Sponsor
Kevin Mullin
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
Requires covered AV manufacturers/operators to submit monthly, detailed mileage, collision, and unplanned-stoppage data to NHTSA and makes the data public in machine-readable form.
The bill increases data-driven transparency and gives NHTSA and researchers powerful tools to detect and address vehicle safety problems, but does so at the cost of heightened privacy risks, added compliance burdens, and potential misuse or reduced consumer confidence that could slow deployment of automated driving features.
All road users (drivers, pedestrians, transit and transportation workers) gain faster identification and remediation of systemic vehicle safety problems because NHTSA will receive and publish detailed monthly telemetry and event data, enabling quicker safety interventions.
Vehicle owners and consumers gain greater transparency because NHTSA must publish machine‑readable datasets (VIN-, software-, and event‑level information) soon after enactment, letting consumers, advocates, and journalists examine vehicle performance and reported issues.
Tech and safety researchers (academics and industry analysts) get access to a standardized, rich dataset to study ADS/ADAS safety trends, improving system design, evidence-based policy, and future regulation.
Vehicle owners and drivers face substantial privacy and re‑identification risks because published datasets that include VINs, plate information and precise time/location/event details could enable stalking, doxxing, or reveal sensitive travel patterns if not robustly de‑identified.
Automakers, suppliers and smaller firms will incur increased compliance costs to collect, process, and transmit high‑frequency telemetry and event data monthly to NHTSA, which could raise prices or divert resources from product development.
Public release of detailed incident locations and timings could be misused by bad actors to target vehicles, transportation routes, or critical infrastructure, creating security risks for transportation workers and communities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue regulations within 90 days that force vehicle manufacturers and operators covered by a specified NHTSA standing order to submit detailed automated-vehicle (AV) and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) data. Covered entities must provide monthly, machine-readable reports with mileage, collision, and unplanned stoppage event details (vehicle identifiers, time/location, software version, environment, responder involvement, interventions, durations). NHTSA must publish the submissions as public, machine-readable datasets starting 120 days after enactment and may narrow or rescind the rule after 10 years.
Official title: To improve incident reporting with respect to certain autonomous vehicles, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 14, 2025 by Kevin Mullin · Last progress July 14, 2025