H.B. 405 - Switcher Amendments

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Switcher Amendments

Number: H.B. 405 (2022GS)
Sponsor: Rep. Schultz, M.
Final action: House/ filed 3/4/2022
Outcome: Failed / filed without passage

Summary

This bill enacts requirements related to a switcher for railroad cars.

What it does

This bill:
defines terms; and
requires that switchers use certain power sources by a specified date.

Every vote on this bill

2/22/2022House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee

7 0 2not eligible / no record

2/22/2022House/ passed 3rd reading

Senate Secretary

69 0 6YEA

2/25/2022Senate Comm - Held

Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee

4 0 4not eligible / no record

Bill text

introduced version · official source

SWITCHER AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Mike Schultz
Senate Sponsor: 
 Kirk A. Cullimore
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill enacts requirements related to a switcher for railroad cars.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms; and
▸ requires that switchers use certain power sources by a specified date. 
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
56-1-39
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
56-1-39
 is enacted to read:
 56-1-39.
Switcher for railroad cars.
(1) As used in this section, "switcher" means a railroad car designed or used solely for
the primary purpose of propelling railroad cars a short distance or assembling or disassembling
railroad cars.
(2) By no later than January 1, 2028, the owner of a switcher shall ensure that the
switcher is powered wholly by a hydrogen fuel cell or battery-electric power if the switcher is
located at a rail yard in the state that has four or more switchers at the rail yard.