l9n/ Connecticut

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 7059

AN ACT STUDYING THE DANBURY BRANCH LINE OF THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD AND CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 7, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require the Department of Transportation to fund the New Haven Line, (2) establish minimum train crew size requirements for freight railroad companies operating in the state, (3) require the installation of hotbox detectors every twenty miles on any rail line in which passenger trains operate, (4) increase the amount of bond funds available for grants for commercial rail line improvements, and (5) study the feasibility of operating hybrid trains on the Danbury branch line of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad and expanding such line to include the town of New Milford.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Travis Simms

Its course

February 20 to May 7, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action15 actions on 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to May 7 · stopped76 days

Transportation CommitteeFeb 20 to Mar 1220 days

Appropriations CommitteeApr 29 to May 56 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 20 – May 5

  1. Feb 20Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
  2. Feb 21Heard in Transportation Committee
  3. Mar 12Transportation Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Apr 29Sent to Appropriations Committee
  5. May 5Appropriations Committee recommended it
All 15 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 21PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 12Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 17FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 26REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 1RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 1FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 1HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 1FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 29REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. May 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. May 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. May 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. May 7NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. May 7TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives