HR 4708 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

SAFE Limos Act

Introduced Oct 16, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Paul Tonko D-NY

Latest action · Oct 31, 2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8682)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 16, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safety, Accountability, and Federal Enforcement of Limos Act of 2019 or the SAFE Limos Act

This bill establishes safety standards for stretch limousines.

Among other requirements, the bill requires

safety belts to be installed in stretch limousines with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds at each designated seating position, including on side-facing seats;
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and issue guidelines, best practices, and recommendations to assist stretch limousine alterers develop and administer a vehicle modifier plan;
DOT to complete research into side impact protection, roof crush resistance, and air bag systems for the protection of occupants in stretch limousines given alternative seating positions or interior configurations, including perimeter seating arrangements;
stretch limousine operators to disclose (1) the date of the most recent inspection of the limousine required under state or federal law, (2) the results of the inspection, and (3) any corrective actions taken to ensure the limousine passes inspection; and
the use of event data recorders in stretch limousines.

Cosponsors 98

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 16, 2019 to Jun 22, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Antonio Delgado	Original	Oct 16, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Oct 16, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Oct 18, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 18, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Oct 18, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Oct 21, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Oct 22, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Oct 22, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Oct 22, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Oct 22, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Oct 22, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Oct 22, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Oct 22, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Oct 22, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Oct 22, 2019
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Oct 30, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Oct 30, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Oct 30, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		Oct 30, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Oct 30, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Oct 30, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng		Oct 30, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Oct 30, 2019
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Oct 30, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Oct 30, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Oct 30, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		Oct 30, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Oct 30, 2019
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Oct 31, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster		Nov 8, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Nov 8, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Nov 8, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Nov 8, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi		Nov 8, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Nov 8, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Nov 8, 2019
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Nov 8, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Nov 8, 2019
D-IL	Sean Casten		Nov 8, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Nov 15, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Nov 18, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jan 7, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jan 9, 2020
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jan 9, 2020
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jan 14, 2020
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Jan 14, 2020
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jan 14, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jan 14, 2020
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jan 14, 2020
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Jan 14, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jan 14, 2020
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jan 17, 2020
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jan 17, 2020
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jan 17, 2020
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jan 17, 2020
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jan 17, 2020
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jan 17, 2020
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jan 17, 2020
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jan 17, 2020
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jan 17, 2020
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Feb 10, 2020
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Feb 10, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Feb 10, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Feb 10, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Feb 10, 2020
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Feb 10, 2020
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Feb 10, 2020
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Feb 10, 2020
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Feb 10, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Feb 10, 2020
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Feb 12, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Feb 12, 2020
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Feb 12, 2020
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Feb 27, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		Feb 27, 2020
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Mar 4, 2020
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 4, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter		Mar 4, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 4, 2020
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 5, 2020
D-CA	Karen Bass		Mar 5, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Mar 9, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Mar 9, 2020
D-PA	Susan Wild		Mar 9, 2020
D-IN	André Carson		Mar 12, 2020
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Mar 12, 2020
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 12, 2020
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Mar 12, 2020
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 12, 2020
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 12, 2020
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Jun 11, 2020
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jun 11, 2020
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jun 11, 2020
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Jun 18, 2020
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jun 18, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jun 18, 2020
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jun 18, 2020
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jun 22, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Oct 16, 2019
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred Oct 17, 2019

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 31, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8682)
Oct 17, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Oct 16, 2019Introduced in House
Oct 16, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H8682	Paul Tonko D-NY	Oct 31, 2019

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H8720-H8721] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Ms. WEXTON: H.R. 4971. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch. H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin. H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright. H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence. H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks. H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond. H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett. H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton. H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford. H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui. H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia. H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin of Michigan. H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson. H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader. H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Dean, and Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone. H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris. H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Byrne. H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence. H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating. H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut. H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley. H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng. H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas. H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell. H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria. H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio. H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert. H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy. H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon. H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer. H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires. H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama. H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois. H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia. H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne. H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin. H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer. H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and Mr. Arrington. H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico. H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei. H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky. H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski. H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson. H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California. H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda. H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer. H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio. H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters. H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross. H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 173, October 31, 2019.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2606	SAFE Limos Act	Identical bill	Oct 16, 2019

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To establish safety standards for certain limousines, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: SAFE Limos Act; Safety, Accountability, and Federal Enforcement of Limos Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 16, 2019Introduced in House

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