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Senate advances bill to regulate carriers transporting railroad employees after lengthy debate
Summary
Senate debate over first-substitute SB127 focused on safety gaps for out-of-state contract carriers transporting railroad employees. Sponsors cited testimony from locomotive engineers and accident logs; the substitute was moved to third reading on a close recorded vote.
Senate members engaged in an extended floor debate over first-substitute Senate Bill 127, a measure to regulate companies that transport railroad employees. Sponsor Senator Maine described testimony from more than a dozen locomotive engineers and cited accident reports and concerns that some contract carriers were not subject to Utah’s vehicle-inspection and driver-licensing…
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