Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 13, 2025 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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2025
This bill allows for the use of a pulsating light system for vehicle braking.
Specifically, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108 (Standard 108) must be deemed to allow for the use of a pulsating light system on covered vehicles (i.e., passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, trailers, and motorcycles). The Department of Transportation must issue regulations to update Standard 108 to (1) include performance-based standards for pulsating light systems, and (2) allow for the use of the systems on motor vehicles.
As background, Standard 108 regulates all automotive lighting, signaling, and reflective devices. Under the bill, a pulsating light system includes a system for a high-mounted stop lamp in which the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than 1.2 seconds when the brake of the vehicle is applied and then converts to a continuous light (as a normal stop lamp) until the brake is released.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2025 to Apr 30, 2026; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-GA | Mike Collins | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Apr 9, 2025 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Apr 9, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Addison P. McDowell | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | May 15, 2025 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | May 20, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | May 29, 2025 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | May 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Adam Gray | Dec 23, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 13, 2026 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Apr 30, 2026 |
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 Feb 13, 2025 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Feb 13, 2025 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2025Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- Feb 13, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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. 171, no. 30, February 13, 2025, page H712.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation of pulsating light systems for high-mounted stop lamps, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
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