S 8547 — Relates to the electric school bus mandate; prohibits a mandate requiring school districts to purchase, operate or maintain any certain type of school buses; repeals certain provisions relating to electric buses
Congress · introduced 2025-10-24
Removes references to the electric school bus mandate; provides that there shall be no mandate requiring school districts to purchase, operate or maintain any certain type of school buses and that the superintendent of each school district shall have the sole authority to determine the types of school buses such school district will purchase, operate and maintain; repeals certain provisions of law relating to electric school buses.
Latest action: 2026-05-05 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Alexis Weik (—, NY-8) — sponsor · 2025-10-24
- George Borrello (—, NY-57) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
- Patrick M. Gallivan (—, NY-60) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
- Steve Rhoads (—, NY-5) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
- Dan Stec (—, NY-45) — cosponsor · 2025-10-24
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
- · senate — NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Text versions
Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | Patrick M. Gallivan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | Steve Rhoads | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | Dan Stec | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | George Borrello | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-24 | Alexis Weik | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | 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 | Alexis Weik (—, state_upper NY-8) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Dan Stec (—, state_upper NY-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | George Borrello (—, state_upper NY-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Patrick M. Gallivan (—, state_upper NY-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Steve Rhoads (—, state_upper NY-5) | 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
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- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by Patrick M. Gallivan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by George Borrello (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by Dan Stec (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · cosponsored by Steve Rhoads (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-24 · sponsored by Alexis Weik (sponsor) · sponsorship