H.R. 6051House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

To Inform Families First Act of 2025

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The To Inform Families First Act of 2025 encourages states to let drivers voluntarily add emergency contact details to their driver’s license and ID records. It offers federal grants and technical help to set up these systems, while requiring strong privacy protections and limiting who can see the information. The law applies to all U.S. states and territories and requires an annual progress report to Congress.

Key Provisions

The Department of Transportation, through NHTSA, must set up a grant and technical‑assistance program within 180 days to help states create systems that let people voluntarily add emergency contact info to their driver’s license or ID records.
States that receive help must make the contact information voluntary, protect the data with strong security measures, limit access to authorized emergency responders only during an emergency, and cannot require the info to appear on the physical license or ID card.
The Secretary of Transportation must submit an annual report to Congress within one year of the law’s enactment describing how the program is being implemented and what assistance has been provided.

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

November 17, 2025

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Introduced in House

November 17, 2025

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

November 17, 2025

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Rep. Vern BuchananR-FL-16 · Sep 28, 2026

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Christine Olson of Bradenton, Florida, as she retires from TIFF, To Inform Families First, and to remember her beloved daughter, Tiffiany Marie Olson. On…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Christine Olson of Bradenton, Florida, as she retires from TIFF, To Inform Families First, and to remember her beloved daughter, Tiffiany Marie Olson.

On December 7, 2005, Tiffiany, just 22, was killed by a drunk driver on United States 19 in Manatee County, only 15 minutes from her mother's home. Yet it took more than six hours for Christine to be told, because law enforcement had no way of knowing whom to call.

Most people would have been broken by that. Christine turned it into a mission. In October 2006, she founded TIFF so no other family would endure those same agonizing hours. Working with local and state leaders, the Manatee County Sheriffs Office, and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, she helped create the Nation's first voluntary Emergency Contact Information program, letting drivers register a loved one's contact information for law enforcement to use in a crisis. Christine was the first to register.

As of August 2025, more than 21.6 million Floridians were enrolled. Eighteen states have adopted similar programs, and Harvard's Ash Institute recognized the effort as one of the top 50 government innovations.

For nearly two decades, Christine carried this cause from Manatee County to statehouses and city councils nationwide, sharing Tiffiany's story again and again so other families would be spared. Her work inspired me to introduce the To Inform Families First Act, H.R. 6051, in November 2025, to help state motor vehicle agencies everywhere establish voluntary emergency contact programs.

As Christine steps away from TIFF, her legacy is secure. A flag has been flown in her honor and in Tiffiany's memory, a symbol of a mother's love and the courage to turn grief into help for strangers.

Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Christine Olson for her strength, compassion, and lifelong dedication to families across America, and in remembering Tiffiany Marie Olson, whose memory lives on in every family reached in time. I wish Christine a well- earned and joyful retirement.

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Introduced in HouseIssued November 17, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 6051

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 17, 2025

Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To promote the voluntary inclusion of emergency contact information in State driver’s license and identification systems and to provide support to States for implementation of such systems, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the To Inform Families First Act of 2025.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grant program for emergency contact information system

(a)

In general

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall establish a program (in this section referred to as the program) to provide assistance to States to develop and implement systems to collect emergency contact information for inclusion in the driver’s license and identification records of such States.

(b)

Forms of assistance

Assistance provided under the program section may be in the form of a grant or technical assistance.

(c)

Requirements

As a condition of receiving assistance under the program, a State shall use such assistance to develop an emergency contact information system described in subsection (a) and such State shall—

(1)

ensure that the provision of emergency contact information by an individual under such system is voluntary;

(2)

include robust data security protections in such system;

(3)

restrict access to information provided under such system to authorized emergency personnel for use only during an emergency; and

(4)

ensure that there is no requirement to display such emergency contact information on a physical driver’s license or identification card.

(d)

Report

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report on the implementation of this section and include in such report information on any technical assistance provided under this section.

(e)

State defined

In this section, the term State means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.