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AZ HB2232
Bill
Status
2/20/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Longdon
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections 28-851, 28-853, and 28-854 to include references to "on-track equipment" alongside trains at railroad grade crossings.
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Requires drivers to stop and observe safety procedures when encountering signals, gates, or approaching on-track equipment, expanding the definition of hazards beyond just trains.
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Clarifies that operators of vehicles carrying passengers for hire, school buses, and vehicles carrying explosives or flammable liquids must listen and look for both trains and other on-track equipment before crossing.
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Updates requirements for heavy equipment operators to give notice to railroad station agents and check for approaching trains or other on-track equipment before crossing.
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Applies safety protocols to all on-track equipment rather than restricting them to traditional railroad trains.
Legislative Description
Railroad grade crossing; on-track equipment
Transportation - Title 28
Last Action
Senate majority caucus: Do pass
3/19/2024