Bill > HSB174

Introduced Session

Under current law, upon the occurrence of any serious accident upon any railroad, which results in personal injury or loss of life, the corporation operating the road upon which the accident occurred is required to give immediate notice thereof to the department of transportation (DOT) whose duty it is, if they deem it necessary, to investigate the same, and promptly report to the governor the extent of the personal injuries, or loss of life, and whether the same was the result of mismanagement or neglect of the corporation on whose line the injury or loss of life occurred; but such report is prohibited from being evidence or referred to in any case in any court (Code section 327C.37). This bill rewrites Code section 327C.37 to enhance readability and specifies that the required reports to the governor are not subject to Code chapter 22 (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. By operation of law, a violation of the bill is a schedule “one” penalty under Code section 327C.5. A schedule “one” penalty is punishable by a fine of $100 per violation.

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House Transportation Committee (10:30:00 2/19/2025 RM 103) (on 02/19/2025)

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