2024 Bill Entry
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| 2022njsb00535i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 535 | Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers. | Authorize municipalities to impose taxes on empty ISO shipping containers, which are stored within their boundaries. A municipality would retain 75% of the amounts collected and remit 25% of the amounts collected to the county. Amounts retained by a municipality would be held in trust and used to fund infrastructure projects within the municipality. Amounts remitted to the county would be held in trust and used to fund infrastructure projects or for the acquisition or maintenance of open space within the municipality which collected the tax. Under the bill, the Directors of the Division of Local Government Services and the Division of Taxation would adopt a model ordinance to aid municipal governing bodies considering imposing a tax on empty ISO shipping containers. | Sen. Teresa Ruiz | billtext | Containers | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 01/11/2022 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Community and Urban Affairs. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 457 | 4079 | |
| 2022njab01447i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 1447 | Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations and commercial zero emission vehicle fleet conversions. | Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations and for the purchase of commercial zero emission vehicles. The first component of the credit is based on the amount a taxpayer pays to purchase and install an electric vehicle charging station at their business, trade, or occupation, or at the taxpayer’s primary residence in this State. The credit is capped at 50 percent of the amount paid towards the purchase and installation of the electric vehicle charging station during a privilege period or taxable year, or $1,000 per station, whichever amount is less. The second component of the credit is based on the difference in the amount paid by a taxpayer for a qualified commercial zero emission vehicle compared to what the taxpayer would have paid for a comparable conventionally fueled vehicle. This credit is capped at 50 percent of the difference between the amount paid during the privilege period or taxable year towards the purchase of a qualified commercial zero emission vehicle and the amount that would have been paid for a comparable conventionally fueled vehicle, except that the credit cannot exceed $25,000 if the qualified commercial zero emission vehicle weighs less than 14,000 pounds, $50,000 if the vehicle weighs 14,001 to 26,500 pounds, and $100,000 if the vehicle weighs more than 26,500 pounds. A taxpayer is required to submit an application with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, who is responsible for certifying a taxpayer’s application for the credit, and providing a copy of the certification to the taxpayer and the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. These tax credits are non-refundable, but may be carried forward for seven years after the privilege period or taxable year during which the credit are initially earned. The credit would be available for a five-year period commencing on January 1 next following the effective date of the bill. |
Asm. James Kennedy | billtext | Emissions | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Companion to SB 429. | 01/11/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment and Solid Waste. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 459 | 4436 | |
| 2022njsb00429i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 429 | Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations and commercial zero emission vehicle fleet conversions. | Provides credits for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations and for the purchase of commercial zero emission vehicles. The first component of the credit is based on the amount a taxpayer pays to purchase and install an electric vehicle charging station at their business, trade, or occupation, or at the taxpayer’s primary residence in this State. The credit is capped at 50 percent of the amount paid towards the purchase and installation of the electric vehicle charging station during a privilege period or taxable year, or $1,000 per station, whichever amount is less. The second component of the credit is based on the difference in the amount paid by a taxpayer for a qualified commercial zero emission vehicle compared to what the taxpayer would have paid for a comparable conventionally fueled vehicle. This credit is capped at 50 percent of the difference between the amount paid during the privilege period or taxable year towards the purchase of a qualified commercial zero emission vehicle and the amount that would have been paid for a comparable conventionally fueled vehicle, except that the credit cannot exceed $25,000 if the qualified commercial zero emission vehicle weighs less than 14,000 pounds, $50,000 if the vehicle weighs 14,001 to 26,500 pounds, and $100,000 if the vehicle weighs more than 26,500 pounds. A taxpayer is required to submit an application with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, who is responsible for certifying a taxpayer’s application for the credit, and providing a copy of the certification to the taxpayer and the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. These tax credits are non-refundable, but may be carried forward for seven years after the privilege period or taxable year during which the credit are initially earned. The credit would be available for a five-year period commencing on January 1 next following the effective date of the bill. |
Sen. Bob Smith | billtext | Emissions | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Companion to AB 1447. | 01/11/2022 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Energy. 03/14/2022 Reported from Senate Committee on Environment and Energy with amendments. Second reading in Senate. 03/14/2022 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 460 | 4437 | |
| 2022njab02057i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 2057 | Eliminates the B and C factors of the employment status test. | Revises the test used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under certain State labor laws. The “ABC” test is widely used under current State labor law for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. It is used to determine employee and employer obligations and entitlements under the following laws: the “Unemployment Compensation Law,” the “Temporary Disability Benefits Law,” the New Jersey Wage Payment Law, and the “New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law.” It is also used under the “New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act,” for purposes of determining whether an employer is required to deduct and withhold State income taxes. The “ABC” test provides that an individual who performs services for remuneration is presumed to be an employee unless the employer can show to the satisfaction of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that: (A) Such individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of such service, both under his contract of service and in fact; and (B) Such service is either outside the usual course of the business for which such service is performed, or that such service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such service is performed; and (C) Such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business. If an employer fails to prove any one of the three criteria for showing a worker is an independent contractor, the worker will be classified as an employee, and will be eligible for benefits pursuant to the labor laws listed above. Additionally, the employer and employee will be required to comply with the contribution and participation obligations of the respective labor laws. This bill eliminates the B and C factors of the employment status test, thereby limiting the test to factor A, whether the individual has been and will continue to be free from control of the employer. By limiting the factors used in the employment status test to the control test, it will be easier for employers to comply with regulations and categorize workers for purposes of State labor laws. |
Asm. John Dimaio | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 02/03/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 461 | 4438 | |
| 2022njab00899i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 899 | Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws. | Revises the factors that are used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under certain State labor laws. The “ABC” test is widely used under current State labor law for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. It is used to determine employee and employer obligations and entitlements under the following laws: the “unemployment compensation law,” the “Temporary Disability Benefits Law,” the New Jersey wage payment law, and the “New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law.” It is also used under the “New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act,” for purposes of determining whether an employer is required to deduct and withhold State income taxes. The “ABC” test provides that an individual who performs services for remuneration is presumed to be an employee unless the employer can show to the satisfaction of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that: (A) Such individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of such service, both under his contract of service and in fact; and (B) such service is either outside the usual course of the business for which such service is performed, or that such service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such service is performed; and (C) Such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business. If an employer fails to prove any one of the three criteria for showing a worker is an independent contractor, the worker will be classified as an employee, and will be eligible for benefits pursuant to the labor laws listed above. Additionally, the employer and employee will be required to comply with the contribution and participation obligations of the respective labor laws. Revises the factors for showing a worker is an independent contract. Under the bill, to determine whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor, all information that provides evidence of the degree of control and the degree of independence is to be considered. Facts that provide evidence of the degree of control and independence fall into three categories: (A) behavioral control; (B) financial control; and (C) the type of relationship of the parties. In making an employment determination any guidance on determining a worker’s employment status provided by the federal Internal Revenue Service in the United States Department of the Treasury is to be considered. This bill aligns the test for employment status under State law with the test in use by the Internal Revenue Service in the Department of the Treasury. |
Asm. Brian Bergen | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 599. | 01/11/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 462 | 4390 | |
| 2022njsb00599i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 599 | Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain state labor laws. | Revises the factors that are used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under certain State labor laws. The “ABC” test is widely used under current State labor law for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. It is used to determine employee and employer obligations and entitlements under the following laws: the “unemployment compensation law,” the “Temporary Disability Benefits Law,” the New Jersey wage payment law, and the “New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law.” It is also used under the “New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act,” for purposes of determining whether an employer is required to deduct and withhold State income taxes. The “ABC” test provides that an individual who performs services for remuneration is presumed to be an employee unless the employer can show to the satisfaction of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that: (A) Such individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of such service, both under his contract of service and in fact; and (B) such service is either outside the usual course of the business for which such service is performed, or that such service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such service is performed; and (C) Such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business. If an employer fails to prove any one of the three criteria for showing a worker is an independent contractor, the worker will be classified as an employee, and will be eligible for benefits pursuant to the labor laws listed above. Additionally, the employer and employee will be required to comply with the contribution and participation obligations of the respective labor laws. Revises the factors for showing a worker is an independent contract. Under the bill, to determine whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor, all information that provides evidence of the degree of control and the degree of independence is to be considered. Facts that provide evidence of the degree of control and independence fall into three categories: (A) behavioral control; (B) financial control; and (C) the type of relationship of the parties. In making an employment determination any guidance on determining a worker’s employment status provided by the federal Internal Revenue Service in the United States Department of the Treasury is to be considered. This bill aligns the test for employment status under State law with the test in use by the Internal Revenue Service in the Department of the Treasury. |
Sen. Michael Testa | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as AB 899. | 01/11/2022 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 463 | 4389 | |
| 2022njsb00376i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 376 | Prohibits NJTA from implementing automatic toll increases and increasing tolls for three years. | Prohibits the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) from authorizing automatic toll increases or adjustments. Reduces all NJTA toll rates by fifty cents from the toll rate applicable on September 14, 2020 and prohibits the NJTA from increasing any existing toll or from establishing any new toll until after December 31, 2024. In May of 2020, the NJTA approved a resolution to, in part, 48 approve the NJTA’s Long-Range Capital Plan and to increase tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. Toll increases became effective on September 13, 2020. The resolution also allowed the NJTA to increase tolls up to a maximum of three percent per year starting on January 1, 2022. Prohibits these annual toll increases from taking effect and reduces, by fifty cents, the toll increase that took effect on September 13, 2020. |
Sen. Nia Gill | billtext | Tolls | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 01/11/2022 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 464 | 326 | |
| 2022njsb00432i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 432 | Establishes goals for sale of zero-emission medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks. | Establishes goals concerning the sale, lease, and operation of certain on-road vehicles and off-road vehicles and equipment. Sets a goal that 100 percent of new medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks offered for sale or lease for registration in the State would be zero-emission vehicles by December 31, 2045. As defined in the bill, “heavy duty truck” means an on-road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 32,000 pounds, “medium-duty truck” means an on road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 8,500 pounds and less than 32,000 pounds, and “zero-emission vehicle” or "ZEV" means a vehicle certified as a zero emission vehicle pursuant to the California Air Resources Board zero emission vehicle standards for the applicable model year, but does not include an advanced technology. | Sen. Bob Smith | billtext | Emissions | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 01/11/2022 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 465 | 4437 | |
| 2022njab03315i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 3315 | Establishes young driver program for commercial driver licences. | This bill requires the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to establish a program to increase the number of young drivers who possess a commercial driver license. The program is to be established in consultation with experts in the commercial trucking industry. The commission is required to include information on the program in its annual report. | Assemblywoman Angela McKnight | billtext | CDL | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 2473. | 03/07/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 502 | 4467 | |
| 2022njab03669i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 3669 | Provides three-month reduction or suspension of tax on highway fuels based on average retail price of unleaded regular gasoline. | Provides for temporary reductions or suspensions of the state tax on highway fuels based on the average retail price of unleaded regular gasoline. Applies during the three-month period of June 2022 through August 2022. The State Treasurer, with the Office of the Economist in the Board of Public Utilities, is required to determine, on a monthly basis, the average retail price per gallon of unleaded regular gasoline in the State during the current month. Based on these determinations, the rate of tax imposed on highway fuel would be set as follows: (1) no reduction in tax if the average retail price per gallon of unleaded regular gasoline was less than $4.50 during the preceding month; (2) a 50 percent tax reduction if the average retail price per gallon of unleaded regular gasoline was equal to or greater than $4.51 but not greater than $5.00 during the preceding month; (3) a 75 percent tax reduction if the average retail price per gallon of unleaded regular gasoline was equal to or greater than $5.01 but not greater than $5.50 during the preceding month; and (4) no tax would be imposed if the average retail price per gallon of unleaded regular gasoline exceeded $5.50 during the preceding month. The benefits of any reduction or suspension of taxation would be passed on to consumers in the form of reduced retail prices for highway fuels. Under current law, all revenues collected under the motor fuel tax and the petroleum products gross receipts tax are deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund to support the State’s transportation system. Notably, these monies are used to pay the State’s debt service on transportation bonds. Appropriates amounts that are necessary from the revenues collected under the “Sales and Use Tax Act,” P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.) to offset any reductions in motor fuel tax revenues and petroleum products gross receipts tax revenues that occur as a direct result of this bill. These monies would be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund. Also requires these appropriations to be considered when the State Treasurer determines the annual rate of taxation for highway fuel under the petroleum products gross receipts tax. |
Assemblyman Paul Moriarty | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Died. | 03/17/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 503 | 3979 | |
| 2022njsb01762i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 1762 | Requires Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax rate reduction if certain legislative action is taken that includes increases in other State tax rates and revenue. | Requires Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax rate reduction if certain legislative action is taken that includes increases in other State tax rates and revenue; dedicates revenues from certain sales and use tax increases to “Transportation Trust Fund Account.” |
Sen. Steve Oroho | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 02/28/2022 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 506 | 4471 | |
| 2022njab00975i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 975 | Requires commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems. | Requires a commercial motor vehicle operating upon the public highways of NJ to be equipped with a global positioning system navigation program that provides information about upcoming highway infrastructure with low vertical clearance and weight restrictions and dynamic route directions that account for commercial motor vehicle restrictions. The committee amendments include a revised definition for the term “commercial motor vehicle” which term includes certain vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or that display a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds. |
Assemblymember John DiMaio | billtext | Safety | 01/19/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 2643. | 01/11/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee. 03/23/2023 Favorably reported out of Assembly Committee with amendments. Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 550 | 4438 | |
| 2022njab01216i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 1216 | Establishes a “Port Support Zone” around Port 25 Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal for increasing efficient movement and storage of containers and cargo. | Establishes a “Port Support Zone” surrounding the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal (“the port”) for the purpose of increasing the efficient movement and storage of containers and cargo. Shipping volume at the port is expected to increase upon the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal and the raising of the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge. Changes which impact the Port Support Zone, the area within a five-mile radius of the outermost boundary of the port, are necessary to position the State for the anticipated increased flow of containers and cargo into port. Provides that, notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance to the contrary: (1) no amendment or revision to any zoning ordinance shall change the classification of a district zoned for commercial or industrial purposes and located within the Port Support Zone; and (2) an overweight commercial vehicle may travel along any road reasonably contiguous to the port, so long as that road is within an industrial or commercial zone of that municipality. Amends current law to increase the allowable amount of redevelopment incentive grants awarded for qualified projects in the port support zone. Provides that any redevelopment incentive grant agreement with a developer for a project within the port support zone would not exceed 40 percent of the total cost of the project, unless the project included environmental remediation, in which case the Economic Development Authority could increase the amount of the reimbursement by up to 75 percent of the environmental remediation costs. Authorizes the Department of Transportation issue a special permit for the operation of overweight vehicles over designated routes reasonably contiguous to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal, within the “Port support zone,” or both, if the vehicle, meets specified criteria. Directs the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, to identify contaminated sites within the Port support zone and to prioritize those sites based upon their potential for use as warehousing and bulk distribution centers in support of the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal. Directs the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to provide properties so identified with the highest priority for the department to cleanup and remove hazardous substances from those properties. Directs the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to expedite any permit process involving the use of dredged materials on property located within the Port support zone if the property is being developed for a use to support the port. |
Asm. Eliana Pintor Marin | billtext | Ports | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 01/11/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce and Economic Development Committee. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 552 | 4074 | |
| 2022njab03855i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 3855 | Provides 60-day reduction in highway fuel taxes. | Provides a 60-day reduction in the taxation of highway fuels under the “Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax Act. Provides that during the 60-day period, the tax imposed on highway fuel would return to the rates imposed before the enactment of P.L.2016, c.57 (C.54:15B-13 et al.), which increased the tax on highway fuel and allowed for annual adjustment of such tax rate. Accordingly, the rate of tax imposed on highway fuel under the “Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax would equal 2.75 percent of the gross receipts derived from the first sale of highway fuel within the State. The 60-day period would begin on the 10th calendar day following the date of enactment and conclude on the 70th calendar day following the date of enactment. Appropriates such amounts as are necessary to offset any reductions in revenue that occur as a result of the bill. These monies would be appropriated from the General Fund for deposit into the Transportation Trust Fund. Requires the State Treasurer to consider these appropriations when determining the annual rate of taxation for highway fuel under the petroleum products gross receipts tax. | Asm. Verlina Reynolds-Jackson | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 2447. | 05/09/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 553 | 4500 | |
