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S. 2812 119th Congress Senate

Brake for Kids Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a national public safety messaging campaign relating to the dangers of illegal passing of stopped school buses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 16, 2025 Introduced by: Todd Young Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works
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Sep 16, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 16, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Brake for Kids Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to carry out a national public safety campaign on the dangers of illegally passing stopped school buses. Specifically, the campaign must increase awareness and education about the issue through a variety of media, including television, radio, and social media advertising.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 5

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

  • PRIME POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • PRIME POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • PRIME POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • PRIME POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • PRIME POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 2026
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Sep 16, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2812: Brake for Kids Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2812/
MLA
"S. 2812: Brake for Kids Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2812/.
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S. 2812, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2812/.
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[S. 2812: Brake for Kids Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2812/)
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