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. Same as HB 385.

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.