S 7956 — Requires human safety operators for certain autonomous vehicles
Congress · introduced 2025-05-15
Prohibits any motor vehicle with a manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more which utilizes autonomous vehicle technology from being operated on public highways unless a natural person holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's class is present within such vehicle.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — sponsor · 2025-05-15
- Jeremy Cooney (—, NY-56) — cosponsor · 2025-05-15
- Shelley Mayer (—, NY-37) — cosponsor · 2025-05-15
- Robert Rolison (—, NY-39) — cosponsor · 2025-05-15
Action timeline
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Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Shelley Mayer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Pete Harckham | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Jeremy Cooney | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Robert Rolison | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jeremy Cooney (—, state_upper NY-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Robert Rolison (—, state_upper NY-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Robert Rolison (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · sponsored by Pete Harckham (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Jeremy Cooney (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship