Together, we will keep pushing forward this legislation to save lives in Montgomery County and across the country.
Keep pushing forward the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Safety Transportation Act to save lives in Montgomery County and across the country.
Occurrences
Evidence
“Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to advance key provisions of Representative Jamie Raskin’s (MD-08) bicameral, bipartisan Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Safety Transportation Act.... Now that the legislation has advanced out of committee, the next step is a vote on the House floor.... Together, we will keep pushing forward this legislation to save lives in Montgomery County and across the country.”
Related bill ... S.944 ... Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. ... H.R.2011 ... introduced in House ... Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act ... The bill amends the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to include additional bicyclist and pedestrian safety measures and increases the federal cost share for certain safety projects.
“As you draft the bipartisan Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill, I ask you to include H.R. 2011, the bipartisan Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act, to promote roadway safety.... The Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Act is at its core a public safety bill.”
03/21/2023 Introduced in House ... 03/21/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ... 03/22/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Raskin and Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Safety Transportation Act ... legislation to expand access to federal funding opportunities for local governments to improve roadway safety for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Raskin's office says the committee voted to advance key provisions, with the next step a House floor vote, and Raskin said he would keep pushing the legislation.
Van Hollen's office says key provisions of the Raskin-Van Hollen bill advanced out of committee and that the next step was a House floor vote.
Raskin asked Transportation and Infrastructure leaders to include H.R. 2011 in the bipartisan Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Jamie Raskin as sponsor of H.R. 2011, introduced March 10, 2025, with status Introduced and no enacted-law status.
The bill text would add bicyclist and pedestrian infrastructure connections and vulnerable-road-user safety projects to the Highway Safety Improvement Program.
Raskin and Van Hollen introduced the bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand federal funding opportunities for local roadway safety projects.
Congress.gov lists S. 944 as the related Senate bill, introduced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen and referred to Environment and Public Works.
Assessments
Raskin materially pursued the promise in the 119th Congress: he sponsored H.R. 2011, worked with Senate partners on companion legislation, urged inclusion in the surface transportation reauthorization package, and key provisions advanced out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in May 2026. However, the standalone bill and Senate companion had not passed both chambers or become law, and the committee action still required a House floor vote and further enactment steps. That is real same-term progress but not full delivery of the policy outcome.
The promise was to keep pushing forward the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Safety Transportation Act, not necessarily to guarantee final enactment within the term. The evidence shows Raskin reintroduced the bill in the 119th Congress, worked bicamerally and bipartisanly, urged its inclusion in a larger transportation package, and secured advancement of key provisions through the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in May 2026. That is meaningful legislative progress attributable to him, but the record provided does not show House passage, Senate passage, or enactment into law. Because the promised action was continued advocacy and forward movement, and that movement clearly occurred but stopped short of full policy delivery, partial is the best fit.