HB 2259 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections 28-851, 28-853, and 28-854 to expand railroad crossing safety requirements to include "on-track maintenance equipment" in addition to railroad trains.

• Requires drivers to stop at railroad grade crossings and remain stopped when on-track maintenance equipment is approaching, using the same warning signals and safety criteria as for trains (electric/mechanical signals, crossing gates, audible warnings, visible hazards).

• Updates provisions for school buses, commercial motor vehicles, and heavy equipment operators to account for on-track maintenance equipment approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of crossings.

• Modifies language in sections 28-853 and 28-854 to clarify that drivers must listen and look for approaching railroad trains or other on-track maintenance equipment before proceeding through crossings.

• Makes technical corrections to statute references and grammar (changing "section" to "subsection" and "delivery of" to "delivering").