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Main Subject: Transportation and Public Works

Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act of 2019 or the 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 less than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight to be equipped with a system to alert the operator to check rear designated seating positions after the vehicle engine is turned off. The alert must (1) include a distinct auditory and visual alert which may be combined with a haptic alert (i.e., vibrations), and (2) be activated when the vehicle engine is turned off. 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 children left in rear seats after the vehicle engine is turned off.

Senate Actions

Calendars
Jan. 13 2020	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.

Committee
Jan. 13 2020	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-204.
Jul. 10 2019	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

IntroReferral
May. 22 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Library of Congress Actions

Committee
Jan. 13 2020	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-204.

IntroReferral
May. 22 2019	Introduced in Senate

Senate bill S1601-116

Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats Act of 2019

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