Adds various safety requirements for railroad companies.

Adds various requirements for railroad companies, including (i) prohibiting placing stationary cars or trains on its track within 1,500 feet on both sides of any crossing of a railroad with a highway; (ii) prohibiting trains that exceed 8,500 feet in length on any mainline or branch line; (iii) requiring a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight; (iv) requiring warning signs or devices for certain track obstructions that could endanger a railroad company employee; and (v) requiring walkways adjacent to yard tracks where employees regularly perform switching service. Requires that fines for a violation of the train-length requirement be deposited in the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund for railway safety projects.

Dead.

01/08/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/16/2024 Assigned to Senate Labor and Commerce Subcommittee #3.
01/30/2024 House Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute.
02/01/2024 Reported from House Committee on Labor and Commerce with substitute.
02/05/2024 Read first time in House.
02/06/2024 Read second time in House.
02/06/2024 Committee substitute agreed in House.
02/06/2024 Engrossed by House.
02/07/2024 Read third time and defeated by House.
02/07/2024 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
02/07/2024 Passed House.
02/08/2024 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate.
02/15/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation.
02/15/2024 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.
02/26/2024 Reported favorably from Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.
02/28/2024 Constitutional reading dispensed.
02/29/2024 Read third time. Passed Senate.
03/06/2024 Enrolled in House.
03/06/2024 Signed by Speaker of the House.
03/07/2024 Signed by President of the Senate.
03/11/2024 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor.
03/14/2024 Vetoed by Governor.
04/17/2024 House sustained Governor's veto.