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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3348
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JOBE.
7248H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 389, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to reports relating
to certain railroad incidents, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 389, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 389.1220, to read as follows:
389.1220. 1. For purposes of this section, "personally identifying information"
2 includes a crew member's or engineer's name, home addr ess, personal telephone
3 number , driver's license number , Social Security number , or other information that
4 could reas onably be used to identify or locate such individual.
5 2. Personally identifying information of train crew members and engineers
6 contained in reports or communications rel ated to railr oad incidents involving motor
7 vehicles shall be r edacted fr om any publicly released record s.
8 3. Unred acted copies of such record s shall be accessible only:
9 (1) T o the employing railro ad or its authorized repr esentatives;
10 (2) By court order , and to others specifically authorized by such order; or
11 (3) T o law enforcem ent agencies, the attorney general's office, or the department
12 of transportation if the information is necessary to perform their official duties.
13 4. If a court determines that a cr ew member or engineer was not at fault in a
14 railr oad incident involving a motor vehicle, such person's identifying information shall
15 r emain confidential in all public records.
16 5. The department of transportation shall enforce this section and may
17 pr omulgate rules to ensure compliance and confidentiality . Any rule or portion of a
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is crea ted under the authority
19 delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to
20 all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and
21 chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly
22 pursuant to chapter 536 to revi ew , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul
23 a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority
24 and any rule prop osed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
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