{"id":48922,"date":"2019-12-05T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T17:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=48922"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:37:08","slug":"more-testimony-needed-in-a-fifth-hearing-on-ohio-rail-safety-bill-h-b-186","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/more-testimony-needed-in-a-fifth-hearing-on-ohio-rail-safety-bill-h-b-186\/","title":{"rendered":"More testimony needed in a fifth hearing on Ohio rail safety bill H.B. 186","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

State Legislative Director Stu Gardner reports that an additional round of testimony has been scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, in House Hearing Room 114 in the Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square in Columbus, regarding H.B. 186, a comprehensive railroad safety bill under consideration in the state’s House of Representatives.
\nOnly proponents of the bill who have not given testimony previously are eligible to state their case for this important legislation that will protect lives and preserve the safety of railroad operations in Ohio.
\n“Testimony is to be given by those persons (or groups) that have not testified on H.B. 186 previously,” Gardner said. “I am requesting that if you have not given testimony previously, or wish to add new testimony that you have not given before on H.B. 186, now is the time to do so.”
\nGardner, rail safety legal expert Larry Mann, members of the Ohio State Legislative Board, SMART-TD members and representatives from the BLET have provided testimony in favor of this legislation<\/a>, which covers the following safety issues:<\/p>\n