This bill, called the SAFE TRACKS Act, makes changes to how states report on railroad crossing safety. Right now, states have to submit reports to the Federal Railroad Administration about their plans to improve safety at places where roads and railroad tracks cross. This bill adds two main requirements to those reports.

First, states now have to explain how they'll work with railroads and other groups to reduce deaths of pedestrians along railroad tracks, including deaths by suicide. They also have to coordinate with local mental health agencies and law enforcement when developing these plans. Second, the bill changes how often states have to submit these reports—instead of just doing it once, states now have to update their reports every 5 years and send them to the Federal Railroad Administration.

Basically, this bill makes sure that railroad safety planning includes strategies to prevent pedestrian deaths and suicides, and requires states to regularly review and update their safety plans rather than creating them just once. It's designed to keep railroad crossings safer and address the serious problem of deaths that occur along railroad rights of way.