Pennsylvania HR293: A Resolution designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.

What the bill says

A resolution Designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.

From the introduced text, August 10, 2025:

A RESOLUTION Designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, Rail travel is an essential part of our transportation infrastructure, reducing congestion on the roads and in the skies, connecting cities and rural communities and providing a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation that contributes to our energy security; and WHEREAS, Projections of the United States Department of Transportation show substantial increases in rail transport over the next three decades; and WHEREAS, As advanced technology helps build quieter and faster trains, the necessity to teach people how to be safe around them increases; and WHEREAS, In the United States, a person or vehicle is hit by a train approximately every three hours; and WHEREAS, While crossing collisions have been reduced over the past four decades, there were still 263 crossing fatalities in 2024; and WHEREAS, Trespassing is an even larger danger, resulting in 1,464 deaths and injuries in 2024; and WHEREAS, Operation Lifesaver is a nonprofit public safety education and awareness organization dedicated to reducing collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail crossings and trespassing on or near railroad tracks; and WHEREAS, Operation Lifesaver is working with the United States Department of Transportation and other organizations to observe "See Tracks? Think Train Week" from September 15 through 21, 2025; therefore be it RESOLVED, …

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Sponsors

• Robert Matzie (D, 16) · primary sponsor
• Arvind Venkat (D, 30)
• Tarik Khan (D, 194)
• Gregory Vitali (D, 166)
• Nikki Rivera (D, 96)
• Manuel Guzman (D, 127)
• Patrick Harkins (D, 1)
• Anthony Bellmon (D, 203)
• Robert FREEMAN (D, 136)
• Jeanne McNeill (D, 133)
• Kyle Donahue (D, 113)
• Patrick Gallagher (D, 173)

Latest actions

1. October 6, 2025: Adopted, Oct. 6, 2025 (199-4)
2. September 30, 2025: Reported as committed, Sept. 30, 2025
3. August 10, 2025: Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Aug. 10, 2025

Votes

• Adopted, Oct. 6, 2025 (199-4) (October 6, 2025): 199 yea, 4 nay, passed
• House Transportation: Report Bill As Committed (September 30, 2025): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is HR293?

HR293 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.

What does HR293 do?

In its own words: A resolution Designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.

What is the status of HR293?

Passed both chambers as of October 6, 2025. Latest action: Adopted, Oct. 6, 2025 (199-4) (October 6, 2025).

Who sponsored HR293?

Robert Matzie (D, 16), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HR293?

On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr293