H.R. 1361: Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2025

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Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2025 This bill allows for the use of a pulsating light system for vehicle braking. Specifically, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108 (Standard 108) must be deemed to allow for the use of a pulsating light system on covered vehicles (i.e., passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, trailers, and motorcycles). The Department of Transportation must issue regulations to update Standard 108 to (1) include performance-based standards for pulsating light systems, and (2) allow for the use of the systems on motor vehicles. As background, Standard 108 regulates all automotive lighting, signaling, and reflective devices. Under the bill, a pulsating light system includes a system for a high-mounted stop lamp in which the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than 1.2 seconds when the brake of the vehicle is applied and then converts to a continuous light (as a normal stop lamp) until the brake is released.

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Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] · 47 cosponsors

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Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Mike Collins (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Tracey Mann (R-KS), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Addison P. McDowell (R-NC), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), John B. Larson (D-CT), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Russell Fry (R-SC), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Derek Tran (D-CA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Adam Gray (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Shomari Figures (D-AL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] reported raising $387,212 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1361.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1361 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills