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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 1142

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Relating to: funding for passenger rail operations and making an appropriation.

Railroad — Passenger service Transportation department of — Rail service

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill increases the appropriation to the Department of Transportation for passenger rail operations by $10,000,000 for the purpose of supporting passenger rail operations and by $5,200,000 to fund ongoing passenger rail expansion feasibility studies.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kirsch (D) , McCarville (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

10 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Mayadev (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kirsch, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Tenorio, Udell, Neubauer, Hysell, Sheehan and Anderson; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Roys

  2. Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  6. Mar 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor