H.R.358

Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to communicate with certain railroad companies to address abandoned and blighted railroads

Introduced·5/27/26
Ment Text

Louisiana HR358 urges the Department of Transportation and Development to address abandoned and blighted railroads in Northwest Louisiana.

Louisiana HR358 urges the Department of Transportation and Development to communicate with certain railroad companies, including Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad, to address abandoned and blighted railroads in Northwest Louisiana. The resolution requests the Department's District 4 commissioner to strategize the removal or remediation of these railroads and associated structures in the listed parishes. The Department is required to submit a written report detailing discussions and the intent of the railroads to resolve the problem before January 1, 2027.

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History

May 29

House

Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

May 28

House

Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading.

May 27

House

Read by title. Lies over under the rules.