S 9038 — Enacts the "take the wheel act" which requires a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire
Congress · introduced 2026-01-27
Requires a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire, seated behind the steering wheel and engaged in the task of driving.
Latest action: 2026-03-06 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — sponsor · 2026-01-27
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
- · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 9038A
Text versions
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Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | Luis R. Sepúlveda | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Julia Salazar | 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 | Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | 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.
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · sponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (sponsor) · sponsorship