Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Safe Roads for Those Who Serve Act to protect first responders and roadside workers. The legislation aims to enhance strategies to reduce the risk of injury or death faced by these workers on roads and highways.
Support and advance legislation to enhance protections for first responders and roadside workers by reducing the risk of injury or death on roads and highways.
Occurrences
Evidence
Last Action Date Listed: March 26, 2026. Action: Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Full Title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to enhance roadside worker safety, and for other purposes.
April 2, 2026. Senators Dave McCormick and Catherine Cortez Masto recently introduced the bipartisan Safe Roads for Those Who Serve Act to protect first responders and roadside workers as they do their jobs on roads and highways.
McCormick's Senate office says he and Senator Cortez Masto introduced the bipartisan Safe Roads for Those Who Serve Act to protect first responders and roadside workers. The release says the bill would improve data collection, public awareness, research, outreach, and infrastructure-grant safety planning.
GovInfo identifies S.4245 as the introduced Senate version of the Safe Roads for Those Who Serve Act of 2026.
Congress.gov states that enacted bills and joint resolutions appear on the 119th Congress public-laws list after NARA assigns public-law numbers. The visible list contains no S.4245 or Safe Roads entry.
Assessments
McCormick took concrete same-term action that directly matched the promise by joining Senator Cortez Masto in introducing S.4245, the Safer Roads for Those Who Serve Act of 2026, to enhance roadside worker and first responder safety. However, the available official records show only introduction and referral to committee, with no enactment or completed federal protection by July 1, 2026. That supports partial credit for support/advancement, not full delivery.
McCormick materially attempted the promise by co-introducing the bipartisan Safer Roads for Those Who Serve Act of 2026, which directly targets roadside worker and first responder safety. The available record shows only introduction and referral to committee in the 119th Congress, with no enactment or completed policy outcome. Because the promised outcome was to support and advance legislation, he gets credit for a serious same-term legislative effort, but not delivery of enhanced protections.