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K.T. Safety Act of 2007

Introduced: February 27, 2007 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2008
Became Public Law No: 110-189.
Feb 28, 2008
Signed by President.
Feb 25, 2008
Presented to President.
Feb 15, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Feb 14, 2008
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 14, 2008
Cleared for White House.
Feb 14, 2008
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1083)
Feb 14, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1083)
Jan 22, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 19, 2007
Received in the Senate.
Dec 19, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 19, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H16871-16872)
Dec 19, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H16871-16872)
Dec 19, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1216.
Dec 19, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H16871-16874)
Dec 19, 2007
Mr. Rush moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 18, 2007
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Dec 18, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 28, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Feb 27, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 27, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 19, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 or the K.T. Safety Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking for motor vehicles to require: (1) automatic reversal of direction by power windows and panels when they detect an obstruction; (2) an expanded rearward field of view to prevent backing incidents; and (3) automatic transmissions to have an anti-rollaway system that requires the service brake to be depressed before the transmission can be shifted out of park, which shall function in any starting system key position in which the transmission can be shifted out of park. Requires the Secretary, if it is determined that no additional safety standards are reasonable and appropriate, to: (1) report to Congress the reason such standards were not prescribed; and (2) make available to the public information on which vehicles are or are not equipped with automatic reversal of direction by power windows and panels when they detect an obstruction.

Provides a phase-in period for the power window and rearward visibility provisions.

Requires: (1) motor vehicle manufacturers for each year through 2010 to transmit to the Secretary the make and model of motor vehicles with automatic transmissions that do not have an anti-rollaway system; and (2) the Secretary to make such information available to the public.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain a database of injuries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash motor vehicle events; (2) supplement an existing consumer information program on child safety or create a new program with information about hazards to children in nontraffic, noncrash incident situations; and (3) make such information available to the public.

What's happening now February 28, 2008

Became Public Law No: 110-189.

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