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Relating to notices required for the closure of railway crossings for repairs or upgrades, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the Senate Transportation Committee, Sen. Tom Shipley (R)
Topics:Transportation
Same legislation: SF 24
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 20, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 12, 202548–0
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 Railway companies must now give local governments advance notice before closing a crossing for repairs or upgrades. This notice must include an estimated date for when the work will be finished. If the repairs take longer than expected, the company has to update the government as soon as possible.1
Read the official explanation
25 is subject to a $100 fine. This bill requires a railway corporation to provide notice of a railway crossing closure for repairs or upgrades to the governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the crossing not fewer than days prior to closing the crossing, unless the closure could not reasonably be anticipated days in advance or in the event of an emergency. The notice must include an estimated date by which the repairs or upgrades will be completed. If the repairs or upgrades will be completed after the initial estimated completion date, the railway corporation is also required to notify the governmental entity as soon as practicable. A violation of the bill is punishable by a $100 fine.
House subcommittee
Named January 20, 2026. On January 29, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Tried before
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- SF 2111 Relating to the closure of railway crossings for repairs or upgrades, and making penalties…90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
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