DOT tests real-time weather alerts at work zones in new safety pilot
S. 2900 — Work Zone Weather Integration Act of 2025 · Filed by Tim Sheehy (R-MT) · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to run a pilot program in at least 5 states (including at least one rural state) to test real-time integration of weather alerts from the National Weather Service with active work zone data, aiming to improve roadway safety. The pilot will develop technical standards, evaluate the system's effectiveness and cost, and report back to Congress within 3 years on whether to expand it nationwide.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is straightforward: establish a time-limited, multi-agency pilot to test weather-hazard and work-zone data integration for roadway safety. No deregulation, no carve-outs, no immunity grants—just a directed pilot with mandatory evaluation.
What the text implies
- The bill permits states to use existing Section 402 safety funds for pilot activities, which may redirect resources from other safety programs unless new appropriations are provided.
- Private sector navigation and telematics providers (e.g., Google Maps, Waze, fleet-management platforms) gain access to integrated federal weather and work-zone data, potentially improving their service offerings and competitive position without explicit data-sharing agreements detailed in the text.
- The 3-year evaluation timeline and congressional reporting requirement create a decision point for nationwide expansion, but the bill does not specify funding levels, implementation timelines, or cost-sharing formulas for a full rollout.
Who it affects
The bill creates a safety-focused pilot program with no apparent restrictions on citizen rights or remedies, no private liability shields, and no hidden subsidies. It funds a public-safety experiment using existing transportation safety funds, with mandatory evaluation and congressional reporting. Citizens benefit from improved road safety information without bearing new costs.
Who stands to gain
- navigation and telematics service providers
- state departments of transportation (via existing safety fund allocation)
Named in the bill
Department of Transportation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, State departments of transportation, Private sector navigation and telematics providers
Where it stands
- Sep 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 18, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $216,377 in lobbying spend. A filing names 101 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Tim Sheehy, the sponsor, reported $398,825 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Associated General Contractors of America — $216,377 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI scored this bill from its title only — the full text has not been read; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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