---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain trains and locomotives to have a crew size of not less than two persons"
description: "Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of freight unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals; provides exemptions; defines terms; imposes civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5775"
citation: "New York S 5775 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy M. Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/165f8b09-e9dd-46f5-90ef-9cffc9d66520"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5775"
source_hash: "6963770706b8ac680d266a3f28c15907b94a66b3fc523eb58d0ffbe8cc7aa2eb"
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-ny"]
---

# New York S 5775 (2023-2024) — Requires certain trains and locomotives to have a crew size of not less than two persons

Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of freight unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals; provides exemptions; defines terms; imposes civil penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5775&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **114–27** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **55–6** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **17–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy M. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1106
- **2023-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-23** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5639
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.580
- **2023-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.707 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.50

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/165f8b09-e9dd-46f5-90ef-9cffc9d66520`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).