Stop Underrides Act 2.0
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 10
- Latest action
- Feb 4, 2026
What it does
The Stop Underrides Act 2.0 would require the Secretary of Transportation to finalize regulations within 18 months of enactment mandating side underride guards on new trailers, semitrailers, and single unit trucks to prevent vehicles and vulnerable road users from sliding underneath in side-impact crashes, with full compliance required within two years of the rule’s finalization. The bill also reconvenes and expands the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection to include families of victims, mandates quarterly publication of underride safety resources, and directs studies by the National Academies and GAO on underride crash prevalence and prevention. These measures aim to reduce…
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Where it stands
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