Senate backs awareness campaign for laws protecting roadside emergency workers
S.Res. 527 — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of a National Move Over Law Day. · Filed by Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Dec 3, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This is a Senate resolution supporting the creation of a National Move Over Law Day to raise public awareness about state laws requiring drivers to change lanes or slow down when passing emergency responders and roadside workers. The resolution recognizes that traffic incident management responders—including police, firefighters, paramedics, tow truck operators, and road workers—face serious injury or death from speeding and distracted drivers, and urges national and state organizations to educate the public about these safety laws.
Why we flagged it
This is a straightforward Senate resolution designating a national awareness day for move over laws—a public safety measure with no legislative mechanism, appropriations, or regulatory change. It is purely hortatory, urging organizations to promote existing state laws.
Who it affects
This resolution promotes public safety by encouraging awareness of laws that protect emergency responders and roadside workers from being struck by vehicles. Citizens benefit from safer roads and reduced fatalities among first responders who serve the public.
Named in the bill
U.S. Senate, Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Crash Responder Safety Week
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Dec 3, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Dec 3, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a…”
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 $10,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 31 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.
Richard Blumenthal, the sponsor, reported $111,550 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Volunteer Fire Council — $10,000 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 read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; 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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