SB1744 • 2026

Modifies provisions relating to train length restrictions

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Lewis, Patty; House handler: N/A
Last action: 2026-05-07
Official status: Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
Effective date: 2026-08-28

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Modifies provisions relating to train length restrictions

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1744 - This act prohibits trains exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in total length from operating on any main track or branch line in this state.

What This Bill Does

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1744 - This act prohibits trains exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in total length from operating on any main track or branch line in this state.
This act is identical to HB 3350 (2026) and HB 3463 (2026).
TAYLOR MIDDLETON

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Bill History

2026-05-07 S1607
Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
2026-02-25 S455
S First Read

Official Summary Text

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Introduced

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SB 1744 - This act prohibits trains exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in total length from operating on any main track or branch line in this state.

This act is identical to HB 3350 (2026) and HB 3463 (2026).
TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1744
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR LEWIS.
7415S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 389, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to train length
restrictions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 389, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 389.1100, to read as 2
follows:3
389.1100. 1. No railroad operating within this state 1
shall operate, or permit to be operated, any train exceeding 2
eight thousand five hundred feet in total length on any main 3
track or branch line. 4
2. The department of transportation shall have 5
authority to adopt rules and standards to implement and 6
enforce this section, including procedures for measurement, 7
exemptions for specific routes, and penalties for 8
violations. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 9
defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 10
authority delegated in this section shall become effective 11
only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 12
provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 13
536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 14
if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 15
pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 16
date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 17
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held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 18
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 19
2026, shall be invalid and void. 20
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