LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed a bill that would have limited train lengths in the state to 7,500 feet, and set requirements for hotbox detectors along rail lines.
Assembly Bill 456, which had passed the Assembly 28-14 and the Senate 13-8, required wayside detectors every 10 to 15 miles or limited trains to 10 mph on tracks not so equipped, and required stopped trains to clear grade crossings upon the approach of an emergency vehicle.
Lombardo’s veto message called the bill “another policy overreach from the legislature” and said it was “unlikely unlikely to withstand litigation” given U.S. Supreme Court precedent on laws regarding interstate commerce. As a result, he said, while the law was “mostly well-intended … I cannot support it.”
As of Friday, the Reno Gazette Journal reports Lombardo, a Republican, had vetoed 24 bills passed by the legislature, in which both chambers are controlled by Democrats.
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