On April 24, the Department of Transportation announced the Trump Administration’s new framework for the regulation of Automated Vehicles (“AVs”). To learn more, please read our Client Alert NHTSA Announces First Actions Under Trump Administration’s New Framework for Removing Regulatory Barriers for Automated Vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the below notices of final rulemaking this month. Specifically, NHTSA published one correction to its recent final rule on child restraint systems, and two notifications of enforcement discretion announcing that it would not enforce the requirements of two of its new final rules until March 20, pursuant to the “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” presidential memorandum. The agency did not take further actions on these rules after March 20 and they remain effective.Continue Reading NHTSA Rulemaking Roundup: March 2025
On February 11, 2025, President Trump nominated Jonathan Morrison to be Administrator of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Notably, this will not be Morrison’s first stint at NHTSA as he served as Chief Counsel at NHTSA during the first Trump Administration.
Morrison has a long history of automotive-focused work. Before his first tenure at NHTSA, he was President of Auto Advisory Services, Inc. and head of legal and regulatory affairs for the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). Auto Advisory Services, Inc. is described on Morrison’s LinkedIn as an association providing assistance to a network of “over 500 California dealerships, including many of the largest dealer groups in the country.” His LinkedIn further indicates he “held primary responsibility over CNCDA’s legal compliance operations, developing guidance for dealers in response to new or amended statutes, regulations, court opinions, or law enforcement activity” while also working to create “legislative and regulatory policy proposals to benefit the new car industry, and defeating or narrowing proposals that would be harmful to the industry.”Continue Reading NHTSA Administrator Nominee
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has started its part of the workforce reduction process launched by the new Administration, as media reports the agency has laid off 4% of its staff and is expected to eventually reduce its overall workforce by 10%.Continue Reading Personnel Cuts Hit NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the below notices of final rulemaking in the Federal Register this month. Specifically, NHTSA published four delays of the effective dates of recent final rules following last month’s “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” presidential memorandum directing agencies to further review final rules that have not yet taken effect. See below for brief summaries of the new rules’ extended effective dates.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the below notices of final rulemaking in the Federal Register this month. See below for brief summaries of the new rules and compliance dates for manufacturers.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published an updated proposed rule to amend its regulations to require recall notifications be sent to vehicle and equipment owners and purchasers by electronic means, in addition to first class mail. For more information about this rulemaking, see NHTSA Publishes Updated Proposed Rule on Manufacturer Recall Notifications