| 2022njsb02447i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 2447 | Provides 60-day reduction in highway fuel taxes. | Provides a 60-day reduction in the taxation of highway fuels under the “Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax Act. Provides that during the 60-day period, the tax imposed on highway fuel would return to the rates imposed before the enactment of P.L.2016, c.57 (C.54:15B-13 et al.), which increased the tax on highway fuel and allowed for annual adjustment of such tax rate. Accordingly, the rate of tax imposed on highway fuel under the “Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax would equal 2.75 percent of the gross receipts derived from the first sale of highway fuel within the State. The 60-day period would begin on the 10th calendar day following the date of enactment and conclude on the 70th calendar day following the date of enactment. Appropriates such amounts as are necessary to offset any reductions in revenue that occur as a result of the bill. These monies would be appropriated from the General Fund for deposit into the Transportation Trust Fund. Requires the State Treasurer to consider these appropriations when determining the annual rate of taxation for highway fuel under the petroleum products gross receipts tax. | Sen. Shirley Turner | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as AB 3855. | 05/09/2022 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 554 | 329 | |
| 2022njab01419i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 1419 | Eliminates Treasurer's authority to annually adjust petroleum products gross receipts tax. | Eliminates the Treasurer’s authority to annually adjust petroleum products gross receipts tax after State Fiscal Year 2021. Instead, the Legislature will be required to pass a law to change the petroleum products gross receipts tax. Currently, and through State Fiscal Year 2026, the rate of tax imposed on petroleum products is adjusted annually by the State Treasurer, after collaborating with the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer, to meet the “highway fuel cap amount.” The highway fuel cap amount is approximately $2 billion and is based on the amount equivalent to 2016 fuel sales as if taxed at certain rates. If the amount of revenue in a year exceeds the cap amount, the following year’s tax rate is decreased. However, if the revenue in a year is less than the cap amount, the tax rate is increased in the following year to meet the shortfall. Under this bill, the Treasurer’s authority to adjust the gas tax is removed, and only the Legislature will be able to change the tax rate of the petroleum products gross receipts tax. | Asm. Robert Auth | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 01/11/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on State and Local Government. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 555 | 4501 | |
| 2022njab03371i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 3371 | Requires MVC to waive knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for commercial driver license. | Requires the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to waive the knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for a commercial driver license. Under the federal “Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986,” the federal government requires the states to meet certain standards governing the issuance of commercial driver licenses. These standards include the requirement that every applicant pass a knowledge test and a skills test before obtaining the license. However, federal regulations allow the states to waive these testing requirements for military service members who meet certain conditions set forth by the federal government (49 C.F.R. s.383.77). As authorized, the State currently requires the MVC to waive the skills test requirement for qualified military service members who apply for certain commercial driver licenses. Under the bill, the MVC would also waive the knowledge test requirement for qualified military service members. As required by federal regulations, a current or former military service person may qualify for the knowledge test waiver if, during the one-year period immediately preceding the date of application, the person: (1) was 44 regularly employed as an operator of certain military vehicles; (2) operated a vehicle that is representative of the type of commercial motor vehicle that the person expects to operate; (3) has not simultaneously held more than one civilian license; (4) has not had any license suspended, revoked, or canceled; (5) has not been convicted of certain types of serious traffic offenses; and (6) has not been convicted of certain types of motor vehicle violations arising in connection with a traffic accident and has no record of an accident in which the person was at fault. However, under current State law, military applicants who seek to operate the following categories of commercial vehicles are not permitted to receive the skills test waiver: (1) vehicles designed to transport 16 or more passengers; (2) vehicles designed to transport between eight and 16 persons if used to transport such persons for hire on a daily basis to and from places of employment; (3) vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous materials; or (4) vehicles used for the transportation of children to or from a school or other similar places of education. Similarly, these applicants would not qualify for the knowledge test waiver provided under the bill. |
Assemblyman Michael Torrissi | billtext | CDL | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 2751. | 03/07/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 559 | 4502 | |
| 2022njsb02571i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 2571 | Requires MVC to waive knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for commercial driver license. | Requires the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to waive the knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for a commercial driver license. Under the federal “Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986,” the federal government requires the states to meet certain standards governing the issuance of commercial driver licenses. These standards include the requirement that every applicant pass a knowledge test and a skills test before obtaining the license. However, federal regulations allow the states to waive these testing requirements for military service members who meet certain conditions set forth by the federal government (49 C.F.R. s.383.77). As authorized, the State currently requires the MVC to waive the skills test requirement for qualified military service members who apply for certain commercial driver licenses. Under the bill, the MVC would also waive the knowledge test requirement for qualified military service members. As required by federal regulations, a current or former military service person may qualify for the knowledge test waiver if, during the one-year period immediately preceding the date of application, the person: (1) was 44 regularly employed as an operator of certain military vehicles; (2) operated a vehicle that is representative of the type of commercial motor vehicle that the person expects to operate; (3) has not simultaneously held more than one civilian license; (4) has not had any license suspended, revoked, or canceled; (5) has not been convicted of certain types of serious traffic offenses; and (6) has not been convicted of certain types of motor vehicle violations arising in connection with a traffic accident and has no record of an accident in which the person was at fault. However, under current State law, military applicants who seek to operate the following categories of commercial vehicles are not permitted to receive the skills test waiver: (1) vehicles designed to transport 16 or more passengers; (2) vehicles designed to transport between eight and 16 persons if used to transport such persons for hire on a daily basis to and from places of employment; (3) vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous materials; or (4) vehicles used for the transportation of children to or from a school or other similar places of education. Similarly, these applicants would not qualify for the knowledge test waiver provided under the bill. |
Sen. Edward Durr | billtext | CDL | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as AB 3371 | 05/12/2022 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 560 | 4468 | |
| 2022njar00136i | 2022 | NJ | AR | 136 | Urges Governor and President to suspend gas taxes. | Urges the Governor to suspend the State taxes on motor fuels and petroleum products. The resolution also urges the President of the United States to suspend the federal tax on motor fuels. | Assemblymember Gabriela Mosquera | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Died upon adjournment. | 05/09/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 561 | 4507 | |
| 2022njsb02554i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 2554 | Suspends taxation of highway fuels for one year. | Provides for a one-year suspension of the taxation of highway fuel under the “Motor Fuel Tax Act,” P.L.2010, c.22 40 (C.54:39-101 et seq.) and the “Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax Act,” P.L.1990, c.42 (C.54:15B-1 et seq.). The benefits of the tax holiday are required to be passed onto consumers in the form of reduced retail prices for highway fuels. Specifically, the one-year tax holiday would begin on the seventh calendar day following the date of enactment. Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury to provide written notice of the tax holiday to all persons otherwise liable for the payment of highway fuel taxes. Appropriates such amounts as are necessary to offset any reductions in revenue that occur as a result of the bill. Monies would be appropriated from the General Fund for deposit into the Transportation Trust Fund. Requires the State Treasurer to consider these appropriations when determining the annual rate of taxation for highway fuel under the petroleum products gross receipts tax. |
Sen. Nia Gill | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 05/12/2022 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 562 | 326 | |
| 2022njsr00088i | 2022 | NJ | SR | 88 | Urges PANYNJ to improve conditions for port truckers that operate in port facilities. | Urges the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to improve conditions for the port truckers that operate in port facilities by providing restrooms, creating well-labeled emergency exits at port facilities, and amending the violations systems at port facilities to provide for actual due process and rights to appeal. | Sen. Edward Durr | billtext | Ports | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 06/02/2022 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 563 | 4468 | |
| 2022njsb02473i | 2022 | NJ | SB | 2473 | Establishes young driver program for commercial driver licenses. | This bill requires the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to establish a program to increase the number of young drivers who possess a commercial driver license. The program is to be established in consultation with experts in the commercial trucking industry. The commission is required to include information on the program in its annual report. | Rep. Edward Durr | billtext | CDL | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as AB 3351. | 05/09/2022 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 567 | 4468 | |
| 2022njab04709i | 2022 | NJ | AB | 4709 | Reduces taxes on petroleum products gross receipts to 2016 levels; eliminates review council and State Treasurer’s authority to change tax rate. | Reduces the petroleum products gross receipts tax to four cents per gallon, which was the effective tax rate in 2016 prior to the tax’s most recent legislative revision. In 2016, the State increased three components of the petroleum products gross receipts tax (PPGRT): (1) the tax on motor fuels was increased by 12.85 %; (2) the tax on non-motor fuels was increased from 2.75% to 7%; and (3) the tax on diesel fuels was increased four cents per gallon. The largest part of this increase was that tax on motor fuels, which effectively amounted to an increase in 23 cents per gallon. Because the law included a provision that allows the State Treasurer to modify the tax rate based on fuel consumption and revenue collections, the total tax on motor fuels under the PPGRT currently sits at 31.9 cents per gallon. This bill would eliminate all three components of the 2016 tax increase and any subsequent PPGRT increases that have been imposed by the State Treasurer, reverting the PPGRT back to four cents per gallon and thereby reducing the cost of gasoline for consumers. Also eliminates the power of the State Treasurer to modify the tax based on fuel consumption and eliminates a review council connected to the 2016 legislative revision. Any future changes to the tax would be required to be enacted by the Legislature and approved by the Governor. Provides that the State Treasurer, in consultation with the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, is to ensure that the rights of bondholders are not negatively impacted by the provisions of the bill. |
Asm. Robert Auth | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 10/03/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 574 | 4501 | |
| 2022njab04470 | 2022 | NJ | AB | 4470 | Prohibits trucks of 10,000 lbs or more from operating in left lane of roadway with two or more lanes traveling in the same direction. Includes fine of $200 to $600. | Prohibits trucks of 10,000 pounds registered gross weight or more from operating in the left lane of roadway with two or more lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction and includes a fine of not less than $200 to not more than $600 for this violation. Current law prohibits such trucks from operating in the farthest left-hand lane of a roadway with three or more lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction and imposes a fine of not less than $100 to not more than $300 for such violation. Increases the fines for a violation of operating a truck of 12 10,000 pounds registered gross weight or more in the farthest left13 hand lane of certain roadways. Increases the fine for this violation to a fine of not less than $200 or more than $600. Prohibits a person from operating a truck of 10,000 pounds registered gross weight or more in the farthest left-hand lane on roadways with two or more lanes for traffic traveling in the same direction that are under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority, including the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway. Provides certain exemptions for trucks preparing for a left turn, entering or leaving the roadway by entrance or exit to or from the left lane, and in response to emergency conditions. Prohibits a person who is alleged to have operated a truck of 10,000 pounds registered gross weight or more in the farthest left-hand lane to enter a guilty or not guilty plea or submit a defense or use at trial by mail or in an electronic system, thereby requiring the person to appear in court. Requires the Commissioner of Transportation, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the Executive Director of the South Jersey Transportation Authority to erect and maintain signs on roadways under the jurisdiction of each respective agency that inform operators of the general prohibition of driving a truck of 10,000 pounds registered gross weight or more in the farthest left-hand lane on roadways with two or more lanes for traffic traveling in the same direction. The Commissioner of Transportation, Executive Director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Executive Director of the South Jersey Transportation Authority, and the Administrative Director of the Courts are required to jointly prepare and submit an annual report concerning the number of signs posted in the State indicating that trucks of 10,000 pounds registered gross weight or more are generally prohibited from driving in the farthest left-hand lane on certain roadways and the number of tickets issued, violations committed, and revenue collected for such violations. |
Asm. Joseph Egan | billtext | Safety | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 09/15/2022 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 575 | 4282 | |
| 2023caab00053i | 2023 | CA | AB | 53 | Suspends the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for one year. | Suspends the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for one year. Requires that all savings realized based on the suspension of the motor vehicle fuels tax by a person other than an end consumer, as defined, be passed on to the end consumer, and would make the violation of this requirement an unfair business practice, in violation of unfair competition laws, as provided. Requires a seller of motor vehicle fuels to provide a receipt to a purchaser that indicates the amount of tax that would have otherwise applied to the transaction. Directs the Controller to transfer a specified amount from the General Fund to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. By transferring General Fund moneys to a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation. Declares that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. |
Assemblymember Vince Fong | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/10/2023 | Dead. | 12/05/2022 Read first time. 06/02/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
06/02/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 579 | 4493 | |
| 2023casb00005i | 2023 | CA | SB | 5 | Limits annual adjustment of motor vehicle tax to a maximum of 2% for rate adjustments made on or after 7/1/23. | Limits annual adjustment of motor vehicle tax to a maximum of 2% for rate adjustments made on or after July 1, 2023. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy. |
Senator Janet Nguyen | billtext | Fuel Tax | 09/14/2023 | Dead. | 12/05/2022 Introduced in Senate. Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for Assignment. 01/18/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Government and Finance. 05/03/2023 Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted. 09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 580 | 4391 | |
| 2023casb00032i | 2023 | CA | SB | 32 | Suspends motor vehicle fuel tax and greenhouse gas reduction programs for one year. | Suspends motor vehicle fuel tax and greenhouse gas reduction programs for one year. | Senator Brian Jones | billtext | Fuel Tax | 09/14/2023 | Dead. | 12/05/2022 Read first time. 03/08/23 Referred to Senate Committees on Environmental Quality, and Government and Finance. 04/19/2023 Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted. 09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 581 | 4513 | |
| 2023cthb05128i | 2023 | CT | HB | 5128 | Eliminates the highway use tax and the tax on fuels and gasohol. | Eliminates the highway use tax and the tax on fuels and gasohol. | Rep. Marty Foncello | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/21/2023 | Dead. | 01/10/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 582 | 4519 | |
| 2023cthb06069i | 2023 | CT | HB | 6069 | Eliminates the highway use tax and suspend the phase-in of the tax on fuels and gasohol. | Eliminates the highway use tax and suspend the phase-in of the tax on fuels and gasohol. | Rep. Rachel Chaleski | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/21/2023 | Dead. | 01/18/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 583 | 4532 | |
| 2023cthb05689i | 2023 | CT | HB | 5689 | Eliminates the tax on diesel fuel sold or used by a distributor in this state. | Eliminates the tax on diesel fuel sold or used by a distributor in this state. | Rep. Tom O'Dea | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/07/2023 | Dead. | 01/18/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 585 | 4542 | |
| 2023ctsb00126i | 2023 | CT | SB | 126 | Reduces diesel fuel tax rate to forty and one-tenth cents per gallon and establishes a task force to recommend changes to the statutory formula that sets the applicable tax rate for diesel fuel. | Reduces the rate of tax for diesel fuel to forty and one-tenth cents per gallon and establish a task force to recommend changes to the statutory formula that sets the applicable tax rate for diesel fuel. | Sen. Jeff Gordon | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/07/2023 | Dead. | 01/13/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 586 | 4520 | |
| 2023ctsb00127i | 2023 | CT | SB | 127 | Delays phase-in of fuel tax by 6 months. | Delays the phase-in of the tax on fuels and gasohol by six months and require the Department of Revenue Services and the Office of Policy and Management make a joint recommendation as to the appropriate rate of such tax to ensure the state maintains its surface transportation infrastructure in good repair. | Sen. Jeff Gordon | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/07/2023 | Dead. | 01/13/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 587 | 4520 | |
| 2023hihb00158i | 2023 | HI | HB | 158 | Authorizes adoption of rules and regulations to limit noise from vessels at ports, etc. | Authorizes the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise from vessels at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State. | Rep. Chris Todd | billtext | Ports | 02/06/2023 | Dead. Same as SB 15. | 01/19/2023 Introduced. Passed first reading. 01/25/2023 Referred to House Committees on Transportation, and Judiciary and Hawaii Affairs. 02/02/2023 House Committee on Transportation recommends measure be deferred. |
02/02/2023 House Committee on Transportation recommends measure be deferred. | 588 | 4534 | |
| 2023hihb00700i | 2023 | HI | HB | 700 | Suspends fuel tax from 7/1/23 to 6/30/24. | Suspends the state fuel tax for the period of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. Amendment HD 1 changes effective date to 6/30/3000, to encourage further discussion. | Rep. Cedric Gates | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/20/2023 | Dead. | 01/23/2023 Introduced and passed first reading. 01/30/2023 Referred to House Committees on Economic Development, and Finance. 02/10/2023 House Committee on Economic Development recommends measure be passed with amendments. 02/15/2023 Reported from House Committee on Economic Development as amended. Recommends passage on second reading and referral to House Committee on Finance. 02/15/2023 Passed second reading as amended and referred to House Committee on Finance. 03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 589 | 4322 | |
| 2023hisb00015i | 2023 | HI | SB | 15 | Authorizes adoption of rules and regulations to limit noise from vessels at ports, etc. | Authorizes the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise from vessels at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State. Amendment SD 1 establishes an effective date of 7/1/2050, to encourage further discussion. | Sen. Karl Rhoads | billtext | Ports | 03/06/2023 | Dead. Same as HB 158. | 01/18/2023 Introduced in Senate and passed first reading. 01/20/2023 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, Health and Human Services, and Consumer Protection and Commerce. 01/27/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, and Consumer Protection and Commerce/ Ways and Means.. 02/14/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts recommends measure be passed with amendments. 02/17/2023 Reported from Senate Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts with recommendation of passage on second reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce/Ways and Means. 02/17/2023 Report adopted by Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce/Ways and Means. Passed second reading in Senate, as amended (SD 1) and referred to Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce/Ways and Means. 02/24/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce/Ways and Means. 03/01/2023 Senate Committees on Ways and Means and Consumer Protection and Commerce deferred the measure. |
03/01/2023 Senate Committees on Ways and Means and Consumer Protection and Commerce deferred the measure. | 591 | 4535 | |
| 2023ilhb01221i | 2023 | IL | HB | 1221 | Provides that an increase in the fuel tax based on the the CPI delayed until 7/1/23. | Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that an increase in the rate of tax based on the change in the Consumer Price Index shall not occur until July 1, 2023 (currently, January 1, 2023). Ends a requirement that retailers of motor fuel shall cause a notice to be placed on retail dispensing devices. Effective immediately. | Rep. Amy Grant | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 01/17/2023 Filed with House Clerk. 01/31/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 594 | 4533 | |
