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Relating to train accidents resulting in personal injury or death, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by Sen. Tom Shipley (R)
Topics:State governmentTransportation
Same legislation: HSB 174
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When a serious railroad accident causes injury or death, the railroad company must immediately notify the Department of Transportation. The state will then report the details to the governor, but these reports are not available through public records requests. This law also protects the private information of any train crew member who dies in an accident.1
Read the official explanation
37).37 to enhance readability and specifies that the required reports to the governor are not subject to Code chapter (open records). The bill also requires personal information of a train crew member who died in an accident to be kept confidential. An unredacted report with otherwise protected, confidential personal information may be accessed by certain persons described in the bill.5. A schedule “one” penalty is punishable by a fine of $100 per violation.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 18, 2025. On February 20, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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