California regulators have changed course and opened a pathway for the public to get self-driving cars that have no steering wheels or pedals.

It will not happen immediately — automakers and tech companies are still testing prototypes.

But the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles said in a revision of draft regulations released late Friday that the most advanced self-driving cars would no longer be required to have a licensed driver if federal officials deemed them safe enough.

The redrafted regulations will be the subject of a public hearing on Oct. 19 in Sacramento.

The department has been wrestling for several years with how to oversee the emerging technology.

In December, the agency released an initial draft of regulations for self-driving cars, which required the presence of a licensed driver in any self-driving vehicle.