| 2023ilhb05860i | 2023 | IL | HB | 5860 | Reduces the rate of tax on motor fuel and gasohol to 1.25% (currently, 6.25%). | Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reduces the rate of tax on motor fuel and gasohol to 1.25% (currently, 6.25%). Makes changes concerning the distribution of the proceeds from those taxes. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
Rep. Ryan Spain | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 01/04/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules for committee assignment. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 595 | 4514 | |
| 2023ilsb00082i | 2023 | IL | SB | 82 | Amends Employee Classification Act to include movement of property by truck in definition of "performing services." | Amends the Employee Classification Act. Changes the definition of "performing services" to include the movement by truck of property, goods, materials, or equipment, including, but not limited to, construction related materials on the job site to or from the job site. Defines "truck" as any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, goods, materials, or equipment in furtherance of a commercial or industrial enterprise. | Sen. Cristina Castro | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/21/2023 | Dead. | 01/20/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 03/07/202 Assigned to Executive. 03/31/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 596 | 4543 | |
| 2023inhb01375i | 2023 | IN | HB | 1375 | Requires DOL to employ investigator to investigate employee misclassification. Protects employees for reporting/testifying. | Requires the DOL to employ an investigator to investigate complaints of employee misclassification. Provides that the investigator shall be located at the Marion County prosecutor's office. Extends certain protections to an employee who reports, complains, or testifies about employee misclassification. | Rep. Chuck Moseley | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 02/28/2023 | Dead. | 01/17/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions. 02/28/2023 Died in Committee. |
02/28/2023 Died in Committee. | 597 | 4288 | |
| 2023kshb02020i | 2023 | KS | HB | 2020 | Provides that the employment status of a motor carrier driver does not change as a result of the inclusion of safety improvements on a vehicle. | Provides that the employment status of a motor carrier driver does not change as a result of the inclusion of safety improvements on a vehicle. | House Committee on Transportation | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 04/20/2023 | Effective 7/1/2023. | 01/11/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 01/26/2023 Hearing scheduled for 1/26/2023 in House Committee on Transportation. 02/07/2023 Committee Report recommends bill passage. 02/21/2023 Committee of the Whole recommends passage. 02/23/2023 Passed House. 03/01/2023 Received and introduced in Senate. 03/02/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/09/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/14/2023 Committee report recommended bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation. 03/21/2023 Senate Committee of the Whole report recommends passage as amended. Report adopted. 03/22/2023 Passed Senate as amended. 03/27/2023 House non-concurred with Senate amendments. Conference Committee requested and members appointed. 03/28/2023 Motion to accede adopted in Senate. 04/03/2028 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted in Senate and House. 04/05/2023 Conference Committee Report adopted in House and Senate. 04/14/2023 Enrolled and presented to Governor. 04/18/2023 Approved by Governor. |
04/18/2023 Approved by Governor. |
598 | 2686 | |
| 2023mahb03474i | 2024 | MA | HB | 3474 | Requires removal of ice or snow from motor carrier within 24 hours. | Requires reasonable efforts to remove accumulated ice or snow from the motor vehicle or motor carrier vehicle, including the hood, trunk and roof of the motor vehicle or motor carrier vehicle, within 24 hours after the cessation of the falling snow or ice. Violation subject to penalty. | Rep. Thomas Walsh | billtext | Safety | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 02/16/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 599 | 4544 | |
| 2023mahb03462i | 2024 | MA | HB | 3462 | Establishes locomotive school zones for passenger and freight rail. Sets speed limit. | Provides that a city or town may establish designated school zones for passenger and freight locomotive engines operating on railroads within the city or town, and may set speed limits for locomotives operating in said zones at a rate of speed not to exceed 20 miles per hour; designation or speed limit shall be effective when the city or town; (i) notifies any railroad corporation with a railroad running through the designated zone of such designation and speed limit, and (ii) erects signs indicating such designation and speed limit, in a manner consistent with the department of highways’ current manual on uniform traffic control devices and said department’s sample regulation for a standard municipal traffic code, at such points as said department and the effected railroad corporations, acting jointly, may designate. No railroad corporation, including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, shall permit a passenger or freight locomotive to operate on a railroad at a rate of speed greater than the rate posted while traveling through a designated school zone in a city or town. Cities and towns shall be responsible for the cost of erecting and maintaining signs pursuant to this section. | Rep. Marcus Vaughn | billtext | Rail | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 600 | 4547 | |
| 2023mohb00636i | 2023 | MO | HB | 636 | Prohibits freight train carrying hazardous material to exceed 8,500 ft. Establishes penalties. | Prohibits railroads to operate or permit to be operated, any freight or work train carrying hazardous material that exceeds 8,500 feet in length on any part of a main track or branch line. A first offense is a class D misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. A second offense is a class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $700. A third or subsequent offense is a class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1000. |
Rep. Robert Sauls | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 01/05/2023 Read second time. 03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. 05/12/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/12/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 606 | 4521 | |
| 2023mosb00242i | 2023 | MO | SB | 242 | Repeals a portion of the tax on motor fuel, including future increases required under current law. The act also provides for a 180-day period during which the motor fuel tax shall not be in effect. | Repeals a portion of the tax on motor fuel, including future increases required under current law. The act also provides for a 180-day period during which the motor fuel tax shall not be in effect. Contains an emergency clause for the repealed portion of the motor fuel tax, and a delayed effective date for the repeal of the exemption and refund process applicable to the repealed portion of the tax. |
Sen. Bill Eigel | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/20/2023 | Dead. | 01/04/2023 First reading. 02/09/2023 Second reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. 03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 607 | 4388 | |
| 2023mosb00260i | 2023 | MO | SB | 260 | Repeals a portion of the tax on motor fuel, and the exemption and refund process applicable to that portion. | Repeals a portion of the tax on motor fuel, and the exemption and refund process applicable to that portion. | Sen. Mike Moon | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/10/2023 | Dead. | 01/04/2023 First reading. 02/09/2023 Second reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. 03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 608 | 4387 | |
| 2023mosb00454i | 2023 | MO | SB | 454 | Repeals current and future increases to the motor fuel tax and alternative fuel decal fees enacted by the General Assembly in 2021. | Repeals current and future increases to the motor fuel tax and alternative fuel decal fees enacted by the General Assembly in 2021, and specifies an expiration date for the exemption and refund process applicable to the repealed portion of the motor fuel tax. This act is subject to a referendum clause. |
Sen. Jill Carter | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/10/2023 | Dead. | 01/04/2023 First reading. 02/09/2023 Second reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. 03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 609 | 4523 | |
| 2023mssb02234i | 2023 | MS | SB | 2234 | Allows person with military documentation of commercial driving experience to apply for CDL learner's permit. | Allows certain federally approved documentation of commercial driving experience to be used to apply for commercial driver's license learner's permits. | Sen. Chris McDaniel | billtext | CDL | 02/26/2023 | Dead. | 01/13/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs; Highways and Transportation. 01/31/2023 Died in Committee. |
01/31/2023 Died in Committee. | 610 | 4410 | |
| 2023mtsb00047i | 2023 | MT | SB | 47 | Revises commercial driver's license law to comply with federal requirements. | Revises commercial driver's license law to comply with federal requirements; requiring the DOJ to query the entry level driver training provider registry and the commercial drug and alcohol clearinghouse under certain conditions. Requires the department to take certain actions as a result of required queries; and providing an immediate effective date. | Sen. Theresa Manzella | billtext | CDL | 06/11/2023 | Effective upon passage. | 01/02/2023 Introduced. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. 01/10/2023 Amendments available. 01/11/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Judiciary. 01/25/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Judiciary passed as amended. 02/03/2023 Second reading. Failed to pass. 02/03/2023 Second reading in Senate. Indefinitely postponed. 02/06/2023 Motion failed. 03/01/2023 Senate reconsidered previous action. Remains in second reading process. 03/01/2023 Passed second reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Claims. 03/15/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Claims. 03/24/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Finance and Claims. 03/29/2023 Passed second reading in Senate. 03/30/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 03/31/2023 Transmitted to House. 04/03/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 04/05/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. Concurred in bill as amended. 04/13/2023 Second reading in House. House concurred. 04/13/2023 Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. Hearing held. 04/14/2023 House Committee on Appropriations concurred in amended bill. 04/19/2023 Third reading. House concurred. 04/20/2023 Returned to Senate with amendments. 04/26/2023 Second reading. Senate concurred with House amendments. 04/27/2023 Scheduled for third reading in Senate. 05/11/2023 Transmitted to Governor. 05/19/2023 Signed by Governor. |
05/19/2023 Signed by Governor. | 611 | 4536 | |
| 2023nhhb00199i | 2023 | NH | HB | 199 | Makes an appropriation to the Carroll, Strafford, and Coos county freight rail improvement projects. | Makes a capital appropriation of $500,000 to the DOT for the Carroll and Strafford freight rail improvements project. The appropriation is contingent upon the receipt of matching private funds. Makes a capital appropriation of $500,000 to the DOT for the Coos county freight rail improvements project. The appropriation is contingent upon the receipt of matching private funds. |
Rep. Mark McConkey | billtext | Rail | 04/10/2023 | Dead. | 01/04/2023 Introduced and referred to House Committee on Public Works and Highways 01/25/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Public Works. 04/06/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
04/06/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 612 | 4515 | |
| 2023nmhb00068i | 2023 | NM | HB | 68 | Requires freight trailers and trucks to have an undercarriage with ground clearance of a height to prevent a vehicle or bicycle from driving under it. | Requires freight trailers and trucks to have an undercarriage with ground clearance of a height to prevent a vehicle or bicycle from driving under it. Establishes a penalty. | Rep. Miguel Garcia | billtext | Safety | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 01/18/2023 Referred to House Committees on Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements, and Judiciary. 03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 613 | 334 | |
| 2023njab05054i | 2023 | NJ | AB | 5054 | Creates the Entry-Level Driver Training Grant Program. | Directs the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to establish an “Entry-Level Driver Training Grant Program.” Commercial motor vehicle drivers are a vital and growing part of New Jersey’s economy, with an estimated 44,800 heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in the State as of May 2021. The costs associated with meeting federal and state requirements remain a barrier to entry for many who wish to obtain a commercial driver license, or CDL. On February 7, 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration began implementing new Entry-Level Driver Training regulations that entry-level drivers must complete before being permitted to take certain CDL skills or knowledge tests. These additional requirements place further burdens on new commercial motor vehicle drivers. By implementing a reimbursement program, the State will encourage employers to pay for their employees’ Entry-Level Driver Training and remove the burden from the drivers. This bill also allocates sufficient monies received by the State under the Federal “American Rescue Plan and “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. | Assemblyman Michael Torrissi | billtext | CDL | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 01/12/2023 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 614 | 4502 | |
| 2023hihb01108i | 2023 | HI | HB | 1108 | Replaces the fine schedule and increases potential fines for vehicle weight violations. | Amends the law relating to vehicle weight violations by replacing the fine schedule and increasing the potential fines based on multitude and magnitude of vehicle weight violations. For excess weight of up to 100 pounds, the minimum fine for a violation shall be $250; For excess weight greater than 100 pounds, the fine for a violation shall be an additional $0.11 per pound. Example: A truck is cited for weighing 15,000 pounds in excess of the gross weight limit; the fine is $250 + (15,000-100)*$0.11 = $1,889; and Th fines shall be applied to each axle and wheel group violation in addition to a gross vehicle weight violation as applicable. Amendment HD 1 changes the effective date to 6/30/3000, to encourage further discussion. Amendment SD 1 makes the bill effective upon approval. |
Rep. Scott Saiki | billtext | Size and Weight | 07/12/2023 | Effective upon approval. Companion to SB 1406. | 01/25/2022 Introduced in House and passed first reading. 01/30/2023 Referred to House Committees on Transportation, and Finance. 02/09/2023 House Committee on Transportation recommends measure be passed with amendments. 02/14/2023 Reported from House Committee on Transportation as amended in HD 1. Recommends passage on second reading and referral to House Committee on Finance.. 02/14/2023 Passed second reading in House as amended in HD 1 and referred to House Committee on Finance. 02/24/2023 House Committee on Finance recommends that measure be passed unamended. 03/03/2023 Reported from House Committee on Finance. with recommendation for passage on third reading. 03/03/2023 Third reading. Passed House. Transmitted to Senate. 03/07/2023 First reading in Senate. 03/09/2023 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, and Judiciary/Ways and Means. 03/13/2023 Re-Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, and Judiciary/Ways and Means. 03/14/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts recommends passage. 03/22/2023 Reported from Senate Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts with recommendation of passage on second reading and referral to Senate Committees on Judiciary, and Ways and Means. 03/22/2023 Committee Report adopted in Senate. Passed second reading and referred to Senate Committees on Judiciary, and Ways and Means. 04/04/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary recommends that measure be passed with amendments. 04/04/2023 Senate Committee on Ways and Means recommends that measure be passed with amendments. 04/06/2023 Reported from Senate Committees on Judiciary, and Ways and Means with recommendation of passage on third reading as amended 04/11/2023 Passed third reading in Senate as amended. Transmitted to House. 04/13/2023 House disagrees with Senate amendment. Received notice of disagreement 04/14/2023 Senate received House disagreement on amendments. 04/28/2023 Senate received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate. 05/02/2023 House agrees to Senate amendments. 05/02/2023 Passed final reading In House as amended by Senate. 05/03/2023 Transmitted to Governor. 07/06/2023 Signed by Governor. |
07/06/2023 Signed by Governor. | 615 | 233 | |
| 2023iasf00152i | 2023 | IA | SF | 152 | Allows DOT to approve additional entities to offer third-party knowledge and skills testing for CDL applicants. | Under current law, DOT must examine applicants for driver’s licenses. DOT is authorized to designate community colleges and other third-party testers to administer the knowledge and driving skills tests required for a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license. A third-party tester, other than a community college, must be an Iowa-based motor carrier that operates a permanent commercial driver training facility in Iowa, an Iowa non-profit corporation that serves as a trade association for Iowa-based motor carriers, or a public or regional transit system. This bill strikes the provisions that identify particular types of third-party testers, other than community colleges; requires any third-party test examiner used by a third-party tester to comply with existing federal regulations applicable to third-party knowledge and driving skills testing, as adopted by rule by the DOT; and authorizes the DOT to adopt rules restricting the testing scope of a third-party tester. |
Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | CDL | 04/24/2023 | Dead. Companion HF 257 passed. | 01/26/2023 Introduced. 03/07/2023 Withdrawn and substituted by companion HF 257. |
01/26/2023 Introduced. | 619 | 1318 | |
| 2023inhb01204i | 2023 | IN | HB | 1204 | Provides that the weight concentrated on the roadway surface from any tandem axle group may not exceed 34,000 pounds on an individual axle of a tri-axle group. | Provides that the weight concentrated on the roadway surface from any tandem axle group may not exceed 34,000 pounds on an individual axle of a tri-axle group. | Rep. Mike Karickoff | billtext | Size and Weight | 05/08/2023 | Effective immediately. | 01/10/2023 Read first time and referred to House Committee on Roads and Transportation. 02/07/2023 Committee report recommended passage as amended. 02/09/2023 Second reading in House. Ordered engrossed. 02/13/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 02/14/2023 Referred to Senate. 02/27/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation. 04/04/2023 Committee report recommended passage as amended. 04/06/2023 Second reading in Senate. Amended. Ordered engrossed. 04/06/2023 Amendment 1 prevailed. 04/10/2023 Placed back on second reading in Senate. 04/11/2023 Reread second time in Senate. Amended. Ordered engrossed. 04/11/2023 Amendment 2 prevailed. 04/13/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. 04/14/2023 Returned to House with amendments. 04/18/2023 House concurred in Senate amendments 04/24/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House. 04/25/2023 Signed by the President Pro Tempore. 04/26/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate. 05/01/2023 Signed by Governor. |
05/01/2023 Signed by Governor. | 620 | 4561 | |
| 2023mshb01383i | 2023 | MS | HB | 1383 | Authorizes certain municipalities, by election, to impose a motor vehicle fuel tax of 1 cent for road and bridge construction. | Authorizes certain municipalities, by election, to impose a motor vehicle fuel tax of 1 cent for road and bridge construction. | Rep. Earl Banks | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/26/2023 | Dead. | 01/16/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. 02/22/2023 Died In Committee. |
02/22/2023 Died In Committee. | 623 | 281 | |
| 2023nyab00454i | 2023 | NY | AB | 454 | Establishes the diesel emissions reduction program and the state diesel emissions reduction revolving loan fund. | Amends the public authorities law and the environmental conservation law, in relation to establishing the state diesel emissions reduction revolving loan fund. | Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal | billtext | Emissions | 06/22/2023 | Carries -over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2023 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. | 01/09/2023 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. | 624 | 3999 | |
| 2023mtsb00228i | 2023 | MT | SB | 228 | Prohibit local governments from banning petroleum fuels. | Prohibit local governments from banning petroleum fuels. | Senate Jason Small | billtext | Fuel Tax | 05/11/2023 | Effective upon approval. | 01/27/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications. 02/07/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications. 02/28/2023 Committee recommended passage as amended. 03/02/2023 Passed second reading as amended. 03/02/2023 Third reading. Passed as amended. 03/03/2023 Transmitted to House. 03/13/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/20/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 04/05/2023 House Committee on Transportation concurred in Senate bill. 04/12/2023 Second reading concurred. 04/13/2023 Third reading concurred. Passed House. 04/14/2023 Returned to Senate. Sent to enrolling. 04/18/2023 Returned from enrolling. 04/20/2023 Signed by President of Senate. 05/04/2023 Delivered to Governor. 05/04/2023 Signed by Governor. |
05/04/2023 Signed by Governor. | 625 | 4562 | |
| 2023oksb00432i | 2023 | OK | SB | 432 | Creates a statewide commercial license valid only within the state. | Directs the Department of Public Safety to create a statewide commercial license valid only within the state. Additionally, the measure directs the Department to create an independent test for the commercial license. The commercial license shall include all vehicles excepting Class D motor vehicles. |
Sen. Blake Stephens | billtext | CDL | 03/28/2023 | Dead. | 02/06/2023 First reading in Senate. 02/07/2023 Second reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Aeronautics and Transportation. 03/23/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/23/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 627 | 4537 | |
| 2023ilhb01575i | 2023 | IL | HB | 1575 | Beginning 7/1/23, reduces rate of motor fuel tax. Diesel will be 21 1/2 cents per gallon. | Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2023, the rate of tax shall be $0.19 per gallon (currently, 39.2 cents per gallon, adjusted each year according to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index), plus an additional 2 1/2 cents per gallon for diesel fuel, liquefied natural gas, or propane. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that no tax may be imposed under the Municipal Motor Fuel Tax Law on or after July 1, 2023. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately. |
Rep. Adam Neimerg | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 01/30/2023 Filed with the House Clerk. 01/31/2023 Referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 628 | 4457 | |
| 2023sdhb01036i | 2023 | SD | HB | 1036 | Increases civil penalties for CDL holder or employer for violation of CDL Law. | Increases penalty on employer for violating CDL law 32-12A-5, Information required by employer--Operation of commercial motor vehicle prohibited under certain conditions. Penalty increased from not more than $10,000 to not more than $19,389. Increases penalty for driver for violation of 32-12A-8.1. Driving while subject to out-of-service order prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor. Increases penalty from not less than $2,500 to $3,740 for a first conviction and from not less than $5,000 to $7,480 for a second or subsequent conviction. And increases penalty for employer for same violation. Increases penalty from not less than $2,750 to not less than $6,750 nor more than from $25,000 to $37,400. |
House Committee on Transportation | billtext | CDL | 02/26/2023 | Effective 7/1/2023. | 01/10/2023 First reading. 01/11/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 01/17/2023 Motion to amend passed. 01/17/2023 Passed House Committee on Transportation as amended. 01/19/2023 Passed House as amended. 01/20/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/01/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Transportation as amended. 02/02/2023 Passed Senate as amended. 02/03/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House. 02/06/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. 02/07/2023 Delivered to the Governor. 02/13/2023 Signed by Governor. |
