House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize manufacturers and dealers of cars, trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles and motor vehicle repair businesses to install switches to be used by drivers to deactivate air bags in cars, trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 1997
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 24, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 20 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Howard Coble (R-NC), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Jack Quinn (R-NY), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Gerald Solomon (R-NY), James Traficant (D-OH), Robert Wexler (D-FL), Sidney Yates (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.