice or a successor agency; or

   3. (3) for an individual who is authorized to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, the individual has been convicted in the three-year period preceding the issue date of the driving record obtained under Subsection (a)(3) of:

      1. (A) more than four offenses classified by the Department of Public Safety as moving violations; or

      2. (B) one or more of the following offenses:

         1. (i) fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer under Section 545.421, Transportation Code;
         2. (ii) reckless driving under Section 545.401, Transportation Code;
         3. (iii) driving without a valid driver's license under Section 521.025, Transportation Code; or
         4. (iv) driving with an invalid driver's license under Section 521.457, Transportation Code.
3. (c) A delivery network company shall conduct or cause to be conducted a criminal background check before authorizing a delivery person to access the company's digital network.
4. (d) A delivery network company shall restrict a delivery person's access to the company's digital network at the request of law enforcement or on receipt of a court order.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (H.B. 4215), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2025.