TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION OF RAIL EMPLOYEES IN REPORTS INVOLVING RAILROAD FATALITIES.
This bill, SB 397, protects the personal information of railroad crew members involved in fatal incidents. It mandates that public records concerning railroad fatalities must be maintained in a way that keeps the personal details of the involved crew confidential. This protection applies to custodians of these records, preventing general public access to that specific information. However, the confidentiality requirement does not apply to federal agencies like the United States National Transportation Safety Board or the Department of Transportation when they are investigating railroad accidents or incidents.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 6, 2025
Signed Apr 22, 2025
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Act 931
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SB 397
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2 edits
MINOR
The bill text shows minor formatting and signature line changes between Act 931 and SB 397, with no substantive policy modifications. The approval date was removed from the document, and the text now reflects the current legislative session format without the previous act's approval notation.
TECHNICAL
Removed the 'APPROVED: 4/21/25' signature line that appeared in the previous Act 931 version
Added blank lines at the beginning of the bill text to separate header information from the main content
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 22, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB397 is now Act 931
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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