A resolution designating September 2026 as "School Bus Safety Month".
Designates September 2026 as School Bus Safety Month and highlights safety education and safer driving near buses.
Agreed to in the Senate on Sept. 30, 2026. A resolution like this does not go to the other chamber or the President.
- INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 30, 2026
- COMMITTEECOMM.SKIPPED
- AGREED TOAGREEDSEP 30
What the bill would do, and why it matters
Getting to and from school safely depends on children, bus operators, and motorists around school buses. The Senate designates September 2026 as School Bus Safety Month, recognizing bus safety professionals and highlighting safety education and safer driving near buses.
- NON-BINDING A simple resolution carries no force of law. It expresses the chamber's opinion or sets internal rules — it does not bind agencies, the President, or anyone outside Congress.
- COMMEMORATIVE This measure honors, congratulates or commemorates, or marks an observance such as an awareness day or month. It creates no legal obligations.
- DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
- Designates School Bus Safety Month
The Senate designates September 2026 as School Bus Safety Month, recognizing school bus operators and safety professionals and highlighting safety education and safer driving near buses.
The resolution cites risks to children getting on and off buses, including motorists illegally passing stopped school buses tens of millions of times each year. The observance is intended to encourage public safety messages and safer driving near buses.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedSEP 30, 2026SENATESEP 30, 2026By Sen. Fischer with 1 original cosponsor
- Committee—COMMITTEE—Went to the floor without a committee report
- SAME DAYAgreed to in the SenateSEP 30, 2026SENATE FLOORSEP 30, 2026Unanimous consent
- SEP 302026SEP 30, 2026AGREED TOSENATESubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Where your members stand on it
Support from one state
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Sen. Fischer’s record: sponsored 35 bills this Congress. 10 passed the Senate; 1 became law.
- Gary C. PetersD-MIORIGINAL
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