Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2886 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/17/2025

                             
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
HOUSE BILL 2886 	By: Chapman 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to railroads; defining terms; 
providing for type of identification required to be 
shown following a railroad accident or incident; 
providing for codification; and declaring an 
emergency. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 104 of T itle 66, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  As used in this section: 
1.  "FRA Certified Conductor " means a conductor, switchman, 
brakeman, trainman, or fireman licensed and certified by the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA); 
2.  "FRA Certified Engineer " means an engineer licensed and 
certified by the FRA ; 
3.  "Railroad accident or incident" means accidents occurring to 
persons, including pedestrians, motor vehicles, and animals,   
 
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incidental to and as a consequence o f the flow of vehicles and 
pedestrians along the railroads of Oklahoma; and 
4.  "Railroad management" means any rail employee overseeing and 
assisting in the operation of rail transit. 
B.  For identification purposes, no railroad employee involved 
in a railroad accident or incident shall be required to show his or 
her driver license to law enforcement or other safety officer. 
Railroad employees shall be allowed to show the following 
identification: 
1.  A FRA Certified Conductor shall provide his or her FRA 
certification; 
2.  A FRA Certified Engineer shall provide his or her FRA 
certification; and 
3.  Railroad management shall provide his or her FRA 
certification. 
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby 
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 
 
60-1-11583 JBH 12/28/24