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WV HB3292

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Scot Heckert

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Defines "on-track equipment" as any tender, motor unit, freight or passenger car, or maintenance of way equipment used to inspect, maintain, and repair railroad tracks

  • Expands existing railroad crossing stop requirements to apply when on-track equipment (not just trains) is approaching, signaled by warning devices, crossing gates, flagmen, or audible signals within 1,500 feet

  • Requires drivers to stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail when on-track equipment poses an immediate hazard or is plainly visible in hazardous proximity to a crossing

  • Violation remains a misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine or up to 10 days imprisonment, plus three points against the driver's license (exception applies for malfunctioning signal devices)

Legislative Description

Relating to special stops required for on-track equipment

Roads and Transportation

Last Action

To Judiciary

4/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/8/2025
Transportation and Infrastructure 3/24/2025
Energy and Public Works3/10/2025

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