republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-8491.md

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Bill	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 hazardous materials unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	A 8491	New York A 8491 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	William Magnarelli	1	13	2	2024-01-04	2024-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/03c81a4c-4f06-48ba-81c9-49fcbc132765	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8491	f9b55e7822ba3a5c56701b3a8cd79da846cfbb4f9c27df2883765d3798a7bb15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8491 (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 hazardous materials unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals.

Version chain

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

1. A8491 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote — 60–1 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 112–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William Magnarelli — primary (person)
• Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 REPORTED
• 2024-01-25 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.273
• 2024-01-31 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-01-31 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2024-01-31 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 SUBSTITUTED FOR S8083
• 2024-02-07 3RD READING CAL.199
• 2024-02-07 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2024-02-07 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-02-13 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2024-02-13 SIGNED CHAP.79 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03c81a4c-4f06-48ba-81c9-49fcbc132765. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).