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She DRIVES Act

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Fischer, Deb Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov

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Jul 31, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 141.

Jul 31, 2025

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.

Feb 5, 2025

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Jan 21, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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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.

What's happening now July 31, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 141.

Hearings & markups 1

Business meeting to consider S.93, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to ad…
Meeting Feb 5, 2025 · 10:00 AM EST · Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 28

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

CARPI & CLAY, INC
for WOMEN DRIVE TOO · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
DRIVE ACTION FUND
for DRIVE ACTION FUND · Maine · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)
for TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC (TMA) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)
for TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC (TMA) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
FORBES-TATE
for AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026