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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 1298: Railroads - As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1298 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Railroads - As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (April 4, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 85.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
JohnsonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 85
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
  4. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  5. Recommended for passage, voice vote, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  6. Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/5/2025
  7. Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
  8. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
  9. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source