SF384 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to notices required for the closure of railway crossings for repairs or upgrades, and providing penalties.(Formerly SF 24 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Last action: 2026-01-29
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to notices required for the closure of railway crossings for repairs or upgrades, and providing penalties.(Formerly SF 24 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to notices required for the closure of railway crossings for repairs or upgrades, and providing penalties.(Formerly SF 24 .)

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Bill History

2026-01-29 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 12:15PM RM 102.
2026-01-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Siegrist, Gosa and Wood. H.J. 126 .
2025-12-31 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature
Tabled until future meeting.
2025-03-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 12:30PM House Lounge.
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Young, Determann and Scholten. H.J. 852 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Transportation. H.J. 637 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Message from Senate. H.J. 636 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. S.J. 501 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Passed Senate , yeas 48, nays 0. S.J. 499 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 334 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 320 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to notices required for the closure of railway crossings for repairs or upgrades, and providing penalties.(Formerly SF 24 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Senate

File

384

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

384

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SF

24)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

notices

required

for

the

closure

of

railway

1

crossings

for

repairs

or

upgrades,

and

providing

penalties.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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384

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

327G.26

Closed

crossing

——

required

1

notices.

2

1.

A

railway

corporation

shall

provide

notice

of

a

railway

3

crossing

closure

for

repairs

or

upgrades

to

the

governmental

4

entity

that

has

jurisdiction

over

the

crossing

not

fewer

than

5

thirty

days

prior

to

closing

the

crossing,

unless

the

closure

6

could

not

reasonably

be

anticipated

thirty

days

in

advance

7

or

occurs

in

the

event

of

an

emergency.

The

notice

must

8

include

an

estimated

date

by

which

the

repairs

or

upgrades

9

will

be

completed.

A

railway

corporation

shall

also

notify

10

the

governmental

entity

as

soon

as

practicable

if

the

repairs

11

or

upgrades

will

be

completed

after

the

initial

estimated

12

completion

date.

13

2.

A

railway

corporation

violating

this

section

shall,

upon

14

conviction,

be

guilty

of

a

schedule

“one”

penalty

under

section

15

327C.5.

16

EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

Current

law

prohibits

a

railway

corporation

from

closing

20

a

railway

crossing

for

more

than

30

days

for

the

purpose

of

21

repairing

or

upgrading

the

crossing,

and

a

corporation

that

22

violates

Code

section

327G.25

is

subject

to

a

$100

fine.

23

This

bill

requires

a

railway

corporation

to

provide

notice

24

of

a

railway

crossing

closure

for

repairs

or

upgrades

to

the

25

governmental

entity

that

has

jurisdiction

over

the

crossing

not

26

fewer

than

30

days

prior

to

closing

the

crossing,

unless

the

27

closure

could

not

reasonably

be

anticipated

30

days

in

advance

28

or

in

the

event

of

an

emergency.

The

notice

must

include

29

an

estimated

date

by

which

the

repairs

or

upgrades

will

be

30

completed.

If

the

repairs

or

upgrades

will

be

completed

after

31

the

initial

estimated

completion

date,

the

railway

corporation

32

is

also

required

to

notify

the

governmental

entity

as

soon

as

33

practicable.

A

violation

of

the

bill

is

punishable

by

a

$100

34

fine.

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