02/13/2023 Signed by Governor. | 632 | 154 | |
| 2023sdsb00097i | 2023 | SD | SB | 97 | Establishes a for-cause requirement for inspections of motor carriers on possible vehicle weight and load violations. | Provides that any agent, patrol officer, motor carrier enforcement officer, or motor carrier inspector have reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful to stop and examine the vehicle. | Sen. Tom Pischke | billtext | Size and Weight | 02/28/2023 | Dead. | 01/24/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/22/2023 Died in Committee. |
02/22/2023 Died in Committee. | 633 | 4560 | |
| 2023tnhb00598i | 2023 | TN | HB | 598 | Establishes Office of Rail and Public Transportation within DOT. | Establishes the Office of Rail and Public Transportation within the DOT; requires, among other duties and responsibilities, the office to determine present and future needs for, and economic feasibility of providing, public transportation and the retention, improvement, and addition of passenger and freight rail transportation in the state. | Rep. Jason Powell | billtext | Rail | 05/20/2024 | Dead. | 01/30/2023 Introduced in the House. 02/01/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. Assigned to Senate Transportation Subcommittee. 03/01/2023 Placed on Transportation Subcommittee calendar for 3/8/2023. 04/21/2023 Remains in Committee upon adjournment. 04/25/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
04/25/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 634 | 4568 | |
| 2023tnsb00373i | 2023 | TN | SB | 373 | Establishes the Office of Rail and Public Transportation within the DOT. | Establishes the Office of Rail and Public Transportation within the DOT; requires, among other duties and responsibilities, the office to determine present and future needs for, and economic feasibility of providing, public transportation and the retention, improvement, and addition of passenger and freight rail transportation in the state. | Sen. Heidi Campbell | billtext | Rail | 05/20/2024 | Dead. Companion to HB 598. | 01/25/2023 Introduced. Passed on first consideration. 01/26/2023 Passed on second consideration. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Safety. 04/21/2023 Remains in Committee upon adjournment. 04/25/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
04/25/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 635 | 4569 | |
| 2023txhb00321i | 2023 | TX | HB | 321 | Authorizes the increase or decrease of the rates of the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes based on the cost of certain highway projects | Provides that on January 1 of each year, the rate of the gasoline and diesel tax is increased or decreased by a percentage equal to the highway cost index percentage change for the preceding state fiscal year. | Rep. Ray Lopez | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 11/14/2022 Pre-filed. 02/23/2023 Read first time in House. 02/23/2023 Referred to House Committee on Ways & Means. 05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 636 | 4517 | |
| 2023txsb00254i | 2023 | TX | SB | 254 | Increases gas and diesel tax rate from 20 to 40 cents for each net gallon or fractional part . | The gasoline and diesel tax rate is increased from 20 to 40 cents for each net gallon or fractional part on which the tax is imposed. |
Sen. Sarah Eckhardt | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 12/01/2023 Pre-filed. 02/15/2023 Read first time.Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 637 | 4362 | |
| 2023ilsb00159i | 2023 | IL | SB | 159 | Provides that all municipalities may impose a motor fuel tax. | Provides that all municipalities (currently, only municipalities in a county with a population of over 3,000,000 inhabitants) may impose a motor fuel tax. Effective immediately. | Sen. Mattie Hunter | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/01/2023 | Dead.. | 02/01/2023 Introduced in Senate. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 638 | 1656 | |
| 2023uthb00301i | 2023 | UT | HB | 301 | Reduces tax on motor fuel, increases vehicle registration fees, and imposes a tax on the sale of electricity for electric vehicle charging. | Increases vehicle registration fees by $5. Amends provisions related to and reduces the {tax on} rate for motor fuel tax. Imposes a tax on the sale of electricity at an electric vehicle charging station and deposits the revenue into the Transportation Fund. | Rep. Mike Schultz | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/19/2023 | Effective 1/1/24. | 01/26/2023 Introduced. First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules for assignment. 02/07/2023 Referred to House Committee on Revenue and Taxation. 02/08/2023 Substitute recommendation from House Committee on Revenue and Taxation. 02/09/2023 Second reading in House. 02/13/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 02/15/2023 Introduced in Senate. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 02/16/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation. 02/23/2023 Substitute recommendation by Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation. 03/01/2023 Second and third reading. Passed Senate. 03/01/2023 To House with amendments. 03/02/2023 House concurs with Senate amendment. 03/02/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. Returned to House. 03/03/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House. Sent for enrolling. 03/13/2023 Enrolled bill delivered to Governor. 03/22/2023 Signed by Governor. |
03/22/2023 Signed by Governor. | 639 | 4563 | |
| 2023vahb01684i | 2023 | VA | HB | 1684 | Clarifies procedures under which an employer may be debarred from public contracts for misclassification of workers. | Clarifies the procedures under which an employer may be debarred from public contracts for misclassification of workers. Under current law, it is unclear whether the employer has a right to appeal a determination that the employer failed to properly classify an employee and what procedures the employer must follow to make such an appeal. Clarifies that, upon being notified by the Department that a worker has been misclassified, an employer has a right to file an administrative or judicial appeal. Clarifies that no employer can be debarred due to worker misclassification unless such employer has exhausted all rights of administrative and judicial appeals or the time period for bringing such appeals has expired. |
Del. Robert Orrock | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 04/19/2023 | Effective effective 7/1/23. Companion to SB 1354. | 01/09/2023 Referred to House Committee on Finance. 01/19/2023 Assigned to Subcommittee #1. 01/30/2023 House Finance subcommittee #1 recommends reporting for passage. 02/01/2023 Passed House Committee on Finance. 02/03/2023 Read first time in House. 02/06/2023 Read second time and engrossed. 02/07/2023 Read third time. Passed House. 02/08/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate. 02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 02/14/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 02/14/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate. 02/15/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. 02/20/2023 Enrolled in House. 02/20/2023 Passed Senate. 03/02/2023 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor. 03/26/2023 Approved by Governor. |
03/26/2023 Approved by Governor. | 640 | 4524 | |
| 2023vasb01354i | 2023 | VA | SB | 1354 | Clarifies procedures under which an employer may be debarred from public contracts for misclassification of workers. | Clarifies the procedures under which an employer may be debarred from public contracts for misclassification of workers. Under current law, it is unclear whether the employer has a right to appeal a determination that the employer failed to properly classify an employee and what procedures the employer must follow to make such an appeal. clarifies that, upon being notified by the Department that a worker has been misclassified, an employer has a right to file an administrative or judicial appeal. In addition, that no employer can be debarred due to worker misclassification unless such employer has exhausted all rights of administrative and judicial appeals or the time period for bringing such appeals has expired. |
Sen. David Marsden | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 04/19/2023 | Effective 7/1/23. Companion to VA HB 1684. | 01/11/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations 01/24/2023 Reported from Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 01/25/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed. 01/26/2023 Read second time in Senate and engrossed. 01/27/2023 Read third time and passed Senate. 02/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar. 02/09/2023 Read first time in House. 02/09/2023 Referred to House Committee on Finance. 02/13/2023 Passed House Committee on Finance. 02/15/2023 Read second time in House. 02/16/2023 Read third time in House. 02/16/2023 Passed House. 02/21/2023 Enrolled in Senate. 02/21/2023 Passed Senate and House. 02/21/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House. 02/24/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. 03/02/2023 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor. 03/26/2023 Approved by Governor. |
03/26/2023 Approved by Governor. | 641 | 4418 | |
| 2023vahb01832i | 2023 | VA | HB | 1832 | Creates grant programs to replace barge and rail usage tax credit and Virginia port volume increase tax credit when those credits expire on 1/1/25, and creates Port of VA Economic Development Grant Program consisting of two programs. | Creates grant programs to replace the barge and rail usage tax credit and the Virginia port volume increase tax credit when those credits expire on January 1, 2025. Creates a new Port of Virginia Economic Development Grant Program consisting of two component programs: the Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program and the International Trade Facility Grant Program. Moves the sunset date of the existing Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Fund and Program from June 30, 2025, to December 31, 2024. | Del. Scott Wyatt | billtext | Tax Credit | 04/19/2023 | Effective 7/1/23. Companion to VA SB 1345. | 01/10/2023 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources 01/25/2023 Passed from House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources. 01/25/2023 Referred to House Committee on Finance. 01/27/2023 Referred to House Finance Subcommittee #1. 01/30/2023 House Finance Subcommittee #1 recommends reporting for passage. 02/01/2023 Passed House Committee on Finance. 02/03/2023 Read first time in House. 02/06/2023 Read second time in House and engrossed. 02/07/2023 Read third time and passed House. 02/08/2023 Constitutional reading in Senate dispensed. 02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 02/14/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 02/14/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed. 02/15/2023 Read third time in Senate. 02/15/2023 Passed Senate. 02/20/2023 Enrolled in House. 03/02/2023 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor. 03/22/2023 Approved by Governor. |
03/22/2023 Approved by Governor. | 642 | 4525 | |
| 2023vasb01345i | 2023 | VA | SB | 1345 | Creates grant programs to replace barge and rail usage tax credit and Virginia port volume increase tax credit when those credits expire on 1/1/25, and creates Port of VA Economic Development Grant Program consisting of two programs. | Creates grant programs to replace the barge and rail usage tax credit and the Virginia port volume increase tax credit when those credits expire on January 1, 2025. Creates a new Port of Virginia Economic Development Grant Program consisting of two component programs: the Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program and the International Trade Facility Grant Program. Moves the sunset date of the existing Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Fund and Program from June 30, 2025, to December 31, 2024. | Sen. George Barker | billtext | Tax Credit | 04/19/2023 | Effective 7/1/23. Companion to HB 1832. | 01/11/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/19/2023 Reported from Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/19/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 02/01/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 02/02/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed. 02/03/2023 Read second time in Senate and engrossed. 02/03/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed. 02/03/2023 Passed Senate. 02/08/2023 Placed on House Calendar. 02/08/2023 Read first time in House. 02/08/2023 Referred to House Committee on Finance. 02/08/2023 Passed House Committee on Finance. 02/10/2023 Read second time in the House. 02/13/2203 Read third time in the House. 02/13/2023 Passed House. 02/15/2023 Enrolled in House. 02/15/2023 Passed Senate and House. 02/15/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House. 02/16/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. 02/27/2023 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor. 03/22/2023 Approved by Governor. |
03/22/2023 Approved by Governor. | 643 | 3860 | |
| 2023vahb01863i | 2023 | VA | HB | 1863 | Increases motor fuels tax by 5 cents per gallon beginning 7/1/24, with additional 5 cents per gallon increases until reaching an additional 25 cents per gallon beginning 7/1/28. | Makes numerous changes to the Commonwealth's tax structure with the intention of eliminating the personal income tax. Provides that beginning January 1, 2025, all income tax rates shall be reduced by 1.15 percent each year that a tax reduction condition, defined in the bill, is met. Tax rate reductions shall occur each year and shall be cumulative until reaching zero. The tax reduction condition would be met and the tax rate reduction would occur in any fiscal year that the amount of general fund revenues collected plus the amount of additional general fund revenues, defined in the bill, is greater than or equal to the amount of general fund appropriations made for such fiscal year plus the amount of revenue reduction that would result from a 1.15 percent reduction in the individual income tax rate. Additional general fund revenues are defined in the bill as general fund revenues that would be generated as a result of the tax policy changes resulting from the bill. Increase the sales and use tax rate to 5.3 percent beginning July 1, 2024, and would increase this rate by one percent each year until reaching 9.3 percent beginning July 1, 2028. The bill would increase the tax on cigarettes by three cents per cigarette and would double the statutory tax rate on tobacco products, with the revenues from such taxes to be deposited in the general fund. The motor vehicle sales and use tax rate would be increased by one percent beginning July 1, 2024, and would increase by one percent each year until reaching an additional five percent over current rates beginning July 1, 2028. The motor fuels tax would also be increased by five cents per gallon beginning July 1, 2024, with additional five cents per gallon increases until reaching an additional 25 cents per gallon beginning July 1, 2028. The bill requires all additional revenue generated by such tax increases to be deposited in the general fund. |
Del. Phillip Scott | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/28/2023 | Dead. | 01/10/2023 Referred to House Committee on Finance. 01/19/2023 Assigned to House Finance Subcommittee #1. 02/07/2023 Died in Committee. |
02/07/2023 Died in Committee. | 644 | 4526 | |
| 2023vthb00016i | 2023 | VT | HB | 16 | Proposes a feasibility study on expanding passenger and freight rail service throughout Vermont and to neighboring states and Canada. | Proposes to have the Agency of Transportation conduct a feasibility study on expanding passenger and freight rail service throughout Vermont and to neighboring states and Canada. | Rep. Woodman Page | billtext | Rail | 03/20/2023 | Dead.. | 01/05/2023 Read first time in House and referred to the House Committee on Transportation. 03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 645 | 4527 | |
| 2023wahb01084i | 2023 | WA | HB | 1084 | Changes primary duty of Freight Mobility and Strategic Investment Board to providing strategic guidance regarding highest priority freight mobility needs. Recommends six-year investment program of highest priority freight projects and identify emerging freight mobility issues. | Changes the primary duty of the Freight Mobility and Strategic Investment Board to providing strategic guidance to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the highest priority freight mobility needs in the state. Requires the Freight Mobility and Strategic Investment Board to recommend a six-year investment program of the highest priority freight projects and also identify critical emerging freight mobility issues. Requires a biennial report on these activities to the Governor and the transportation committees of the Legislature. Establishes threshold criteria for project inclusion in the six-year investment program that the project sponsor must demonstrate a plan for sufficient engagement with overburdened communities impacted by a project and a plan for evaluation of project alternatives and mitigation measures addressing community impacts to the greatest extent possible. Increases Board membership by three members: one member representing the package delivery industry, one member representing environmental protection interests, and one member representing the interests of overburdened communities. Allows the Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation to be represented on the Board by a designee. Requires a study of best practices for preventing or mitigating the impacts of investments in and the operation of freight systems in overburdened communities. |
Rep. Jake Fey | billtext | Freight Mobility | 04/27/2023 | Effective 7/23/23. | 01/09/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 01/19/2023 Hearing in the House Committee on Transportation. 02/09/2023 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation. Passed Committee as substituted. 02/14/2023 Referred to House Committee on Rules to review. 03/06/2023 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. 03/07/2023 First substitute bill substituted. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. Third reading. Passed House. 03/09/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/27/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/04/20234 Passed Senate Committee on Transportation without recommendation. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. 04/11/2023 Placed on second reading by Senate Rules Committee. 04/12/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 04/14/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House. 04/17/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. 04/18/2023 Delivered to Governor. 04/25/2023 Signed by Governor. |
04/25/2023 Signed by Governor. | 647 | 4239 | |
| 2023wahb01183i | 2023 | WA | HB | 1183 | Prohibits Washington from adopting California vehicle emissions standards. | Repeals the statutory authority directing the Department of Ecology to adopt California motor vehicle emissions standards. | Rep. Mary Dye | billtext | Emissions | 04/23/2023 | Dead.. | 01/09/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Environment & Energy. 03/08/2024 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/08/2024 Missed crossover deadline. | 648 | 4528 | |
| 2023wahb01371i | 2024 | WA | HB | 1371 | Provides incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. | Creates various business and occupation, retail sales and use, and public utility tax exemptions and credits for class I, II, and III railroads and other eligible taxpayers for donated materials, maintenance, modernization, and new construction on short line railroad track. | Rep. Andrew Barkis | billtext | Freight Rail Infrastructure | 04/21/2024 | Dead. | 01/17/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Finance. 01/31/2023 Hearing in the House Committee on Finance. 02/22/2023 House Committee on Finance recommends passage of substitute. 02/24/2023 Referred to House Committee on Rules for review. 03/15/2023 Placed on second reading in House. 03/16/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 03/20/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming and Trade. 03/23/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming and Trade. 03/28/2023 Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming and Trade recommended passage with amendment. 03/29/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means. 03/31/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Ways and Means. 04/23/2023 Returned to House Committee on Rules for third reading. 01/08/2024 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Referred to House Committee on Finance. 02/16/2024 Finance Committee relieved of further consideration. Referred to House Committee on Rules for third consideration.. 02/07/2024 Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. 02/08/2024 Returned to second reading for amendment. Floor amendment adopted. Rules suspended. Placed on third reading in the House. 02/08/2024 Third reading. Passed House. 02/12/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming and Trade. 02/15/2024 Recommended favorably the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming and Trade. Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means. 02/19/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Ways & Means. 02/22/2024 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means. 03/07/2024 By resolution, returned to House Committee on Rules for third reading. 03/07/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
03/07/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 649 | 4541 | |
| 2023wasb05041i | 2023 | WA | SB | 5041 | Links disqualification of commercial drivers for drug and alcohol violations to ones reported through the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. Removes certain requirements related to drug and alcohol violations of commercial drivers reported to the state. | The state law requirement for employers, medical review officers, and substance abuse professionals to submit positive drug and alcohol test results, and refusals to submit to a test with respect to commercial drivers to DOL, is removed. The state law requirements around issuance and disqualification based on the drug and alcohol notifications to DOL are removed. The issuance restrictions and disqualification requirements are linked to DOL's query of the federal DAC. After receiving notification from the federal DAC, DOL is required to downgrade a CLP or CDL within 60 days. Any administrative review made available by the FMCSA is the exclusive remedy for a CDL or CLP holder to contest administrative or clerical errors in the information sent to DOL from the DAC. When DOL receives notification that a CLP or CDL holder is no longer prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle, or was erroneously identified, DOL must remove the downgrade or pending downgrade. |
Sen. John Lovick | billtext | CDL | 04/10/2023 | Dead. | 01/09/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/19/2023 Hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/26/2023 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation. Passed Committee. 01/30/2023 Passed to Senate Rules Committee for second reading. 03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 650 | 4518 | |
| 2023wasb05360i | 2023 | WA | SB | 5360 | Upon federal approval of a variance to freeze state law, DOT must implement rules to allow vehicle combination of truck tractor and three trailing units. | Upon federal approval of a variance to the freeze of state law imposed by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the state DOT must implement rules to allow combinations of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor and three trailing units to operate on designated public highways of the state. The state DOT may also specify by rule other operating conditions to ensure a safe and efficient highway system. State DOT must must submit an annual status and performance report on the implementation of the variance. | Sen. Drew MacEwan | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/10/2023 | Dead. | 01/13/2023 First reading in Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 651 | 4529 | |
| 2023hisb01405i | 2023 | HI | SB | 1405 | Amends law to become consistent with federal weight limits for gross vehicle weight and axle loads.. | Hawaii currently enforces 23 C.F.R. part 658 weight limits on the island of Oahu via section 29l—35(2), HRS. A different weight limit is enforced on the Big Island, Maui, and Kauai via section 29l—35(3), HRS. The proposal is a statewide simplification for the weight limits to be enforced throughout the State. The intent of the proposal is to minimize premature deterioration or failure of the State's infrastructures. |
