S161Reported by Committee
She DRIVES Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-21
Introduced
13
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Deb Fischer
Republican · NE · Senator
Votes with party: 34.5% (322 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/F000463
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (13)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)Original· 2025-01-21
- Patty Murray (D-WA)Original· 2025-01-21
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)Original· 2025-01-21
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)· 2025-02-03
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)· 2025-02-03
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)· 2025-02-03
- Peter Welch (D-VT)· 2025-02-03
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)· 2025-02-03
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)· 2025-02-03
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)· 2025-04-07
- Steve Daines (R-MT)· 2025-04-07
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)· 2026-03-05
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)· 2026-03-05
Latest Action
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 141.
2025-07-31
Source: Congress.gov
Plain-English Summary
She Develops Regulations In Vehicle Equality and Safety Act or the She DRIVES Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to revise motor vehicle safety standards to require the use of certain anthropomorphic test devices (i.e., crash test dummies) and testing on female crash test dummies. Specifically, DOT must issue final rules to revise the current testing regulations to include specific adult male and adult female frontal impact and side impact crash test dummies. The final rules must establish or update the testing injury criteria based on real-world injuries and the greatest potential to increase safety. The injury criteria must include head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, upper leg, and lower leg criteria for the crash test dummies. The final rules must also establish crashworthiness frontal and side impact tests for adult female occupants in all front seating positions that are currently tested for adult male occupants (as of the date of the bill's enactment). Further, DOT must promulgate a final decision notice to update the testing procedures for the New Car Assessment Program of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require the use of these crash test dummies for frontal and side impact crashworthiness testing. Finally, DOT must submit reports to Congress that, among other things, identify timelines for DOT to incorporate additional types of crash test dummies into the regulations and identify testing devices used in other countries for similar crashworthiness standards.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Transportation and Public Works
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