FINAL BILL REPORT
SB 5227
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Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Requiring drivers to stop for approaching other on-track equipment at railroad grade crossings.
Sponsors: Senators King, Hobbs, Hasegawa, Saldaña and Kuderer.
Senate Committee on Transportation
House Committee on Transportation
Background: Current law requires drivers of vehicles on the road to stop at railroad crossings for trains and signals that indicate the approach of a train. Current law also requires counties, the Department of Transportation, and railroad companies to keep their respective rights-of-way clear of brush and timber near railroad crossings in order for drivers of vehicles on the road to clearly see approaching trains.
Summary: Statutes requiring drivers on the road to stop at railroad crossings for trains, or signals that indicates the approach of a train, are modified to also require drivers to stop for other on-track equipment.
Counties, the Department of Transportation, and railroad companies are required to keep their respective rights-of-way clear of brush and timber near railroad crossing in order for drivers of vehicles on the road to clearly see approaching on-track equipment.
Votes on Final Passage:
Senate | 49 | 0 | |
House | 96 | 0 |
Effective: | July 23, 2017 |