By: Johnson S.B. No. 2323
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a
record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a
railroad locomotive or train.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 192.005, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 192.005. RECORD OF COLLISION OR VIOLATION. If a person
operating a railroad locomotive or train is involved in a collision
with another train, [or] a motor vehicle, or a pedestrian or is
arrested for violation of a law relating to the person's operation
of a railroad locomotive or train:
(1) the number of or other identifying information on
the person's driver's license or commercial driver's license may not
be included in any report of the collision or violation; and
(2) the person's involvement in the collision or
violation may not be recorded in the person's individual driving
record maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 2. Chapter 192, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 192.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 192.006. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM RECORD
OF COLLISION OR VIOLATION. The personally identifying information
of a railroad locomotive or train crew shall be redacted from a
report of a collision or violation described by Section 192.005(1)
and may not be disclosed except:
(1) to a law enforcement officer or agent;
(2) to a state attorney;
(3) to the railroad company;
(A) on whose tracks the collision or violation
occurred; or
(B) who employed the crew at the time of the
collision or violation;
(4) to a regulatory agency with oversight of
railroads;
(5) to a person specifically authorized by court order
to receive the information, if access to the information is
necessary to the performance of the person's duties; or
(6) to legal counsel representing a party injured in a
collision or as a result of a violation that is the subject of the
report, on receipt of a letter requesting that information.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.