Section 405(e) distracted driving laws grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(e)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. §…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the California Office of Traffic Safety $1,367,603.40 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(e) Distracted Driving Laws Grant (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs). The award supports state distracted driving programs including law enforcement training, public education, and countermeasure strategies to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities. California qualifies for this funding by enforcing laws that prohibit texting while driving and youth cell phone use while driving. The grant is apportioned using the statutory formula and based on California's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application detailing planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies. Performance period runs through September 30, 2029. The California Office of Traffic Safety, the designated state highway safety office, administers the grant from its office in Elk Grove, California.

Section 405(e) distracted driving laws grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(e)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(f). 405(e) funding is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce a law that prohibits texting while driving or prohibits youth cell phone use while driving. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.