Sen. Ronald Kouchi | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/21/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 01/25/2023 Introduced. Passed first reading. 01/26/2023 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, Culture and the Arts, and Judiciary. 03/02/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary recommends that measure be passed with amendments. 03/03/2023 Reported from Senate Committee on Judiciary with recommendation for passage on third reading, as amended. 03/07/2023 Report Adopted in Senate. Passed third reading, as amended. Transmitted to House. 03/07/2023 Received in House from Senate. 03/09/2023 Passed first reading in House. 03/09/2023 Referred to House Committees on Transportation, and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs. |
03/09/2023 Referred to House Committees on Transportation, and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs. | 652 | 4252 | |
| 2023hisb01406i | 2023 | HI | SB | 1406 | Replaces the fine schedule and increases the potential fines based on multitude and magnitude of vehicle weight violations. | Revises the fines to a scaler fine that charges for each pound over 100 pounds in excess of the limit while also removing the arbitrary fine limit of $1,160. The proposed fines are intended to serve as a deterrent against vehicle weight violations and help to ensure the safety and longevity of the State's infrastructure. |
Sen. Ronald Kouchi | billtext | Size and Weight | 02/05/2023 | Dead. Companion bill, HB 1108, remains active. | 01/25/202 Introduced. Passed first reading. 01/30/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Culture and the Arts, and Judiciary. |
01/30/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Culture and the Arts, and Judiciary. | 653 | 4252 | |
| 2023mdhb00422i | 2023 | MD | HB | 422 | Repeals requirement that motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index. | Repeals requirement that motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index. | Del. Matthew Morgan | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/20/2023 | Dead. | 01/30/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. 04/10/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
04/10/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 655 | 4407 | |
| 2023nmhb00269i | 2023 | NM | HB | 269 | Requires use of reports from the Federal Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse in issuing CDLs. | Requires Motor Vehicle Division of the Taxation and Revenue Department to use reports from the Federal Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse in issuing, renewing, upgrading, downgrading and transferring commercial driver's licenses or commercial learners permits. |
Rep. Harry Garcia | billtext | CDL | 04/18/2023 | Effective 1/1/24.. | 02/01/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements. 02/14/2023 Reported by committee with recommendation for passage. 02/23/2023 Reported by committee with recommendation for passage with amendment. 03/01/2023 Passed House. 03/01/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Tax, Business and Transportation. 03/12/2023 Reported by committee with recommendation of passage. 03/15/2023 Passed Senate. 03/30/2023 Signed by Governor. |
03/30/2023 Signed by Governor. | 656 | 4571 | |
| 2023nyab01690i | 2023 | NY | AB | 1690 | Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels; authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level. | Enacts into law various components of legislation relating to establishing various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax. Amends law to exempt Motor Fuel and Diesel Motor Fuel from New York State sales tax. Provides for the local option for local governments to eliminate their portion of sales tax imposed on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels. |
Asm. William Barclay | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as SB 3124. | 01/17/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 01/17/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 659 | 4378 | |
| 2023nysb03124i | 2023 | NY | SB | 3124 | Eliminates state sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels; authorizes localities to eliminate such taxes at the local level. | Enacts into law various components of legislation relating to establishing various exemptions from New York's sales and compensating use tax. Amends law to exempt Motor Fuel and Diesel Motor Fuel from New York State sales tax. Provides for the local option for local governments to eliminate their portion of sales tax imposed on motor fuels and diesel motor fuels. |
Sen. Robert Ortt | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/06/2022 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as AB 1690. | 01/27/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 01/27/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 660 | 4572 | |
| 2023nysb02174i | 2023 | NY | SB | 2174 | Establishes a phased decrease of taxes on diesel motor fuel and motor fuel when average price of motor fuel exceeds $2.25 per gallon. | Provides for a phased decrease of excise taxes and sales taxes and petroleum business taxes on diesel motor fuel and motor fuel when the average price of motor fuel in the state exceeds $2.25 per gallon; authorizes cities having a population of one million or more and counties to adopt local laws limiting taxes on diesel motor fuel and motor fuel. | Sen. James Tedisco | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 01/19/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 01/19/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 661 | 4491 | |
| 2023wvhb02581i | 2023 | WV | HB | 2851 | Reduces tax on motor fuel by 50%. | Reduce the West Virginia tax on gasoline by 50%. According to our interpretation, the bill provides for the minimum determined average wholesale price of motor fuel to be $3.04 per gallon and the minimum variable tax to be 7.6 cents per gallon. The effective date of the legislation is July 1, 2023. The Motor Fuel Tax is composed of two separate components: the flat rate and a variable component. The flat rate is currently set at $0.205 per invoiced gallon. The variable rate is equal to 5 percent of the determined average wholesale price of motor fuel. Current W. Va. Code §11-15-18b provides that, the average wholesale price used in the calculation of the variable component cannot be less than $3.04 per gallon. Application of the variable rate of 5 percent to the minimum average wholesale price of $3.04 results in a minimum variable tax of 15.2 cents per gallon. | Del. Todd Longanacre | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/06/2023 | Dead. | 01/16/2023 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committees on Technology and Infrastructure, and Finance. 03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 662 | 4565 | |
| 2023wvhb02826i | 2023 | WV | HB | 2826 | Removes variable rate on motor fuel tax. | Removes the variable gas tax rate. Removes the imposition of a variable tax rate on motor fuels. Under current code, the motor fuel excise tax is composed of a flat rate tax of 20.5 cents per invoiced gallon and a variable rate tax which is 5 percent of the average wholesale price of each motor fuel as determined annually by the State Tax Commissioner. | Del. Joe Ellington | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/06/2023 | Dead. | 01/19/2023 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Finance. 03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 663 | 4566 | |
| 2023wvhb03023i | 2023 | WV | HB | 3023 | Reduces the gasoline excise tax by 50% for West Virginia residents. | Reduces the gasoline excise tax by 50% for West Virginia residents. | Del. Todd Longanacre | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/06/2023 | Dead. | 01/25/2023 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committees on Technology and Infrastructure, and Finance. 03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 664 | 4565 | |
| 2023wvhb02384i | 2023 | WV | HB | 2384 | Provides a 10 cent per gallon refund of gas tax for residents. | Creates “The Relief at the Pump Law” which provides a 10-cent refund of tax paid gasoline, diesel, or gasohol gallonage paid at the pump by residents of West Virginia during times of surplus budgets by the State. |
Del. Todd Longanacre | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/06/2023 | Dead. | 01/11/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committees on Technology and Infrastructure, and Finance. 03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 665 | 4565 | |
| 2023ilsb00271i | 2023 | IL | SB | 271 | Establishes that motor fuel tax not exceed pre-payment amount of $0.18 per gallon set for motor fuel retailers. | Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the cents per gallon rate established by the Department of Revenue for the prepayment of tax by motor fuel retailers may not exceed $0.18 per gallon for motor fuel and 80% of that amount for gasohol and biodiesel blends. Provides that the rate of tax imposed under the Acts for motor fuel, gasohol, majority blended ethanol fuel, and biodiesel and biodiesel blends may not exceed that prepayment amount set by the Department of Revenue. | Sen. Craig Wilcox | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 01/31/2022 Introduced. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 666 | 4573 | |
| 2023mdsb00261i | 2023 | MD | SB | 261 | Repeals requirement that motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the CPI. | This bill repeals, beginning in fiscal 2024, future increases in specified motor fuel tax rates based on annual growth in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). | Sen. Jason Gallion | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/20/2023 | Dead.. | 01/25/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation 01/30/2023 Hearing scheduled for 2/8 in Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation. 04/10/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
04/10/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 669 | 4558 | |
| 2023mohb00657i | 2023 | MO | HB | 657 | Allows a nonrefundable tax credit for qualified railroad track expenditures, or qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures, in an amount equal to the taxpayer's qualified amount. | Beginning January 1, 2024, this bill allows a nonrefundable tax credit for qualified railroad track expenditures, or for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures, in an amount equal to the taxpayer's qualified amount. The amount of tax credits for qualified railroad track expenditures shall not exceed $4.5 million per tax year. The amount of tax credits for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures shall not exceed $10 million per tax year. Any unused portion of a tax credit may be carried forward for up to five subsequent tax years. Under certain circumstances, a taxpayer may transfer all or a portion of the unused credit to any eligible customer, vendor, or taxpayer by way of a written agreement. The Department of Economic Development shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly outlining tax credit transfers that take place each calendar year. The report will include a listing of the qualified railroad track and new rail infrastructure expenditures and a summary of the investments made by each eligible taxpayer. |
Rep. Travis Smith | billtext | Rail Tax Credit | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 01/05/2023 Introduced in House and read first time. 01/09/2023 Read second time in House. 02/02/2023 Referred to House Committee on Workforce and Infrastructure Development. 02/08/2023 Public hearing completed. 03/01/2023 Executive Session completed. 03/02/2023 Passed House Committee on Workforce and Infrastructure Development. 03/08/2023 Referred to House Committee on Rules - Administrative Oversight. 03/20/2023 Executive Session completed. 03/20/2023 Passed from House Committee on Rules - Administrative Oversight. 03/27/2023 Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar in House. 03/29/2023 Taken Up for Perfection in House. 03/29/2023 Adopted. 03/29/2023 Perfected in House. 03/30/2023 Referred for Fiscal Review. 04/03/2023 Executive Session completed. 04/03/2023 Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar in House. 04/19/2023 Placed back on Third Reading Calendar in House. 04/24/2023 Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar in House. 05/12/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/12/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 670 | 4522 | |
| 2023nelb000138i | 2023 | NE | LB | 138 | Adopts updates to federal law for motor vehicles and motor carriers, changes provisions of the Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act, and increases civil penalties. | Updates certain federal law references relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Nebraska State Patrol. The bill is an annual update bill which updates and adopts references to federal law and regulations to comply with referenced provisions from the United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations. Changes certain civil penalties for motor carrier violations to match federal law. Harmonizes and removes various obsolete statutory language. |
Sen. Suzanne Geist | billtext | CDL | 06/11/2023 | Effective upon approval. | 01/06/2023 Introduced. 01/10/2023 Referred to Committee on Transportation and Telecommunications. 01/30/2023 Hearing in Committee. 02/03/2023 Placed on General File. 05/31/2023 Passed both houses. Signed by President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. 06/01/2023 Approved by Governor. |
06/01/2023 Approved by Governor. | 671 | 4575 | |
| 2023nysb02579i | 2023 | NY | SB | 2579 | Establishes a tax on carbon-based fuels. Establishes the carbon dioxide emissions fund. | Establishes a carbon dioxide emissions tax on the distribution or sale of carbon-based fuels, which shall be no less than $35 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency and shall increase by $15 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency annually to a maximum of $185 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency. The Department of Environmental Conservation shall establish the carbon dioxide emissions fund. | Sen. Kevin Parker | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 01/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 01/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 672 | 1951 | |
| 2023nyab02425i | 2023 | NY | AB | 2425 | Computes sales and compensating use tax on retail sales of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel at a rate of cents per gallon and requires prepayment. | Amends the tax law by establishing the quarterly computation of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel by the commissioner, a rate of cents per gallon rounded to the nearest cent and multiplied by the cost of the fuel. Amends the tax law by establishing that the sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuel and diesel motor fuel in New York State shall be prepaid on each gallon of fuel. |
Asm. Jodi Giglio | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Same as SB 4799. | 01/26/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 01/26/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 673 | 4576 | |
| 2023uthb0220i | 2023 | UT | HB | 220 | Sets policy to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030. | Makes a number of changes to state air quality policies, including, but not limited to: (1) Setting a state policy that certain emissions be reduced by 50% by December 31, 2030 in counties along the Wasatch Front; (2) Charges a number of new emission fees, including new and used light duty vehicle clean air fees, light duty vehicle emission fees, and heavy duty vehicle emission fees; (3) implements a Vehicle Purchase Incentive program which provides financial assistance to qualified vehicle owners in purchasing replacement vehicles, (4) Would require a public service campaign about reducing motor vehicle emissions, (5) Limits increases in point source pollutants, requires enhanced zero emission standards for residential structures, (6) Prohibits individuals from using a wood burning stove after 2025, (7) Provides a nonrefundable tax credit for alternative fuel vehicles, (8) Increases the gas tax rate for non-tier 3 fuels to 3X the existing amount, and (9) Creates a "Clean Air Road Usage Charge" program which would charge a fee for driving on bad air quality days. | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | billtext | Emissions | 02/28/2023 | Dead. | 01/17/2023 Introduced in House. First reading. 01/23/2023 House received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst. 02/28/2023 Died in Committee. |
02/28/2023 Died in Committee. | 674 | 4577 | |
| 2023vthb00101i | 2023 | VT | HB | 101 | Proposes transportation initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and increase higher-efficiency, lower-cost options. | Proposes transportation initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. Requires the Agency of Transportation to present a written plan with recommendations on how to fund State efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase access to higher-efficiency, lower-cost transportation options. Creates the Legislative Regional Transportation Climate Initiative Working Group to study regional climate initiatives such as the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program. Requires the Agency of Transportation to assess motor vehicle fuel use in Vermont in order to identify the most effective actions to transition operators to plug-in electric vehicles. Amends transportation planning policy related to greenhouse gas emissions and infrastructure resilience. |
Rep. Mollie Burke | billtext | Emissions | 03/20/2023 | Dead. | 01/25/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 675 | 4037 | |
| 2023cthb05303i | 2023 | CT | HB | 5303 | Combines the petroleum products gross earnings tax and the motor vehicle fuels tax, and imposes one tax on a per-gallon basis. | Amends Chapter 12 of the general statutes to combine the petroleum products gross earnings tax and the motor vehicle fuels tax, and imposes one tax on a per-gallon basis. | Rep. Tim Ackert | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/07/2023 | Dead. | 01/13/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 676 | 4578 | |
| 2023azhb02707i | 2023 | AZ | HB | 2707 | Suspends motor fuel tax for one year starting 10/31/23. | Notwithstanding any other law, the motor vehicle fuel tax and use fuel tax imposed by section 28-5606, Arizona Revised Statutes, may not be imposed in this state from and after October 31, 2023 through October 31, 2024. | Rep. Alexander Kolodin | billtext | Fuel Tax | 08/13/2023 | Dead. | 02/09/2023 First reading. 07/31/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
07/31/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 678 | 4580 | |
| 2023iahf00257i | 2023 | IA | HF | 257 | Allows DOT to approve additional entities to offer third-party knowledge and skills testing for CDL applicants. | Under current law, DOT must examine applicants for driver’s licenses. DOT is authorized to designate community colleges and other third-party testers to administer the knowledge and driving skills tests required for a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license. A third-party tester, other than a community college, must be an Iowa-based motor carrier that operates a permanent commercial driver training facility in Iowa, an Iowa non-profit corporation that serves as a trade association for Iowa-based motor carriers, or a public or regional transit system. This bill strikes the provisions that identify particular types of third-party testers, other than community colleges; requires any third-party test examiner used by a third-party tester to comply with existing federal regulations applicable to third-party knowledge and driving skills testing, as adopted by rule by the DOT; and authorizes the DOT to adopt rules restricting the testing scope of a third-party tester. |
House Committee on Transportation | billtext | CDL | 04/20/2023 | Effective 7/1/2023. Companion to SF152. | 02/09/2023 Introduced. 02/15/2023 Passed House 02/15/2023 Immediate message to Senate. 02/16/2023 Message received in Senate. 02/16/2023 Read first time in Senate. 03/07/2023 Substituted for SF 152. 03/07/2023 Passed Senate. 03/07/2023 Immediate message to House. 03/07/2023 Message from received in House. 03/22/2023 Reported correctly enrolled. Signed by Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. Sent to Governor. 03/22/2023 Signed by Governor. |
03/22/2023 Signed by Governor. | 679 | 3805 | |
| 2023iasf00245i | 2023 | IA | SF | 245 | Requires class I and II railroad carriers to install positive train control systems on main lines and lines used to move hazardous materials. | Follows federal law to ensure that the railroad upon which the corporation’s trains operate and every train controlled by the corporation, including trains controlled by an agent of the corporation, is equipped with and makes use of a PTC system. | Sen. Tom Shipley | billtext | Rail | 04/20/2023 | Dead. | 02/08/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/21/2023 Subcommittee reassigned. 02/23/2023 Subcommittee reassigned. 02/23/2023 Subcommittee recommends passage. 03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 680 | 4581 | |
| 2023ilsb01513i | 2023 | IL | SB | 1513 | Restricts unnecessary and foreseeable diesel locomotive idling and delays. Establishes fine for violation. | Amends the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no rail carrier shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the unnecessary foreseeable idling of a diesel locomotive within 1,000 feet of a residence, business, school, or hospital for a continuous period of time longer than 30 minutes in a manner such as to cause or contribute to a condition of air pollution. Provides that no rail carrier shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit an unnecessarily foreseeable delay, up to 10 minutes from its established schedule, in a manner such as to cause or contribute to unexpected delays on the road. Imposes a statutory fine for violating the provisions. | Sen. Mike Porfirio | billtext | Rail Emissions | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 02/07/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 682 | 4582 | |
| 2023ilsb01703i | 2023 | IL | SB | 1703 | Requires use of reports from the Federal Commercial Driver's License clearinghouse in issuing CDLs. | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "drug and alcohol clearinghouse" as a database system established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that permits the access and retrieval of a drug and alcohol testing violation or violations precluding an applicant or employee from occupying safety-sensitive positions involving the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. Provides that, no later than November 18, 2024, the Secretary shall request information from the drug and alcohol clearinghouse for all applicants applying for an initial, renewal, transfer, or upgraded commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit, and enforce federal regulations pertaining to the clearinghouse. Provides that a commercial learner's permit is valid for 12 months (instead of 6 months with a 6-month renewal). Provides that certificates of insurance and notices of cancellation or termination of insurance shall be submitted to the Secretary of State electronically (instead of in written or electronic form). Sets forth additional requirements for certain vehicles when approaching or stopping at railroad grade crossings, railroad tracks or tracks at grades, or highway rail grade crossings. | Sen. Ram Villivalam | billtext | CDL | 06/22/2023 | Dead. Same as HB 3149. | 02/08/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 02/21/2023 Assigned to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/08/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/10/2023 Second reading. 03/10/2023 Placed on calendar for third reading 03/31/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 683 | 4509 | |
| 2023ilsb01711i | 2023 | IL | SB | 1711 | Creates the Hydrogen Fuel Replacement Tax Credit Act. | Creates the Hydrogen Fuel Replacement Tax Credit Act. Creates an income tax credit for eligible taxpayers in an amount equal to $1 per kilogram of eligible zero-carbon hydrogen used by the eligible taxpayer during the tax year for which a credit is sought. Provides for additional credits if the use of the zero-carbon hydrogen by the eligible taxpayer occurs in an equity investment eligible community. Provides that the total amount of tax credits to be allocated by the Department of Revenue to taxpayers for eligible zero-carbon hydrogen use occurring in the tax year ending during that State fiscal year shall not exceed $100,000,000, plus the amount of tax credits that were available to be allocated for eligible zero-carbon hydrogen use in the tax year ending during the prior State fiscal year but were not allocated. | Sen. Laura Ellman | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 02/09/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 02/28/2023 Assigned to Senate Committee on Energy and Public Utilities. 03/09/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Energy and Public Utilities. 03/28/2023 Passed second reading in Senate. 03/31/2023 Third reading deadline established as 4/28/23. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 684 | 4585 | |
