She DRIVES Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 21, 2025
Last action Jul 31, 2025
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jul 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-56.
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Deb Fischer
RRepublican
Co
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
Co
John W. Hickenlooper
DDemocratic
Co
Katie Boyd Britt
RRepublican
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
Co
Patty Murray
DDemocratic
Co
Peter Welch
DDemocratic
Co
Raphael G. Warnock
DDemocratic
Co
Shelley Moore Capito
RRepublican
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