On December 12, 2017, Senator Gillibrand, Senator Rubio, Congressman Cohen, and Congressman DeSaulnier introduced the STOP Underrides! Bill as a bipartisan/bicameral effort to end preventable truck underride tragedies. Since that day, additional legislators have joined with them to co-sponsor this life-saving legislation.

Information on the bill — including bill text, co-sponsors, and legislative activity — can be found here: 

• Senate version of the bill: S.2219 – Stop Underrides Act of 2017
• House version of the bill: H.R.4622 – Stop Underrides Act of 2017

This is the list of current co-sponsors (to be updated as additional legislators jump on board):

SENATE

1. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand(D-NY) (lead)
2. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) (co-lead)
3. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
4. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
5. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D–CT)
6. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA)

HOUSE

1. Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) (lead)
2. Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) (co-lead)
3. Congressman Richard Nolan (D-MN-8)
4. Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA-17)

How many votes will be needed for the STOP Underrides! Bill to pass?  Needed: 51 votes in the Senate and 218 in the House