Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2020 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act
This bill requires grant recipients under the public transportation safety program who operate a fixed route bus service to (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program.
DOT shall require grant recipients who operates a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that is not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration to (1) develop a risk reduction program for assaults on rail workers to improve safety by reducing the number and severity of assaults on such workers; (2) submit the program to DOT for review and approval; and (3) implement the approved program.
A grant recipient shall report to DOT any information on each assault on a transit worker for inclusion in the National Transit Database.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2019 to Feb 24, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 11, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Mar 14, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | May 6, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 6, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | May 6, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | May 20, 2019 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jun 26, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2019Hearings Feb 25, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2020Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-427.
- Feb 25, 2020Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
- Feb 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-427 | SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STAKEHOLDERS' PERSPECTIVES272 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Feb 25, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1139 | Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act | Identical bill | Feb 12, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
