Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB446: Revises provisions relating to transportation. (BDR 58-207)
Status: Introduced
What the bill says
An act relating to transportation; prohibiting trains of a certain length from being run on certain railroads; requiring certain railroads to install certain safety equipment; requiring certain railroad companies to take or refrain from taking certain actions relating to railroad safety; establishing requirements for lighting equipment installed in certain railroad yards; requiring certain reports; providing for the monitoring and inspection of railroads by certain union representatives…
From the engrossed text, April 22, 2025:
AN ACT relating to transportation; prohibiting trains of a certain length from being run on certain railroads; requiring certain railroads to install certain safety equipment; requiring certain railroad companies to take or refrain from taking certain actions relating to railroad safety; establishing requirements for lighting equipment installed in certain railroad yards; requiring certain reports; providing for the monitoring and inspection of railroads by certain union representatives; prescribing certain requirements relating to the transportation of railroad employees by railroad contract carriers; limiting the hours drivers employed by railroad contract carriers may work; providing for the maintenance and inspection of certain records; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law establishes provisions governing the operation of railroads in this State. (Chapter 705 of NRS) Section 2 of this bill prohibits a Class I or Class II railroad operating in this State from operating, running or allowing to be run on certain railroad tracks a freight or work train that is more than 7,500 feet long. Section 2 also requires a Class I or Class II railroad operating in this State to: (1) install and periodically inspect a hot box detector every 20 miles along certain railroad tracks in this State; and (2) cut, separate or move a train, rolling stock or other on-track equipment that has …
Sponsors
- Max Carter (D, 12) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (No further action taken.)
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 320.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
- : Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- : From printer. To committee.
- : Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.
Common questions
- What is AB446?
- AB446 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to transportation. (BDR 58-207).
- What does AB446 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to transportation; prohibiting trains of a certain length from being run on certain railroads; requiring certain railroads to install certain safety equipment; requiring certain railroad companies to take or refrain from taking certain actions relating to railroad safety; establishing requirements for lighting equipment installed in certain railroad yards; requiring certain reports; providing for the monitoring and inspection of railroads by certain union representatives…
- What is the status of AB446?
- Introduced. Latest action: (No further action taken.) (June 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB446?
- Max Carter (D, 12).
- Where is the official record for AB446?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12654/Overview
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