AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, AND BRIDGE POLICE
Summary
Provides any police report involving a railroad fatality and all communications between railroad employees not be made public. Additionally, it makes a violation of this section a misdemeanor.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2026
Last action May 29, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026
How they voted
34–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
May 28, 2026
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 29, 2026
Committee
05/29/2026 Referred to House State Government & Elections
lower
May 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
05/28/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
May 21, 2026
Legislature · Passed
05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 2, 2026
Committee
04/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 13, 2026
Introduced
02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
Jake Bissaillon
DDemocratic
P
John Burke
DDemocratic
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