Bill Text: TX HB2270 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2270

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a railroad locomotive or train.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - Filed [HB2270 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2270-Introduced.html

	89R5975 GP-D

	By: Turner	H.B. No. 2270



	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 or the communications
	between a train crew and a law enforcement agency that are included
	in a report of a collision or violation described by Section
	192.005(1) may not be disclosed except:
	(1) as necessary within the scope of the person's
	duties:
	(A) to a law enforcement officer or agent; or
	(B) to a state attorney;
	(2) 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;
	(3) to a regulatory agency with oversight of
	railroads; or
	(4) 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.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.