| 2023ilsb02385i | 2023 | IL | SB | 2385 | Provides for emissions monitoring of commercial freight trucking facilities. | Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, within one year after the amendatory Act's effective date, the Environmental Protection Agency shall cite specified federal resources, informed by satellite and community data when available, when determining the placement of air monitoring devices at truck-attracting facilities. Requires truck-attracting facilities to continuously monitor onsite emissions for diesel particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. Allows local authorities to employ mobile air monitoring in vehicles dedicated for that purpose or in fleet vehicles in the course of conducting regular business. Requires the Agency to conduct truck counting on a representative sample of local roads where trucks enter or exit a commercial freight trucking facility each year. | Sen. Javier Cervantes | billtext | Emissions | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 02/10/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 02/28/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 03/10/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 687 | 4587 | |
| 2023inhb01050i | 2023 | IN | HB | 1050 | Includes any motor fuel not subject to taxes, to the definition of alternative fuel. | Concerns various motor vehicle matters. Includes hydrogen, hythane, electricity, or any other fuel used to propel a motor vehicle on a highway that is not subject to certain taxes to the definition of "alternative fuel". Provides that for the tax imposed on the consumption of a natural gas product or an alternative fuel, the tax rate is the same rate per gallon equivalent at which special fuel is taxed divided by the carrier's average miles per gallon for all vehicles within the carrier's fleet that consume certain fuels, in the case of an alternative fuel that is not commonly or commercially known or sold as butane or propane. Provides that a carrier subject to certain imposed motor vehicle taxes is exempt from submitting to the Department of State Revenue quarterly reports of the operations of commercial motor vehicles giving rise to the carrier's tax liability as the Department may require under certain circumstances. Provides that a carrier that is exempt from the quarterly reporting requirements: (1) must continue to file a quarterly return to obtain a promotional use credit; (2) is required to keep books and records; and (3) is exempt from certain requirements regarding an annual permit, a cab card, and an emblem. Specifies that the supplemental fees for a hybrid vehicle and an electric vehicle for the 2024 registration year are to be determined using the gasoline tax index factor. Provides that the term "driver training school" does not include a business enterprise that educates or trains a person or prepares a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle. |
Rep. Jim Pressel | billtext | Fuel Tax | 05/08/2023 | Effective after 12/31/2023 | 01/09/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Roads and Transportation. 02/07/2023 House Committee report adopted. 02/07/2023 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. 02/14/2023 House Committee on Ways and Means report adopted. 02/16/2023 Second reading in House. Ordered engrossed. 02/20/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 02/21/2023 Referred to the Senate. 02/28/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation. 03/16/2023 Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation recommended passage as adopted. Reassigned to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 04/06/2023 Committee report recommends adoption as amended. 04/13/2023 Second reading. Amended. Ordered engrossed. Amendments #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 prevailed. 04/17/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 04/18/2023 Returned to the House with amendments 04/18/2023 Motion to dissent filed in House. 04/18/2023 House dissented from Senate amendments. House conferees and advisors appointed. 04/20/2023 Senate conferees and advisors appointed. 04/27/2023 Conference Committee Report adopted by House and Senate. 04/28/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. 05/01/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House. 05/04/2023 Signed by Governor. |
05/04/2023 Signed by Governor. | 688 | 4588 | |
| 2023kssb00215i | 2023 | KS | SB | 215 | Establishes the Kansas Rail Safety Improvement Act. Provides for safety requirements for railroad operations and crossing. | Establishes the Kansas Rail Safety Improvement Act. Provides for safety requirements for railroad operations and crossing. | Senate Committee on Ways and Means | billtext | Rail | 02/28/2023 | Dead. | 02/08/2023 Introduced in Senate. 02/09/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/24/2023 Died in Committee. |
02/24/2023 Died in Committee. | 689 | 859 | |
| 2023mdhb00352i | 2023 | MD | HB | 352 | Requires two crew members for freight train being operated in same rail corridor as high-speed or passenger commuter train. | Prohibiting a train or light engine used in the movement of freight in the same rail corridor as a high-speed passenger or commuter train from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members; and establishing a penalty for a first offense of a $500 fine and for subsequent offenses within a 3-year period, a fine of $1,000 for each offense. | Del. Dana Stein | billtext | Rail | 04/20/2023 | Dead. Same as SB 915. | 01/26/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Environment and Transportation. 03/06/2023 Favorable report by House Committee on Environment and Transportation. 03/07/2023 Passed second reading in House. 03/09/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 03/10/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 04/10/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
04/10/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 691 | 4559 | |
| 2023mdsb00915i | 2023 | MD | SB | 915 | Requires two crew members for freight train being operated in same rail corridor as high-speed or passenger commuter train. | Prohibits a train or light engine used in the movement of freight in the same rail corridor as a high-speed passenger or commuter train from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members; and establishing a penalty for a first offense of a $500 fine and for subsequent offenses within a 3-year period, a fine of $1,000 for each offense. | Sen. Arthur Ellis | billtext | Rail | 04/20/2023 | Dead. Same as HB 352. | 02/15/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 02/23/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 03/03/2023 Hearing scheduled for 3/21/23 in Senate Committee on Finance. 04/10/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
04/10/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 692 | 4606 | |
| 2023mnhf01272i | 2023 | MN | HF | 1272 | Sets a minimum crew size of two to operate freight rail. Sets fines for willful violations that increase with repeat offenses. | Establishes that a railroad must not operate a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight unless it has a crew of a minimum of two individuals. Does not apply to hostler services or utility employees. Provides that any railroad that willfully violates this section must pay a fine of not less than $250 or more than $1,000 for a first offense, not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for a second offense committed within three years of the first offense, and not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within three years of the first offense. Fines prescribed in this section must be recovered in a civil action before a judge of the county in which the violation occurs. |
Rep. Jeff Brand | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Same as SF 1417. | 02/06/2023 Introduction and first reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. 02/20/2023 House Committee report recommends adoption as amended. Re-referred to House Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law. 03/09/2023 Committee report recommends adoption as amended. 03/09/2023 Second reading in House. 05/22/2023 Returned to House Committee on Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law upon interim adjournment. |
05/22/2023 Returned to House Committee on Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law upon interim adjournment. | 694 | 4589 | |
| 2023caab00844i | 2023 | CA | AB | 844 | Requires assessment of availability and affordability of insurance for advanced fleet technologies for heavy-duty vehicles and the role of insurance of markets in meeting state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. | Requires the state board, as part of the 3-year investment strategy, to provide an assessment, in consultation with the Department of Insurance, of the availability and affordability of insurance for advanced fleet technologies for heavy-duty vehicles and the role of insurance markets in meeting state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Requires the state board, in consultation with the department, to create a strategy, on or before January 1, 2025, to address insurance gaps for new heavy-duty truck technologies. Requires the department to implement specific data collections on the availability and affordability of insurance for heavy-duty trucks and truck fleets. Requires the department to issue a bulletin on or before February 1, 2024, to initiate the first data collection, and would require admitted insurers to respond on or before May 1, 2024. Requires the surveys and data calls to include specified information, including, among other things, whether an insurance company offers insurance for zero-emission truck options. Requires the information to be submitted to the commissioner and to be confidential, as specified. Requires the department, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to create a tool for the public to use to readily find information and insurance options for battery-powered, hydrogen-powered, or other zero-emission advanced truck technology to provide a “one-stop” for the public. |
Assemblyman Mike Gipson | billtext | Emissions | 10/03/2023 | Effective 1/1/24. | 02/14/2023 Introduced in Assembly. 02/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committees on Transportation, and Insurance. 03/09/2023 Amended in AssemblyCommittee on Transportation. Read second time in Assembly. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 03/13/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 03/21/2023 Passed Assembly Committee on Transportation with recommendations. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance. 04/12/2023 Passed as amended from Assembly Committee on Transportation. Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 04/13/2023 Read second time in Assembly and amended. 04/17/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 04/26/2023 Passed out of Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 04/27/2023 Read second time in Assembly. 05/04/2023 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to Senate. 05/04/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 05/17/2023 Referred to Senate Committees on Insurance, and Judiciary. 07/12/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Judiciary. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 08/22/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Appropriations. 08/23/2023 Read second time in Senate. Ordered to third reading. 09/06/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to the Assembly. 09/06/2023 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. 09/07/2023 Senate amendments concurred in by Assembly. To Engrossing and Enrolling. 09/14/2023 Enrolled and presented to the Governor. 10/07/2023 Signed by Governor. |
10/07/2023 Signed by Governor. | 695 | 4275 | |
| 2023caab00953i | 2023 | CA | AB | 953 | Establishes voluntary vessel speed reduction and sustainable shipping program. | Establishes the Ocean Protection Council. Requires the council, on or before May 1, 2025, in coordination with various entities, including the State Air Resources Board, to implement a statewide voluntary vessel speed reduction and sustainable shipping program for the California coast in order to reduce air pollution, the risk of fatal vessel strikes on whales, and harmful underwater acoustic impacts. Requires the program to expand a certain existing program and build upon other existing vessel speed reduction programs and would authorize the program to include specified components, including, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, financial incentives to program participants vessel. Requires the council, on or before December 31, 2026, to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the implementation of the program. Amendment 1 establishes that program components shall not be in conflict with federal law and regulation. |
Assemblyman Damon Connolly | billtext | Ports | 10/09/2023 | Dead. | 02/13/2023 Introduced. 03/02/2023 Referred too Assembly Committees on Water, Parks and Wildlife, and Natural Resources. 03/16/2023 Passed Committee with amendments. Read second time in Assembly and amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. 03/20/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. 03/28/2023 Pass as amended from Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife, and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. 03/29/2023 Read second time and amended in Assembly. 03/30/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. 04/18/2023 Passed from Assembly Committee on Natural Resources as amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 04/19/2023 Read second time in Assembly and amended. 04/20/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/18/2023 Passed Assembly Committee on Appropriations as amended. 05/18/2023 Read second time in Assembly and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. 05/22/2023 Read second time in Assembly. Ordered to third reading. 05/30/2023 Read third time. Passed House. Ordered to the Senate. 05/31/2023 Read first time in Senate. To Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 06/07/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water. 07/12/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water as amended. 07/13/2023 Read second time in Senate and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 08/14/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations suspense file. 09/01/2023 Held under submission in Senate Committee on Appropriations. 09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 696 | 4611 | |
| 2023flhb00731i | 2023 | FL | HB | 731 | Requires referendum to reenact expiring ninth-cent fuel tax or expiring local option fuel taxes. | Requires referendum to reenact expiring ninth-cent fuel tax or expiring local option fuel taxes. | Rep. John Temple | billtext | Fuel Tax | 05/11/2023 | Dead. Same as SB 698. | 02/10/2023 Filed. 02/21/2023 Referred to House Committee on Ways & Means Committee. 02/21/2023 Referred to House Committee on Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee. 02/21/2023 Now in House Committee on Local Administration, Federal Affairs and Special Districts Subcommittee. 02/21/2023 Referred to House Committee on State Affairs. 03/07/2023 First reading in House. 03/16/2023 Added to House Local Administration, Federal Affairs; Special Districts Subcommittee agenda. 03/20/2023 Favorable with committee substitute by House Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee. 03/20/2023 Reported out of House Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee. 03/20/2023 Committee substitute first reading in House. 03/21/2023 Referred to House Committees on Ways and Means, and State Affairs. Currently in House Committee on Ways and Means. 03/28/2023 Added to House Ways & Means Committee agenda. 03/30/2023 Favorable by House Ways & Means Committee. 03/30/2023 Reported out of House Ways & Means Committee 03/30/2023 Now in House Committee on State Affairs Committee. 04/07/2023 Added to House Committee on State Affairs. 04/11/2023 Favorable by House Committee on State Affairs. 04/11/2023 Reported out of House Committee on State Affairs Committee. 04/11/2023 Released to House Calendar. 04/11/2023 Added to Second Reading Calendar in House. 05/05/2023 Died on second reading calendar in House. |
05/05/2023 Died on second reading calendar in House. | 698 | 4584 | |
| 2023flsb00698i | 2023 | FL | SB | 698 | Requires referendum to reenact expiring ninth-cent fuel tax or expiring local option fuel taxes. | Requires referendum to reenact expiring ninth-cent fuel tax or expiring local option fuel taxes. | Sen. Blaise Ingoglia | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/21/2023 | Dead. Same as HB 731. | 02/10/2023 Filed. 05/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 699 | 4620 | |
| 2023gasr00156i | 2023 | GA | SR | 156 | Urges the Technical College System of Georgia to conduct a study of the workforce gap among licensed truck drivers and take steps to provide streamlined training. | Urges the Technical College System of Georgia to conduct a study of the workforce gap among licensed truck drivers and take steps to provide streamlined training for those wishing to enter the industry of commercial motor vehicle operation. | Sen. Jason Anavitarte | billtext | CDL | 04/20/2023 | Dead. | 02/16/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
03/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 700 | 4446 | |
| 2023iasf00243i | 2023 | IA | SF | 243 | Requires 2 crew members for operation of Class I and Class II freight rail carrier. Provides penalties for violation. | Requires locomotive or railroad train operated by a class I or class II rail carrier, when operating on a railroad track in connection with the movement of passengers or freight, shall be operated by a crew consisting of at least two qualified railroad employees. Provides penalties for violation. | Sen. Tom Shipley | billtext | Rail | 03/08/2023 | Renumbered as SF 492. | 02/08/2023 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/20/2023 Subcommittee meeting scheduled for 02/23/2023. 02/23/2023 Subcommittee recommends passage. 03/02/2023 Committee report approved bill and renumbered as SF 492. |
03/02/2023 Committee report approved bill and renumbered as SF 492. | 701 | 4581 | |
| 2023ilhb02505i | 2023 | IL | HB | 2505 | Provides that local authorities prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, and impose limitations on the weight, height, or length (rather than only weight). | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as the weight, height, or length (rather than only weight) thereof, which prohibitions and limitations shall be marked by appropriate signs placed on such highways. Establishes that an agency or instrumentality of the State of Illinois or any unit of local government shall not be required to widen or otherwise alter a non-designated highway (regardless of its date of construction) to accommodate truck-tractor-semitrailer combinations. Provides that each unit of local government may (rather than shall) report to the Department of Transportation any limitations prohibiting the operation of vehicles imposed by ordinance or resolution in the unit of local government's non-designated highway system. Makes conforming changes. | Rep. Martin Moylan | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 02/15/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 704 | 4395 | |
| 2023ilhb02592i | 2023 | IL | HB | 2592 | Reduces rate of tax on motor fuel and gasohol to 1.25% (currently, 6.25%). | Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reduces the rate of tax on motor fuel and gasohol to 1.25% (currently, 6.25%). Makes changes concerning the distribution of the proceeds from those taxes. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. | Rep. Ryan Spain | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/21/2023 | Dead. | 02/15/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 02/28/2023 Assigned to House Committee on Revenue & Finance. 03/09/2023 Referred to subcommittee on Sales, Amusement and Other Taxes. 03/10/2023 Re-referred to House Committee on Rules Committee. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 705 | 4514 | |
| 2023ilhb03023i | 2023 | IL | HB | 3023 | Creates the Hydrogen Fuel Replacement Tax Credit Act. | Creates the Hydrogen Fuel Replacement Tax Credit Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to $1 per kilogram of eligible zero-carbon hydrogen used by the eligible taxpayer during the tax year for which a credit is sought. Provides that the credit shall be increased by $0.15 per kilogram of eligible zero-carbon hydrogen if the eligible taxpayer uses contractors or employs labor at a project location in an equity investment eligible community. | Rep. Larry Walsh | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 02/16/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 706 | 4614 | |
| 2023ilhb03149i | 2023 | IL | HB | 3149 | Requires use of reports from the Federal Commercial Driver's License Clearinghouse in issuing CDLs. | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "drug and alcohol clearinghouse" as a database system established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that permits the access and retrieval of a drug and alcohol testing violation or violations precluding an applicant or employee from occupying safety-sensitive positions involving the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. Provides that, no later than November 18, 2024, the Secretary shall request information from the drug and alcohol clearinghouse for all applicants applying for an initial, renewal, transfer, or upgraded commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit, and enforce federal regulations pertaining to the clearinghouse. Provides that a commercial learner's permit is valid for 12 months (instead of 6 months with a 6-month renewal). Provides that certificates of insurance and notices of cancellation or termination of insurance shall be submitted to the Secretary of State electronically (instead of in written or electronic form). Sets forth additional requirements for certain vehicles when approaching or stopping at railroad grade crossings, railroad tracks or tracks at grades, or highway rail grade crossings. |
Rep. Jay Hoffman | billtext | CDL | 07/12/2023 | Effective 6/30/2023. Same as SB 1703. | 02/17/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 02/28/2023 Assigned to House Committee on Transportation: Vehicles and Safety. 03/08/2023 Passed favorably from House Committee on Transportation: Vehicles & Safety. 03/08/2023 Placed on House Calendar for 2nd Reading. 03/16/2023 Second reading in House. 03/16/2023 Placed on House calendar for third reading. 03/23/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 03/24/2023 Arrived in Senate. 03/24/2023 Placed on Senate calendar for first reading. 03/24/2023 First reading in Senate. 03/24/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 04/18/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/26/2023 Passed favorably from the House Committee on Transportation. 04/26/2023 Placed on second reading calendar in House. 04/27/2023 Second reading in Senate. 04/27/2023 Placed on third reading in Senate. 05/10/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 06/08/2023 Sent to the Governor. 06/30/2023 Approved by Governor. |
06/30/2023 Approved by Governor. | 707 | 1726 | |
| 2023ilhb03427i | 2023 | IL | HB | 3427 | Prohibits idling of diesel-fueled motor vehicle for more than 3 minutes in a 60-minute period. | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person that operates a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel in an affected area may not cause or allow the motor vehicle, when it is not in motion, to idle for more than a total of 3 (rather than 10) minutes within any 60 minute period. |
Rep. Daniel Didech | billtext | Emissions | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 02/17/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 708 | 4618 | |
| 2023ilhb03468i | 2023 | IL | HB | 3468 | Establishes that motor fuel tax may not exceed the prepayment price of $0.18 per gallon and 80% of that for gasohol and biodiesel blends. | Provides that, beginning 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the cents per gallon rate established by the Department of Revenue for the prepayment of tax by motor fuel retailers may not exceed $0.18 per gallon for motor fuel and 80% of that amount for gasohol and biodiesel blends. Provides that the rate of tax imposed under the Acts for motor fuel, gasohol, majority blended ethanol fuel, and biodiesel and biodiesel blends may not exceed that prepayment amount set by the Department of Revenue. | Rep. Tim Ozinga | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 02/17/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 02/28/2023 Assigned to House Committee on Revenue & Finance. 03/09/2023 Referred to House on Revenue - Sales, Amusement and Other Taxes Subcommittee 03/10/2023 Re-referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/31/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 709 | 4619 | |
