Legislation· Feb 2026ROTOR Act
Requires aircraft to equip with technology tracking other planes and tightens rules for government flights avoiding radar.
Tradeoff
Mandates airlines and private pilots install ADS-B In receivers by end of 2031 to improve collision avoidance. Exempts smaller aircraft and military planes from some equipment requirements while tightening oversight of government missions.
What's in it
The Senate passed this bill by on December 17, 2025. The House voted on it on February 24, 2026, and the bill failed 264-133.
Senate
Introduced
(Jul 29, 2025)
Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Jul 29, 2025)
Senate
The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Oct 21, 2025)
Senate · Amended
Senator Cruz's
Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 4070 · Dec 17, 2025)
Requires aircraft that must carry ADS–B Out to also install ADS–B In by December 31, 2031, and narrows the exception for sensitive government missions.
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Dec 17, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Dec 18, 2025)
House
On Motion to and Pass
Failed(Roll #72 · Feb 24, 2026)
264 yeanay 133
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
Passage votes so far· Feb 24, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027