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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 hazardous materials unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8491"
citation: "New York A 8491 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c81a4c-4f06-48ba-81c9-49fcbc132765"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8491"
source_hash: "f9b55e7822ba3a5c56701b3a8cd79da846cfbb4f9c27df2883765d3798a7bb15"
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 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](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8491&term=2023&Text=Y)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03c81a4c-4f06-48ba-81c9-49fcbc132765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).