---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum Two-person Crew On Freight Trains"
description: "Public utilities commission - railroads - freight trains - number of crew members required - exemptions - definitions - fines. The act requires a common carrier engaged in the transportation of property by railroad to have at least 2 crew members aboard a railroad train or light engine operated in connection with carrying freight while the railroad train or light engine is moving. A violation of the requirement is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $250 to $1,000 for a first offense, $1,000 to $5,000 for a second offense committed within 3 years, or $5,000 to $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within 3 years.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1034"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1034 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Jessie Danielson", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbbe708a-7495-45be-8e1a-803e22c687a8"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1034"
source_hash: "492541f82f712ff59aad4aa71483798939a8b6688315d0066d8feb7749085613"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 19-1034 (2019A) — Minimum Two-person Crew On Freight Trains

Public utilities commission - railroads - freight trains - number of crew members required - exemptions - definitions - fines. The act requires a common carrier engaged in the transportation of property by railroad to have at least 2 crew members aboard a railroad train or light engine operated in connection with carrying freight while the railroad train or light engine is moving. A violation of the requirement is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $250 to $1,000 for a first offense, $1,000 to $5,000 for a second offense committed within 3 years, or $5,000 to $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within 3 years.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1034_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1034_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1034_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1034_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1034tlg_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1034_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1034_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1034_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1034_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **39–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **49–13** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **15–19** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **39–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/01/2019
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2019-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbbe708a-7495-45be-8e1a-803e22c687a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).