PHASE Act of 2023
Latest action · Oct 27, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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 26, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pedestrian Hazard, Awareness, and Safety Expansion Act of 2023 or the PHASE Act of 2023
This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to take certain actions to improve road safety for pedestrians and vulnerable road users.
Specifically, the bill directs NIST to transmit to DOT potential solutions to improve and enhance traffic control devices using innovative technologies in order to better equip vehicle operators (including bicycles) and protect pedestrians and vulnerable road users.
In addition, DOT must establish a grant program to provide grants to cities, Indian tribes, and municipalities to implement infrastructure that improves pedestrian safety (e.g., innovative technology for crosswalks, expanded buffer zones, and upgraded highway traffic signals).
DOT must also carry out a study on developing physical alternatives to better protect pedestrians and vulnerable road users from traffic incidents.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2023 to May 21, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Oct 26, 2023 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Nov 2, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 2, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 2, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 14, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | May 21, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2023 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Oct 27, 2023 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Oct 26, 2023Introduced in House
- Oct 26, 2023Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 177, October 26, 2023, page H5176.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-68 | EXAMINING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA108 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 24, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-729 | EXAMINING THE ROADWAY SAFETY CRISIS AND HIGHLIGHTING COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS139 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 21, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Secretary of Transportation to take certain actions to develop physical alternatives to better protect pedestrians and vulnerable road users against traffic incidents, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PHASE Act of 2023
- Pedestrian Hazard, Awareness, and Safety Expansion Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2023Introduced in House
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.