| 2023kyhb00320i | 2023 | KY | HB | 320 | Establishes CDL driver's test requirements for non-residents of KY. Establishes a nonresident testing fee of $150. | An applicant who is not a resident of the Commonwealth, possesses both a valid operator's license and a commercial driver's instruction permit, and has complied with all necessary federal requirements may take a commercial driver's license skills test. Establishes a nonresident testing fee of $150. | Rep. Chris Freeland | billtext | CDL | 04/17/2023 | Effective 90 days from adjournment. | 02/15/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Committees. 02/23/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/07/2023 Reported favorably by Committee. First reading in House. 03/08/2023 Second reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Rules. Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for 03/09/2023. 03/09/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 03/10/2023 Received in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Committees. 03/13/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/14/2023 First reading. Returned to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/15/2023 Reported favorably by Senate Committee on Transportation. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules as a consent bill. 03/16/2023 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day. 03/16/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. Received in House. Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House. Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate. 03/16/2023 Delivered to Governor. 03/22/23 Signed by Governor. |
03/22/23 Signed by Governor. | 711 | 4448 | |
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| 2023nmhb00105i | 2023 | NM | HB | 105 | Prohibits operation of freight railroad train or locomotive without a crew of at least two workers, | Prohibits class 1 or class 2 railroads from allowing the operation of a railroad train or locomotive that is used in the movement of freight without a crew composed of at least two workers, except: (1) hostling and helper operations; (2) remote control locomotives in railyards; or (3) as otherwise provided by federal law or regulation. Amendment strikes the section providing that a railroad or railroad supervisor shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first violation and a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each subsequent violation. |
Rep. Eliseo Alcon | billtext | Rail | 03/21/2023 | Dead. | 01/19/2023 Referred to House Committees on Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs, and Judiciary. 01/30/2023 Reported by House Committee on Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs with recommendation for passage. 02/07/2023 Reported by House Committee on Judiciary with recommendation for passage of committee substitute. 02/20/2023 Committee substitute passed House. 02/21/2023 Referred to House Committees on Tax, Business and Transportation, and Health and Public Affairs. 03/12/2023 Reported by House Committee on Tax, Business and Transportation with recommendation for passage. 03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 714 | 4604 | |
| 2023nyab03461i | 2023 | NY | AB | 3461 | Establishes a temporary motor fuel tax holiday for one year. | Establishes a temporary motor fuel tax holiday for one year; requires the comptroller and the director of the budget to transfer from the general fund to the special obligation reserve and payment account an amount equal to the amount that would have otherwise been deposited if the fuel tax holiday had not been authorized. | Asm. Angelo Santabarbara | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 715 | 4470 | |
| 2023nyab03678i | 2023 | NY | AB | 3678 | Exempts the trucking industry from the state's sales and use tax when purchasing vehicles and parts. | Sections 1-5 amend sections 1105, 1107b, 1108b, 1109a, and 1115 of the tax law to exempt the purchase of vehicles and parts by the trucking industry from the state sales and use tax. Provides that this exemption shall apply to retail sale or use of motor vehicles and parts occurring on or after January 1, 2020. |
Asm. Brian Manktelow | billtext | Tax Exemption | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 716 | 4590 | |
| 2023nysb04925i | 2023 | NY | SB | 4925 | Exempts tax on retail sales of fuel gas, motor fuel and diesel motor fuel until 12/31/23. | Enacts the "gas tax holiday act of 2023". Provides that from the first of the month after the effective date of the section until December 31, 2023 the taxes imposed on retail sales of fuel gas, motor fuel and diesel motor fuel shall be exempt from certain taxes. | Sen. Kevin Parker | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/17/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 02/17/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 720 | 1951 | |
| 2023caab01743i | 2023 | CA | AB | 1743 | Enacts the Lower Emissions Transition Program to approve projects that reduce emissions from cargo handling equipment and other sources at seaports. | Enacts the Lower Emissions Transition Program Requires the state board to approve projects that reduce cumulative emissions from cargo handling equipment sources at seaports in the state during the transition period to zero-emissions cargo handling equipment requirements. Prohibits the approval of a project after the compliance date required by a state or federal law, as provided, that requires a change in equipment to a zero-emission standard. Requires the state board to establish guidelines to determine eligibility for project approvals and would authorize the state board to establish an application fee. Requires the application fees to be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Fund and made available to the state board upon appropriation by the Legislature. Establishes eligibility criteria for projects. Requires the state board, by January 1, 2033, to evaluate the impact of the program on state and local clean air efforts to meet state and local clean air goals and to hold at least one public workshop before completing the study. |
Asm. Steve Bennett | billtext | Emissions | 09/14/2023 | Dead. | 02/17/2023 Introduced. 03/09/2023 Referred to Assembly Committees on Transportation, and Natural Resources. 03/15/2023 Passed Committee on Transportation as amended. Read second time in Assembly and amended. 03/16/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/10/2023 Passed from Committee with amendments. Amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. Read second time and amended. 04/11/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/18/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Transportation. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources. 04/26/2023 Passed as amended from the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. 04/27/2023 Read second time in Senate and passed as amended. 05/01/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/10/2023 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. 05/18/2023 Held under submission in Senate Committee on Appropriations. 09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 721 | 4622 | |
| 2023cthb06742i | 2023 | CT | HB | 6742 | Increases the amount of bond funds available for grants for commercial rail line improvements to 20 million. | Increases from 17.5 million to 20 million, the amount of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts that may be authorized by the State Bond Commission. | House Committee on Transportation | billtext | Rail | 06/07/2023 | Dead. | 02/22/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation. 02/27/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Transportation. 03/10/2023 Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference to Finance, Revenue and Bonding 03/13/2023 Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office. 03/14/2023 Reported out of Legislative Commissioners' Office. 03/14/2023 Favorable change of reference, to House Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 03/15/2023 Favorable change of reference, to Senate Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 722 | 766 | |
| 2023iasf00361i | 2023 | IA | SF | 361 | Limits the length of any freight or work railroad train operated or permitted to be operated by a railway corporation to 8,500 ft. | Limits the length of any freight or work railroad train operated or permitted to be operated by a railway corporation to 8,500 feet. A violation of the bill results in a “schedule4” penalty, which is a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 per violation. | Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | Rail | 04/20/2023 | Dead. | 02/22/2023 Introduced. Senate Committee on Transportation report approves bill. 03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 726 | 1318 | |
| 2023nmsb00348i | 2023 | NM | SB | 348 | Excludes motor carriers overseen by US Sec of DOT from overtime provisions provided pursuant to the Minimum Wage Act. | Provides that motor carriers, including private motor carriers, with whom the United States Secretary of Transportation has the authority to establish qualifications and maximum hours of services provided by the motor carriers' employees pursuant to the federal Motor Carrier Act are exempt from the overtime provisions set forth in Subsection D of Section 50-4-22 NMSA 1978. |
Sen. Benny Shendo | billtext | HOS | 03/23/2023 | Dead. | 02/26/2023 Introduced. Referred to the Senate Committees on Health and Public Affairs, and Tax, Business and Transportation. In Senate Committee on Health and Public Affairs. 03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 730 | 4624 | |
| 2023nmsb00275i | 2023 | NM | SB | 275 | Proposes increase to registration fees for trucks and tractors, determined by weight, and registration fee for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. | Increases registration fees for passenger vehicles, trucks, tractors, and buses. The registration fee is increased for each weight class of vehicle, with additional revenue split between the state road fund and county and municipal funds in proportion to their current revenue distributions. The bill spreads the increase over three years. When fully phased in registration fees will be about 25 percent higher than the current level. Includes a new additional registration fee for purely electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The fee for purely electric vehicles is set at $60 for FY24 and FY25 and $120 for FY26 and subsequent years. The fee for plug-in hybrid vehicles is set at $30 in FY24 and FY25 and at $60 for FY26 and subsequent years. These additional fees are distributed in the same manner as vehicle registration fees generally. |
Sen. Roberto Gonzalez | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/17/2023 | Dead. | 01/30/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committees on Tax, Business and Transportation, and Finance. 02/22/2023 Recommended for passage by the Senate Committee on Tax, Business and Transportation. 03/01/2023 Senate Committee on Finance recommends passage of committee substitute. 03/09/2023 Passed Senate. 03/10/2023 Referred to House Committee on Taxation and Revenue. 03/15/2023 Reported by House Committee on Taxation and Revenue with recommendation of amendment. 03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
03/18/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 731 | 4205 | |
| 2023nvsb00145i | 2023 | NV | SB | 145 | Amends law to establish administrative penalty of $5,000 for Employee Misclassification. | Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to impose certain administrative penalties against an employer who misclassifies a person as an independent contractor or otherwise fails to properly classify an employee 35 including: (1) for a first offense committed by an employer who unintentionally misclassifies or otherwise fails to properly classify a person as an employee, a warning; (2) for a first offense committed by an employer who willfully fails to properly classify a person as an employee, a fine of $2,500 for the first incident of willfully misclassifying one or more persons; and (3) for a second or subsequent offense, a fine of $5,000 for each employee who was willfully misclassified. This bill provides instead that any such administrative penalty imposed by Labor Commissioner is a fine of $5,000. |
Sen. Roberta Lange | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/20/2023 | Effective 7/1/23. | 02/14/2023 Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. 04/17/2023 Passed as amended from Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. Read second time in Senate and amended. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 04/18/2023 Engrossed. To Senate Committee on Finance. 05/27/2023 Passed as amended from Committee. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. Read third time. Passed, as amended. 05/29/2023 To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint . To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor. 05/31/2023 Read second time in Assembly. Assembly. 06/01/2023 Placed on General File for next legislative day. 06/02/2023 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. 06/03/2023 Read third time. Passed Assembly. To Senate. 06/04/2023 In Senate. To enrollment in Assembly. 06/08/2023 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. 06/10/2023 Approved by the Governor. |
06/10/2023 Approved by the Governor. | 733 | 4610 | |
| 2023ohsb00048i | 2023 | OH | SB | 48 | Reduces the tax rate on motor fuel to thirty five and one half cents. | Reduces motor fuel excise tax to thirty five and one half cents on each motor fuel dealer, measured by gross gallons, upon the receipt of motor fuel within this state. |
Rep. Stephen Huffman | billtext | Fuel Tax | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/07/2023 Introduced. 02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. |
02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 734 | 4592 | |
| 2023sdsb00071i | 2023 | SD | SB | 71 | Authorizes other fuel taxes to be included in the state’s International Fuel Tax Agreement collections. | Imposes excise tax on all motor fuel, ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, biodiesel, biodiesel blend, liquid natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, special fuel, or any combination thereof, used in this state in the engine fuel supply tank of qualified motor vehicles involved in interstate commerce. The tax imposed shall be at the rate indicated in § 10-47B-4. |
Sen. Joshua Klumb | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/24/2023 | Effective 7/1/2023. | 01/18/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/25/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation recommends passage. 01/30/2023 Passed Senate. 01/31/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Taxation 02/07/2023 House Committee on Taxation recommends passage. 02/08/2023 Passed House. 02/13/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. 02/14/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House. 02/15/2023 Delivered to the Governor. 02/23/2023 Signed by Governor. |
02/23/2023 Signed by Governor. | 736 | 4605 | |
| 2023txhb02028i | 2023 | TX | HB | 2028 | Imposes a motor fuel tax recovery fee for the registration of an electric vehicle. | Establishes that, at the time of application for registration or renewal of registration of an electric vehicle, the applicant shall pay a motor fuel tax recovery fee. Provides that not later than September 1 of every fifth year, the department by rule shall establish the amount of the motor fuel tax recovery fee in an amount of at least $300. In determining the amount of the fee, the department shall consider the average annual amount of taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that an owner of an electric vehicle would pay if the vehicle operated on gasoline or diesel fuel. |
Rep. Jay Dean | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 02/08/2023 Filed. 05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 737 | 4593 | |
| 2023txhb02226i | 2023 | TX | HB | 2226 | Authorizes municipal motor fuel taxes. | Provides that, if approved by a majority of the votes cast in a municipality at an election held for that purpose, the municipality shall impose taxes at the rate of one cent per gallon on the sale of gasoline and diesel fuel that is sold in the municipality by a person, including a dealer, distributor, supplier, or permissive supplier, engaged in the sale of motor fuels used to propel a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state. The rates of the taxes shall be adjusted as provided on January 1 of each year after the year in which the taxes are first imposed. |
Rep. Ron Reynolds | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 02/13/2023 Filed. 05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 739 | 4167 | |
| 2023txhb02605i | 2023 | TX | HB | 2605 | Provides funding of port development and infrastructure, and port connectivity projects. | Provides funding of port development and infrastructure, and port connectivity projects. A project eligible for funding under this section may not receive more than 10 percent of the total amount of money appropriated to the department in a fiscal biennium to fund eligible projects under this section. Money appropriated by the legislature under may only be used to fund eligible port development and infrastructure projects under Section 55.002. |
Rep. Terry Canales | billtext | Ports | 05/11/2023 | Dead. | 02/22/2023 Filed. 03/13/2023 Read first time in House. 03/13/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 04/12/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 04/12/2023 Committee substitute considered in committee 04/12/2023 Left pending in committee 04/19/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. Committee substitute considered. 04/19/2023 Reported favorably as substituted by House Committee on Transportation. 04/24/2023 Committee report filed with Committee Coordinator. 04/25/2023 Favorable Committee report sent to Calendars in the House. 05/06/2023 Considered in House Calendars. 05/09/2023 Placed on General State Calendar in the House. 05/10/2023 Companion SB 1499 considered in lieu of in House. |
05/10/2023 Companion SB 1499 considered in lieu of in House. | 740 | 4359 | |
| 2023uthb00440i | 2023 | UT | HB | 440 | Amends definition of an interstate and intrastate commercial vehicle by increasing gross vehicle weight requirement for stopping at a port-of-entry. | Amends the definition of an interstate and intrastate commercial vehicle by increasing the gross vehicle weight rating and gross vehicle weight from 26,000 or more pounds to 26,001 or more pounds; and amends the gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight requirement for a vehicle to stop at a port-of-entry from 10,001 or more pounds to 26,001 or more pounds. | Rep. Kay Christofferson | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/19/2023 | Effective 60 days following adjournment. | 02/10/2023 Introduced in House. First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 02/15/2023 Fiscal not received in House. 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/22/2023 Substitute recommended by House Committee on Transportation. 02/22/2023 Favorable recommendation by House Committee on Transportation. 02/22/2023 Second reading in House. 02/22/2023 Fiscal not sent to sponsor. 02/24/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 02/24/2023 Introduced in Senate. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology. 02/28/2023 Favorable recommendation from Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology. 02/28/2023 Committee report to Rules. 03/02/2023 Placed on second reading calendar in the Senate. 03/03/2023 Passed Senate. 03/13/2023 Enrolled bill delivered to Governor. 03/15/2023 Signed by Governor. |
03/15/2023 Signed by Governor. | 741 | 4594 | |
| 2023uthb00514i | 2023 | UT | HB | 514 | Creates a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. | Imposes a carbon dioxide emissions tax, including: • defining terms; • requiring records; • addressing rate and remittance requirements for tax on motor fuel, special fuel, aviation fuel, natural gas, large emitter emissions, and electricity; |
Rep. Joel Briscoe | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/28/2023 | Dead. | 02/21/2023 Introduced in House. First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 02/28/2023 Died in Committee. |
02/28/2023 Died in Committee. | 742 | 4625 | |
| 2023utsb00202i | 2023 | UT | SB | 202 | Reduces the motor fuel tax rate by 4.5 cents. Modifies increases of motor fuel tax rate based on changes to the Consumer Price Index. | Reduces the motor fuel tax rate by 4.5 cents. Modifies increases of motor fuel tax rate based on changes to the Consumer Price Index. | Sen. Kathleen Riebe | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/28/2023 | Dead. | 02/10/2023 Introduced in Senate. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 02/13/2023 Fiscal note received by Senate. 02/28/2023 Died in Committee. |
02/28/2023 Died in Committee. | 743 | 4595 | |
| 2023vahb01520i | 2023 | VA | HB | 1520 | Adds safety requirements for railroad companies. Prohibits trains to exceed 8,500 ft. Requires crew of at least two on trains used in moving freight. | Adds various requirements for railroad companies, including (i) prohibiting placing stationary cars or trains on its track within 1,500 feet on both sides of any crossing of a railroad with a highway; (ii) prohibiting trains that exceed 8,500 feet in length on any mainline or branch line; (iii) requiring a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight; (iv) requiring warning signs or devices for certain track obstructions that could endanger a railroad company employee; and (v) requiring walkways adjacent to yard tracks where employees regularly perform switching service. The bill requires that fines for a violation of the train-length requirement be deposited in the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund for railway safety projects. | Del. Shelly Simonds | billtext | Rail | 02/25/2023 | Dead. | 01/04/2023 Referred to House Committee on Commerce and Energy. Assigned to subcommittee #3. 01/26/2023 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. 02/07/2023 Left in House Committee on Commerce and Energy. |
02/07/2023 Left in House Committee on Commerce and Energy. | 744 | 4601 | |
| 2023vahb01674i | 2023 | VA | HB | 1674 | Requires localities to include freight corridors when designing transportation facilities in the comprehensive plan. | Requires localities, when developing a transportation plan as part of the locality's comprehensive plan, to include freight corridors when designating transportation facilities that support the planned development of the locality. | Del. Keith Hodges | billtext | Freight | 04/19/2023 | Effective 7/1/23. | 01/09/2023 Pre-filed in House. 01/09/2023 Referred to House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. 01/16/2023 Assigned to House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns Subcommittee #2. 01/19/2023 Subcommittee recommends reporting for passage. 01/20/2023 Reported for passage by the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. 01/24/2023 Read first time in House. 01/25/2023 Read second time in House and engrossed. 01/26/2023 Read third time and passed House. 01/27/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate. 01/27/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government. 02/20/2023 Reported for passage from Senate Committee on Local Government. 02/21/2023 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate. 02/22/2023 Read third time in Senate. 02/22/2023 Passed Senate. 03/07/2023 Enrolled in House. 03/08/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House and Senate President. 03/13/2023 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor. 03/23/2023 Approved by Governor. |
03/23/2023 Approved by Governor. | 745 | 4602 | |
| 2023wahb01787i | 2023 | WA | HB | 1787 | Requires the Department of Transportation (Department) to establish a plan to facilitate the establishment and operation of commercial truck parking located near specified areas. | Requires the Department of Transportation (Department) to establish a plan to facilitate the establishment and operation of commercial truck parking located near specified areas. Requires the Department to report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on known increases to commercial parking near ports and specified interstate highways. Requires the Department to develop and implement a program to provide assistance to counties and cities for comprehensive plan amendments, development regulations, and other programs to assist the development of commercial parking facilities. Requires cities and counties to allow commercial parking near specified areas. Encourages cities and counties to develop areas where commercial truck drivers can rest. Updates the land use and transportation elements of the Growth Management Act to include various planning requirements related to commercial trucking. |
Rep. Bryan Sandlin | billtext | Safety | 04/10/2023 | Dead. | 02/07/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Local Government. 02/15/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Local Government. 03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 746 | 4596 | |
| 2023wahb01839i | 2023 | WA | HB | 1839 | Prohibits railroads from operating a train that exceeds 7,500 feet in length, unless the exceeded length is by the Utilities and Transportation Commission. Establishes fines.. | Prohibits railroads from operating a train that exceeds 7,500 feet in length in the state, unless the operation of a train that exceeds this length maximum is approved by an order issued by the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC). Authorizes the UTC to evaluate whether to authorize railroad carrier requests to operate trains that exceed 7,500 feet in length on specified routes up to a maximum of 10,000 feet in length, provided additional crew members are assigned to the train. Sets fines for railroads that violate restrictions on the operation of trains longer than 7,500 feet to fines of at least $25,000 for a first offense; $250,000 for a second offense; and for each offense thereafter, a fine double that of the fine for the preceding offense. Permits the UTC to reduce fines for violating restrictions on the operation of trains longer than 7,500 feet for Class III railroad carriers (typically shortline railroads) that are not owned by Class I railroads. |
