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Bus Operator Safety and Security Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to set requirements for certain operator workstations for fixed route buses, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 11, 2025

Latest action (Feb 2, 2026) Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Issues
Labor & Wages

Summary

This bill amends Federal transportation law to require protective barriers in bus operator workstations on certain new buses purchased with Federal funds. Starting 2 years after enactment, new fixed route buses that are 30 or more feet long and have a useful life of 10 or more years must have operator workstations equipped with barriers that reach from floor to ceiling. The barriers must be capable of fully enclosing the workstation and preventing unwanted entry of persons, fluids, and objects, while not impeding the operator's view of the exterior of the bus. Transit agencies can waive this requirement if a labor organization representing the plurality of their frontline workforce agrees. This requirement does not apply to buses purchased with funds from Section 5311.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
27 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Shomari Figures’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $50,975
  • CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS LLC $42,900
  • BALL HEALTHCARE SERVICES $13,200
  • BCBSAL $9,900
  • KDF STRATEGIES $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Shomari Figures → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Feb 2, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
  2. Dec 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  3. Dec 11, 2025 Introduced in House

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Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 1135 — BUSES Act of 2009 · Introduced Feb 24, 2009 · Cong. 111 68%
  • HR 9317 — BUSES Act · Introduced Jul 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 7263 — Safe Intersections for Buses and Pedestrians Act · Introduced Jan 28, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 1828 — School Bus Safety Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 4447 — Transit Bus Affordability Act · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 3586 — To establish limitations on advanced payments for bus rolling stock, and for other purposes. · Introduced May 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 11, 2025

Mr. Figures (for himself and Mr. Van Drew) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to set requirements for certain operator workstations for fixed route buses, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Bus Operator Safety and Security Act”.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM.

Section 5329 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:

“(f) Fixed Route Bus Operator Workstations.—Beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, unless a recipient certifies that a labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the recipient or, if applicable, employed by a contractor to the recipient, has agreed to waive this requirement with regard to the new fixed route bus being purchased with the requested Federal funds, the operator workstation of any new fixed route bus which is 30 or more feet in length with a useful life of 10 or more years purchased with Federal funds (with the exception of funds derived from section 5311) by a recipient shall be equipped with a barrier that—

“(1) reaches from the bus floor to the bus ceiling;

“(2) is capable of fully enclosing the workstation and preventing the unwanted entry of persons, fluids, and objects into the workstation; and

“(3) does not impede the operator’s lines of sight from the workstation to the exterior of the bus.”. <all>

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