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Hot Cars Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-3164| House 
| Updated: 5/13/2021
Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan

Democratic Representative

Ohio

Cosponsors (15)
Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Sylvia R. Garcia (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Jim Cooper (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Sharice Davids (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Cynthia Axne (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Mike Levin (Democratic)

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Hot Cars Act of 2021 This bill requires safety measures in passenger cars to reduce injuries or deaths from heatstroke and other harms to occupants of unattended vehicles. Specifically, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) must issue a motor vehicle safety standard that requires certain new passenger motor vehicles to include a system that detects and warns of the presence of an unattended occupant in the passenger compartment. The NHTSA must issue the final rule prescribing the safety standard within two years after the enactment of this bill, with full compliance with the standard required not later than two years after the rule is issued. After the standard is issued, the Department of Transportation must periodically contract with an independent third party to study retrofitting passenger motor vehicles with technologies and products that detect and warn when there is an unattended occupant in the passenger compartment. The study must identify relevant technologies and products to retrofit vehicles and provide recommendations about testing such technologies and products. Information about the performance of the technologies and products must be published on the NHTSA's website.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-3593
Hot Cars Act of 2019
May 12, 2021
Introduced in House
May 12, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-3593
    Hot Cars Act of 2019


  • May 12, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • May 12, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • May 13, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Transportation and Public Works

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Hot Cars Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-3164| House 
| Updated: 5/13/2021
Hot Cars Act of 2021 This bill requires safety measures in passenger cars to reduce injuries or deaths from heatstroke and other harms to occupants of unattended vehicles. Specifically, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) must issue a motor vehicle safety standard that requires certain new passenger motor vehicles to include a system that detects and warns of the presence of an unattended occupant in the passenger compartment. The NHTSA must issue the final rule prescribing the safety standard within two years after the enactment of this bill, with full compliance with the standard required not later than two years after the rule is issued. After the standard is issued, the Department of Transportation must periodically contract with an independent third party to study retrofitting passenger motor vehicles with technologies and products that detect and warn when there is an unattended occupant in the passenger compartment. The study must identify relevant technologies and products to retrofit vehicles and provide recommendations about testing such technologies and products. Information about the performance of the technologies and products must be published on the NHTSA's website.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-3593
Hot Cars Act of 2019
May 12, 2021
Introduced in House
May 12, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-3593
    Hot Cars Act of 2019


  • May 12, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • May 12, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


  • May 13, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan

Democratic Representative

Ohio

Cosponsors (15)
Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Sylvia R. Garcia (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Jim Cooper (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Sharice Davids (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Cynthia Axne (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Mike Levin (Democratic)

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Transportation and Public Works

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted