2026 Senate Bill 959

Transportation: railroads; wayside detector systems; provide for.

A bill to amend 1993 PA 354, entitled “Railroad code of 1993,” (MCL 462.101 to 462.451) by adding sections 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, and 285.

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Requires the installation and maintenance of wayside detector systems on Michigan railroads to improve safety and prevent derailments, assign new oversight duties to the Office of Rail, and mandate a derailment report by 2028, with associated state costs but no local fiscal impact.

Introduced in the Senate

May 13, 2026

Introduced by Sen. Erika Geiss (D-1) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Sean McCann (D-19) and Stephanie Chang (D-3)

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

June 24, 2026

Reported with substitute S-2

June 25, 2026

Referred to the Committee of the Whole