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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 779: Railroad safety; minimum train crew used in movement of freight, civil penalties.

Passed one chamber 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 779 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on December 26, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Railroad safety; minimum train crew used in movement of freight, civil penalties. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Carroll Foy (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 17, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Rules (18-Y 0-N).

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

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Railroad safety; minimum train crew; movement of freight; civil penalties. Requires railroad companies to comply with federal requirements for minimum train crews on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight and provides civil penalties for violations of such requirement.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer Carroll FoyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Angelia GravesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21

“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. Passed by indefinitely in Rules (18-Y 0-N)
  2. Referred from Labor and Commerce and referred to Rules (Voice Vote)
  3. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
  4. Read first time
  5. Placed on Calendar
  6. Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
  7. Read second time and engrossed
  8. Rules suspended
  9. Passed by for the day
  10. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
  11. Reported from Commerce and Labor (8-Y 7-N)
  12. Rereferred from Transportation to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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