Safer Truckers Act of 2025

Key Points

• Senator Moody introduced a bill that would limit who can get a license to drive large commercial trucks and buses. To get one of these licenses, a person would need to be a U.S. citizen, a green card holder, or have special permission from immigration officials to work as a driver.
• The bill also requires states to report every year on how they are making sure drivers can speak and read English. Current federal rules already require drivers to understand English well enough to talk to the public and read road signs, but this bill makes states prove they are enforcing those rules.
• This policy aims to improve road safety by ensuring all professional drivers have the legal right to work in the country and can communicate clearly with others while on the road.
• If this bill becomes law, states would have 180 days to start reporting their English-language enforcement plans to the federal government. States that do not follow these new rules could face penalties or lose the ability to issue these licenses.

Votes

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