First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0234.01 Jery Payne x2157
SENATE BILL 25-052
Senate Committees House Committees
Transportation & Energy
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING THE CONFIDENTIALIT Y OF INFORMATION RELATED TO101
THE REGULATION OF RAILROAD OPERATIONS .102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/
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Transportation Legislation Review Committee. Current law
requires investigative reports of railroads made for the public utilities
commission to be kept confidential. The bill repeals this requirement and
replaces it with a grant of rule-making authority to make ongoing
investigations and security information confidential. The confidentiality
rules must not make final reports of investigations confidential and must
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Winter F. and Hinrichsen, Cutter
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Valdez and Lindsay, Froelich, Mauro, Boesenecker
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. require the timely release of information if public knowledge of the
information would protect the public safety, health, or welfare.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 40-18-104 as2
follows:3
40-18-104. Confidential investigative reports - rules.4
Investigative reports of the commission compiled under this article shall5
be confidential and shall not be discoverable nor used as evidence in any6
court or administrative action THE COMMISSION MAY ADOPT RULES7
MAKING ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS , AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 24-72-2048
(2)(a)(IX),
OR SECURITY INFORMATION , AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION9
24-72-204 (2)(a)(VIII),
CONFIDENTIAL. IF THE COMMISSION ADOPTS THE10
CONFIDENTIALITY RULES, THE RULES MUST NOT MAKE FINAL REPORTS OF11
INVESTIGATIONS CONFIDENTIAL AND MUST REQUIRE THE TIMELY RELEASE12
OF INFORMATION IF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE INFORMATION WOULD13
PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, OR WELFARE.14
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,15
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate16
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for17
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state18
institutions.19
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