VA SB 143

Author

Jennifer Foy
General Assembly Building, Room 501, 201 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-698-7533
senatorcarrollfoy@senate.virginia.gov
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Bill Text

Category

Rail

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State

VA

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Summary

Adds various safety requirements for railroad companies.

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Issue

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.

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Notes

Dead. Same as HB 385.

History

01/05/2024 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.
01/29/2024 Reported from Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor with substitute.
01/31/2024 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate.
02/01/2024 Read second time in Senate.
02/01/2024 Reading of substitute waived in Senate.
02/01/2024 Committee substitute agreed to by Senate.
02/01/2024 Engrossed by Senate.
02/05/2024 Read third time. Passed Senate.
02/13/2024 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Labor and Commerce.
02/15/2024 Reported from House Committee on Labor and Commerce.
02/19/2024 Read second time in House.
02/20/2024 Read third time. Passed House.
02/22/2024 Enrolled. Signed by Speaker of the House.
02/25/2024 Signed by President of the Senate.
03/01/2024 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor.
03/08/2024 Vetoed by Governor.
04/17/2024 Senate sustained Governor's veto.