bill keeping train operator license details off pedestrian crash reports

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89R5975 GP-D

By: Turner
H.B. No. 2270

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a

record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a

railroad locomotive or train.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 192.005, Transportation Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 192.005. RECORD OF COLLISION OR VIOLATION. If a person

operating a railroad locomotive or train is involved in a collision

with another train , [ or ] a motor vehicle , or a pedestrian or is

arrested for violation of a law relating to the person's operation

of a railroad locomotive or train:

(1) the number of or other identifying information on

the person's driver's license or commercial driver's license may not

be included in any report of the collision or violation; and

(2) the person's involvement in the collision or

violation may not be recorded in the person's individual driving

record maintained by the Department of Public Safety.

SECTION 2. Chapter 192, Transportation Code, is amended by

adding Section 192.006 to read as follows:

Sec. 192.006. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM RECORD

OF COLLISION OR VIOLATION. The personally identifying information

of a railroad locomotive or train crew or the communications

between a train crew and a law enforcement agency that are included

in a report of a collision or violation described by Section

192.005(1) may not be disclosed except:

(1) as necessary within the scope of the person's

duties:

(A) to a law enforcement officer or agent; or

(B) to a state attorney;

(2) to the railroad company;

(A) on whose tracks the collision or violation

occurred; or

(B) who employed the crew at the time of the

collision or violation;

(3) to a regulatory agency with oversight of

railroads; or

(4) to a person specifically authorized by court order

to receive the information, if access to the information is

necessary to the performance of the person's duties.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.