l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1191

An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in railroads, providing for prohibition on blocking of crossings, for limitation on length of freight or work trains, for authorization to monitor safety practices and operations by collective bargaining representatives, for safe staffing levels for trains or light engines, for wayside detector systems, for study of transportation of hazardous materials or waste, for reporting system for transportation of hazardous materials or waste and for hazard impact assessment; and imposing penalties.

In the Senate's Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee since March 30, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

28 co-sponsors

Danilo Burgos, Mandy Steele, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., Carol Hill-Evans, Maureen E. Madden, Jose Giral, Jeanne McNeill, Chris Pielli, ROBERT FREEMAN, Malcolm Kenyatta, Arvind Venkat, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Jim Haddock, Steven R. Malagari, Nikki Rivera, Kyle Donahue, Nathan Davidson, Joe Ciresi, Perry S. Warren, Michael H. Schlossberg, Louis C. Schmitt Jr., John C. Inglis III, Jim Prokopiak, Brandon J. Markosek, G. Roni Green, Tarik Khan, TIM BRIGGS, Justin C. Fleming

Its course

April 15, 2025 to March 30, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action13 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesApr 15 to Mar 25344 days

Consumer Protection, Technology & UtilitiesApr 15 to Dec 16245 days

AppropriationsMar 24 to Mar 251 day

In the SenateFrom Mar 25

Consumer Protection & Professional LicensureFrom Mar 30

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading120–79

    Passed · Mar 25, 2026

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 24, 2026

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Apr 15 – Mar 25, 2026

  1. Apr 15Sent to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES
  2. Dec 16CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES recommended it
  3. Mar 24, 2026Amended and read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Mar 25, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 120 to 79

In the Senate Mar 30, 2026

  1. Mar 30, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Apr 15Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, April 15, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Dec 16Reported as committed, Dec. 16, 2025House of Representatives
  3. Dec 16First consideration, Dec. 16, 2025House of Representatives
  4. Dec 16Laid on the table, Dec. 16, 2025House of Representatives
  5. Mar 23, 2026Removed from table, March 23, 2026House of Representatives
  6. Mar 24, 2026Second consideration, with amendments, March 24, 2026House of Representatives
  7. Mar 24, 2026Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 24, 2026House of Representatives
  8. Mar 24, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page 180-182), March 24, 2026House of Representatives
  9. Mar 25, 2026Re-reported as committed, March 25, 2026House of Representatives
  10. Mar 25, 2026Third consideration and final passage, March 25, 2026 (120-79)House of Representatives
  11. Mar 25, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page 224-226), March 25, 2026House of Representatives
  12. Mar 30, 2026In the SenateSenate
  13. Mar 30, 2026Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, March 30, 2026Senate