Sponsor
Edward John Markey
Senator · D-MA
Senator · D-MA
The bill would improve public and regulator access to standardized ADS/ADAS safety data—potentially speeding recalls, research, and responder planning—at the cost of increased reporting burdens and compliance expenses and heightened privacy, competitive, and investigative trade-offs.
NHTSA, researchers, and the public will get timely, standardized, disaggregated vehicle-safety data (miles, collisions, stoppages, make/model/software/version/location) to monitor ADS/ADAS performance and help target recalls or rulemaking.
Law enforcement, firefighters/EMS, and vulnerable road users will benefit from mandatory reporting of unplanned stoppages and responder involvement, improving roadway response planning and potentially reducing risks to first responders and pedestrians/cyclists.
Human drivers will have some privacy protections because Level 2 ADAS data collection is limited to periods when the system is actually engaged, reducing unnecessary collection of driver behavior data.
Vehicle manufacturers, fleet operators, and ultimately consumers (including middle-class families and taxpayers) will face increased compliance costs to collect, process, and submit detailed monthly datasets, which could raise vehicle prices and disproportionately burden small operators and fleet owners.
Human drivers, vehicle owners, occupants, and urban communities face heightened privacy and re-identification risks because publishing detailed event data (including VIN/license plate and precise location) can expose travel patterns and enable targeted harassment or surveillance.
Researchers and manufacturers may have reduced ability to understand human-machine interactions because restrictions on Level 2 ADAS data exclude some contextual driver information, potentially limiting investigations of incidents and safety improvements.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires covered manufacturers/operators to submit monthly, detailed AV/ADAS operational and safety data to NHTSA and for NHTSA to publish it in machine‑readable form; regs due within 90 days.
Introduced January 29, 2026 by Edward John Markey · Last progress January 29, 2026
Requires vehicle manufacturers and operators covered by the referenced NHTSA standing order to submit monthly operational and safety data to NHTSA and to provide information already required by that Order. The agency must issue regulations within 90 days, publish submitted data in machine‑readable form beginning 120 days after enactment, and may revise or scale back reporting requirements after 10 years. Data to be reported includes monthly miles traveled broken down by vehicle make/model/year/software version/road type/location/occupancy, collisions causing injury to vulnerable road users or other occupants, and detailed records of unplanned stoppages; some ADAS Level 2 data may be included only under strict conditions and without personally identifiable information about human drivers.