A 4460 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.

This bill establishes new safety requirements for railroad operations in New Jersey. It requires at least two crew members on dangerous hazardous trains (transporting large quantities of hazardous materials) with specific exceptions, prohibits trains longer than 8,500 feet on main and branch lines, and mandates railroad companies to submit federally required bridge inspection reports to state officials. The bill also requires railroad companies to install and maintain wayside detector systems to identify defects, with oversight by the Board of Public Utilities and Department of Transportation. Violations of the train length limit could result in civil penalties of $500-$1,000 per foot exceeding the limit, up to $250,000 for gross negligence or repeated violations.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 3, 2024 Last action Dec 22, 2025
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Committee
3
Dec 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Sep 12, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Jun 6, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
lower
3 primary · 8 co-sponsors

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