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H.R. 3593: Hot Cars Act of 2019

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H.R. 3593: Hot Cars Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-28 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Hot Cars Act of 2019

Plain summary

Hot Cars Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less to be equipped with an alert system to detect the presence of an occupant (e.g., a child or domestic animal) in a rear designated seating position after the vehicle engine is turned off. DOT must also consider requiring systems that can detect the presence of any occupant unable to independently exit the vehicle and the presence of a child who has entered an unoccupied vehicle independently. The alert must (1) include a distinct auditory and visual alert to notify individuals inside and outside of the vehicle of the presence of an occupant which must be combined with an interior haptic warning (i.e., vibrations), and (2) be activated when the vehicle engine is turned off and the presence of an occupant is detected. DOT must enter into an agreement with an independent third party for a study on retrofitting existing passenger motor vehicles with technology to address the problem of occupants left unattended in motor vehicles.

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Official text

Hot Cars Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] · 56 cosponsors

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Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), André Carson (D-IN), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3593 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116