90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 218: Relating to lighting requirements for certain areas under the control of class I or class II railroad corporations
Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
The federal surface transportation board (STB) is an independent federal agency that is charged with the economic regulation of various modes of surface transportation including primarily freight rail. The STB has defined three classes of railway carriers, designated as class I, class II, and class III respectively according to annual revenue criteria. The STB thresholds, last adjusted for inflation in 2019, for a class I carrier includes a carrier earning revenue greater than $504,803,294. A class II carrier is a carrier earning revenue between $40,387,772 and $504,803,294.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 15, 2023
- Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Eric Giddens (D)
- Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against
For: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; SMART-Transportation Division
Against: Union Pacific Railroad
In plain words
- February 7, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Transportation committee
- February 15, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Giddens and Webster
- February 23, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF218