Railroads - As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133.

SB 1298 changes who can authorize railroad police officers in Tennessee. It replaces "governor" with "commissioner of safety" in the law governing railroad companies' ability to commission agents as railroad police officers. This procedural bill directly affects railroad companies and the Commissioner of Safety by shifting the authority for these commissions from the governor to the Commissioner. The change is limited to the specific administrative process for authorizing railroad police officers, with no new policy or funding involved.