republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1034.md

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Bill	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.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2019A	HB 19-1034	Colorado HB 19-1034 (2019A)	bill		enacted	Daneya Esgar Jessie Danielson Tom Sullivan	9	15	5	2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00	2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fbbe708a-7495-45be-8e1a-803e22c687a8	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1034	492541f82f712ff59aad4aa71483798939a8b6688315d0066d8feb7749085613	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (02/04/2019) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/11/2019) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/04/2019) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/31/2019) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/05/2019) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (02/25/2019) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (02/22/2019) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/21/2019) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/fbbe708a-7495-45be-8e1a-803e22c687a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).