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
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand(D-NY) (lead)
- Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) (co-lead)
- Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
- Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Senator Richard Blumenthal (D–CT)
- Senator Edward Markey (D-MA)
HOUSE
- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) (lead)
- Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) (co-lead)
- Congressman Richard Nolan (D-MN-8)
- 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