Rep. Sharon Santos | billtext | Rail | 04/10/2023 | Dead. | 02/20/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/21/2023 Hearing in the House Committee on Transportation. 02/23/2023 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation. 02/25/2023 Referred to House Committee on Rules to review. 03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/08/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 748 | 4627 | |
| 2023wasb05756i | 2024 | WA | SB | 5756 | Temporarily suspends the state motor vehicle fuel tax. | No taxes may be imposed under this section beginning on the effective date of this section through 12/31/23. In order to be exempt from the tax imposed under this section, the licensee must provide certification and documentation to the department that the prices paid by consumers will be lowered by a commensurate amount to the tax not imposed during this time period. | Sen. Ron Muzzall | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/21/2024 | Dead. | 02/23/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/07/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
03/07/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 749 | 4628 | |
| 2023wvhb03324i | 2023 | WV | HB | 3324 | Removes variable rate tax on motor fuels and reduces the flat rate tax to 20.0 cents per gallon. | Removes the imposition of the variable rate tax on motor fuels and reduce the flat rate tax to 20.0 cents per gallon. Under current code, the motor fuel excise tax is composed of a flat rate tax of 20.5 cents per invoiced gallon and a variable rate tax which is 5 percent of the average wholesale price of each motor fuel as determined annually by the State Tax Commissioner. | Del. Todd Kirby | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/25/2023 | Dead. | 02/07/23 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Technology and Infrastructure. 03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/01/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 750 | 4597 | |
| 2023mnsf01417i | 2023 | MN | SF | 1417 | Requires a minimum crew size of 2 for certain rail carriers. Imposes penalties. | Establishes that a railroad must not operate a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight unless it has a crew of a minimum of two individuals. Does not apply to hostler services or utility employees. Provides that any railroad that willfully violates this section must pay a fine of not less than $250 or more than $1,000 for a first offense, not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for a second offense committed within three years of the first offense, and not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within three years of the first offense. Fines prescribed in this section must be recovered in a civil action before a judge of the county in which the violation occurs. |
Sen. Jennifer McEwen | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Same as HF 1272. | 02/08/2023 Introduced in Senate. First reading. 02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/20/2023 Passed as amended from Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. 03/22/2023 Second reading in Senate. 05/22/2023 Returned to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety upon interim adjournment. |
05/22/2023 Returned to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety upon interim adjournment. | 751 | 4629 | |
| 2023gasr00158i | 2024 | GA | SR | 158 | Designates the Northwest Georgia Logistics Corridor as an official logistics growth corridor. | Designates the Northwest Georgia Logistics Corridor as an official logistics growth corridor. Establishes specific logistics, transportation growth corridors, and integrated clusters of support activities to foster the effective growth of capacity in intrastate and interstate freight movement, distribution center operations, and logistics workforce participants through local collaboration among higher education entities, private sector logistics companies, and governmental bodies. Establishes official corridors be established for the pursuit of state and federal grant funds | Sen. Jason Anavitarte | billtext | Infrastructure Financing | 05/15/2024 | Effective 7/1/2024. | 02/16/2023 Second reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/06/2023 Tabled in Senate. 01/08/2024 Taken from Table in Senate. 01/08/2024 Recommitted in Senate. 01/23/2024 Favorably reported in Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/26/2024 Third reading in Senate. 01/26/2024 Passed Senate. 01/29/2024 First reading in House. 01/30/2024 Second reading in House. 03/26/2024 Favorably reported by House Committee. 03/28/2024 Third reading in House. Passed House. 04/04/2024 Sent to Governor. 05/06/2024 Signed by Governor. |
05/06/2024 Signed by Governor. | 752 | 4446 | |
| 2023nysb04799i | 2023 | NY | SB | 4799 | Computes sales and compensating use tax on retail sales of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel at a rate of cents per gallon and requires prepayment. | Amends the tax law by establishing the quarterly computation of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel by the commissioner, a rate of cents per gallon rounded to the nearest cent and multiplied by the cost of the fuel. Amends the tax law by establishing that the sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuel and diesel motor fuel in New York State shall be prepaid on each gallon of fuel. |
Sen. Anthony Palumbo | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as AB 2425. | 02/14/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 02/14/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 755 | 4631 | |
| 2023arsb00341i | 2023 | AR | SB | 341 | Amends the CDL Alcohol and Drug Testing Act to comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Amends the CDL Alcohol and Drug Testing Act to comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Rep. Travis Boyd | billtext | CDL | 04/18/2023 | Effective 90 days after adjournment. | 02/28/2023 Read first time. Rules suspended. Read second time. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and legislative Affairs. 03/06/2023 Returned by Committee, with recommendation for passage. 03/07/2023 Read third time and passed Senate. 03/07/2023 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. 03/07/2023 Received in House from Senate. 03/07/2023 Read the first time. Rules suspended. Read second time and Referred to House Committee on Public Transportation. 03/28/2023 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it pass as amended. 03/29/2023 Reported correctly engrossed. 03/29/2023 Placed on second reading in House for the purpose of amendment. 03/29/2023 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted in the House, and the bill ordered engrossed. 03/30/2023 Read third time and passed Ordered transmitted to the Senate. 03/30/2023 Returned to Senate as passed with amendment # 1. 03/31/2023 Returned from the House as with amendment #1 House. 3/31/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs. 04/04/2023 Returned by Committee with recommendation for concurrence in House Amendment No. 1. 04/05/2023 Placed on second reading in Senate for purpose of amendment. 04/05/2023 House Amendment No. 1 read first time. Rule suspended. Read second time and concurred in by Senate. Senate 04/05/2023 Rules suspended. 04/05/2023 Read third time and passed. 04/05/2023 Ordered enrolled in Senate. enate 04/06/2023 9:44:51 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. 04/06/2023 Delivered to Governor. 04/11/2023 Signed by Governor. |
04/11/2023 Signed by Governor. | 758 | 2241 | |
| 2023flsb01252i | 2023 | FL | SB | 1252 | Updates governing of owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles to federal rules and regulations. | Revises list of applicable federal rules and regulations governing owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles. Revises requirements for issuance of temporary commercial instruction permits. Authorizes reinstatement of a commercial driver license after a downgrade of the person’s privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle requiring the department to obtain a driver’s record from the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse under certain circumstances. Prohibits the department from issuing, renewing, transferring, or revising the type of authorized vehicles or the endorsements of certain commercial driver licenses or commercial instruction permits if the department receives a certain notification. Requires the department to downgrade a commercial driver license or commercial instruction permit if the department receives a certain notification requiring the department to reinstate a commercial driver license or commercial instruction permit under certain circumstances. Provides that the department is not liable for certain commercial driver license or commercial instruction permit downgrades. Designates the exclusive procedures for downgrade of commercial driver licenses or commercial instruction permits. Authorizes the department to issue at no cost a specified driver license to certain persons prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle. |
Sen. NIck DiCeglie | billtext | CDL | 06/21/2023 | Dead. | 02/28/2023 Filed. 05/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 759 | 4637 | |
| 2023iasf00492i | 2023 | IA | SF | 492 | Requires 2 crew members for operation of Class I and Class II freight rail carrier. Provides penalties. | Requires locomotive or railroad train operated by a class I or class II rail carrier, when operating on a railroad track in connection with the movement of passengers or freight, shall be operated by a crew consisting of at least two qualified railroad employees. Provides penalties for violation. | Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | Rail | 04/08/2023 | Dead. Originally SB 243. | 03/02/2023 Introduced, placed on calendar. 03/02/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation report approves bill. 03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/17/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 760 | 1318 | |
| 2023missb00100i | 2023 | MI | SB | 100 | Requires crew of at least two on trains used in moving freight. | Prohibits a railroad from operating a train or locomotive engine engaged in transporting freight unless the train or locomotive engine is operated by a crew of not fewer than 2 individuals. | Sen. Erika Geiss | billtext | Rail | 03/08/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 03/01/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 03/01/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 761 | 4623 | |
| 2023misb00139i | 2023 | MI | SB | 139 | Prohibits railroad from operating a freight train that is longer than 7,500 feet. Establishes penalty. | Prohibits railroad from operating a freight train or work train that is longer than 7,500 feet. A railroad that violates this section is subject to a civil fine of not more than $5,000.00. | Sen. Erika Geiss | billtext | Rail | 03/08/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 03/02/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 03/02/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 762 | 4632 | |
| 2023mnsf02494i | 2023 | MN | SF | 2429 | Abolishes motor fuel taxes. | Establishes that gasoline and special fuel excise taxes shall not be imposed upon the business of selling or dealing in gasoline or special fuel, whether imposed by the state or by any of its political subdivisions. Nothing in this chapter is construed as prohibiting the governing body of any city of this state from licensing and regulating such business where its authority is conferred by state law or city charter. | Sen. Julia Coleman | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 03/02/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 03/02/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 763 | 4633 | |
| 2023mohb01342i | 2023 | MO | HB | 1342 | Authorizes Division of Labor Standards and the attorney general to investigate wage complaints and bring action on behalf of aggrieved employees, with modifications to employer penalties for wage-related claims, including employee misclassification.. | Establishes violation of when an employer does not pay an employee for work that the employee has performed, depriving such employee of wages to which the employee is legally entitled including, but not limited to, violation of minimum wage requirements, failure to pay overtime compensation, required off-the clock work, failure to provide final compensation payments, misclassification of employees as exempt from overtime compensation or as independent contractors, and improperly withholding gratuities. | Rep. Sarah Unsicker | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 04/01/2023 | Dead. | 02/28/2023 Introduced in House. Read first time. 03/01/2023 Read second time in House. 03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 764 | 4634 | |
| 2023mthb00803i | 2023 | MT | HB | 803 | Prohibits operation of a train or locomotive engine engaged in transporting freight in this state unless the train or locomotive engine is operated by a crew of not fewer than two individuals. | Establishes that a railroad may not operate a train or locomotive engine engaged in transporting freight unless the train or locomotive engine is operated by a crew of not fewer than two individuals, one of whom is certified by the federal railroad administration as a locomotive engineer, and the other who is certified by the federal railroad administration as a conductor. | Rep Bob Phalen | billtext | Rail | 04/24/2023 | Dead. | 02/23/2023 Introduced in House. 02/24/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/27/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. Tabled in Committee. 03/11/2023 Missed transmittal deadline. Left in Committee. |
03/11/2023 Missed transmittal deadline. Left in Committee. | 765 | 4635 | |
| 2023nysb05330i | 2023 | NY | SB | 5330 | Prohibits idling by heavy duty vehicles. Provides exemptions. | Prohibits heavy duty vehicle to idle for more than five consecutive minutes when the heavy duty vehicle is not in motion. Provides exemptions. | Sen. Peter Harckham | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 03/07/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Operations. | 03/07/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Operations. | 766 | 4318 | |
| 2023iahcr00009i | 2023 | IA | HCR | 9 | Urges Congress to increase maximum gross weight allowed for motor vehicles operated on the interstate road system in Iowa and bordering states. | Urges Congress to amend federal law to authorize the federal highway administration to raise the weight limit on the interstate road system in Iowa and in the states that border Iowa to 96,000 pounds for commercial motor vehicles with seven axles. | House Committee on Transportation | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/24/2023 | Pending enrollment. | 03/08/2023 Introduced in House. 03/14/2023 Passed House. 03/14/2023 Immediate message to Senate. 03/15/2023 Message received in Senate from House. 03/15/2023 Read first time in Senate. 04/19/2023 Substituted for SCR 5. 04/19/2023 Resolution adopted in Senate. 04/19/2023 Immediate message to House. 04/20/2023 Message of adoption by Senate received in House. |
04/20/2023 Message of adoption by Senate received in House. | 767 | 3805 | |
| 2023casb00084i | 2023 | CA | SB | 84 | Provides that the primary purpose of the Air Quality Program is to fund projects to reduce criteria air pollutants in the logistics, trucking, and port sectors | Provides that the purpose of the Air Quality Improvement Program is to fund air quality improvement projects relating to zero-emission fuel and vehicle technologies and that the primary purpose of the program is to fund projects to reduce criteria air pollutants in the logistics, trucking, and port sectors, improve air quality in non-attainment basins, and improve the air quality impacts of zero-emission transportation fuels and vehicles, vessels, and equipment technologies. Revises the list of projects eligible for funding under the program. Extends increased registration and smog fees to 2035 to fund program. |
Sen. Lena Gonzalez | billtext | Emissions | 09/14/2023 | Dead. | 01/25/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules 03/13/2023 Read second in Senate time and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/22/23 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, and Environmental Quality. 04/12/23 Passed favorably from Senate Committee on Transportation. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Environmental Quality. 04/26/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Environmental Quality. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/08/2023 Hearing. Placed on Senate Appropriations suspense file. 05/18/2023 Passed as amended from Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/18/2023 Read second time in Senate and amended. Ordered to second reading. 05/22/2023 Read second time. Ordered to third reading in Senate. 06/01/2023 Ordered to inactive file 09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 768 | 4607 | |
| 2023schb03241i | 2023 | SC | HB | 3241 | Establishes the Commercial Driver License Holder Act. | Establishes the Commercial Driver License Holder Act to ensure commercial motor vehicle operators and their professional drivers should not face inconsistent, disproportionate, redundant, or excessive exposure to civil lawsuits in the state's courts. | Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter | billtext | CDL | 04/20/2023 | Dead. | 01/10/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Education and Public Works. 04/10/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
04/10/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 771 | 4567 | |
| 2023mthb00823i | 2023 | MT | HB | 823 | Provides for a tax on hydrogen fuel and other alternative fuels equal to gasoline gallon equivalency. | Provides for a tax on hydrogen fuel and other alternative fuels equal to gasoline gallon equivalency. | Rep. Denley Loge | billtext | Fuel Tax | 05/11/2024 | Effective 10/1/23. | 03/13/2023 Introduced. 03/15/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/17/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. Committee recommends passage as amended. 03/20/2023 Committee report recommended passage as amended. 03/28/2023 Passed second reading in House. 03/29/2023 Third reading. Passed House. Transmitted to Senate. 03/30/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Taxation. 04/04/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Taxation. 04/05/2023 Senate Committee on Taxation concurs with bill. 04/18/2023 Senate concurred on second reading. 04/19/2023 Senate concurred on third reading. 04/20/2023 Returned to House and sent to enrolling. 04/24/2023 Returned from enrolling. 04/26/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House. 04/27/2023 Signed by President of the Senate. 04/27/2023 Delivered to Governor. 05/03/2023 Signed by Governor. |
05/03/2023 Signed by Governor. |
772 | 4639 | |
| 2023rihb05902i | 2023 | RI | HB | 5902 | Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification. | Establishes that any employer who knowingly and willfully violates employee misclassification laws shall be subject to the following penalties upon plea or conviction: (1) In instances of a first offense of a knowing and willful violation of this section, by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years or by a fine of not more than twice the value of the wages or ten thousand dollars ($10,000), whichever is greater, or both. (2) In instances of a second or subsequent offense of a knowing and willful violation of this section, by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than three (3) 3 times the value of the wages or twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), whichever is greater, or both. |
Rep. Robert Craven | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 07/12/2023 | Effective upon passage. | 03/01/2023 Introduced, Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration. 04/22/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor. 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2023). 05/11/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study. 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023). 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute. 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A. 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023). 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment). 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023). 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence. 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor. 06/22/2023 Signed by Governor. |
06/22/2023 Signed by Governor. | 773 | 4476 | |
| 2023txhb03662i | 2023 | TX | HB | 3662 | Requires at least 2 crew members to operate a train connected with movement of freight. Provides penalties. | Provides that a railroad company may not operate in connection with the movement of freight a train or light engine with fewer than two crew members. For the purposes of this subsection, a railroad utility employee is not considered a crew member. Does not apply to the operation of a train or light engine for hostler service. A railroad company that violates this section is liable to the state for a civil penalty of: not less than $250 or more than $1,000 for a first violation; not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for a second violation in a period of three years or less; or not less than $5,000 or more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent violation in a period of three years or less. |
Rep. Yvonne Davis | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 03/06/2023 Filed in House. 05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 774 | 2917 | |
| 2023txhb04885i | 2023 | TX | HB | 4885 | Establishes grant program for alternatively fueled drayage truck or cargo handling equipment projects. | Establishes grant program for alternatively fueled drayage truck or cargo handling equipment projects. The commission establishes and administers a grant program to encourage the purchase, construction, and installation of infrastructure needed in non-attainment areas and affected counties of this state to support the use of drayage trucks that are or cargo handling equipment that is powered by an alternative fuel. A grant awarded under the program established by this section may not exceed more than 80 percent of the estimated purchase, construction, and installation costs of the infrastructure project, provided that the commission may establish a reasonable maximum amount of a grant awarded per infrastructure project as needed. |
Rep. Brooks Landgraf | billtext | Emissions | 06/20/2023 | Effective 9/1/23. | 03/10/2023 Filed in House. 03/23/2023 Read first time in House. 03/23/2023 Referred to House Committee on Environmental Regulation. 04/04/2023 Committee substitute considered in committee. 04/04/2023 Reported favorably as substituted. 04/18/2023 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator. 04/18/2023 Committee report distributed. 04/19/2023 Committee report sent to Calendars. 04/25/2023 Considered in Calendars in the House. 04/27/2023 Placed on General State Calendar for second reading in House. 04/27/2023 Read second time in House. Passed to engrossment as amended. 04/28/2023 Read third time. Passed House. 04/28/2023 Reported engrossed in House. 05/01/2023 Received in Senate from the House. 05/04/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development. 05/17/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development. Testimony taken. 05/19/2023 Reported favorably as substituted by Committee. Recommended for local and uncontested calendar. 05/23/2023 Read second time and passed to third reading. Read third time. Passed Senate as amended. 05/25/2023 House concurred in Senate amendment. 05/28/2023 Signed in House. 05/29/2023 Signed in Senate. 05/30/2023 Delivered to Governor. 06/13/2023 Signed by Governor. |
06/13/2023 Signed by Governor.05/30/2023 Delivered to Governor. | 775 | 4169 | |
| 2023txsb01499i | 2023 | TX | SB | 1499 | Provides funding of port development and infrastructure security and port connectivity projects. | Provides funding of port development and infrastructure security and port connectivity projects. | Sen. Robert Nichols | billtext | Ports | 06/11/2023 | Effective 9/1/2023 | 03/02/2023 Filed. 03/16/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/22/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/22/2023 Reported favorably by Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/03/2023 Placed on local & uncontested calendar in Senate. 04/03/2023 Laid before the Senate. 04/03/2023 Read second time in Senate. Passed to engrossment. 04/03/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. 04/03/2023 Received in House from Senate. 04/10/2023 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 04/26/2023 Reported favorably as substituted by House Committee on Transportation. 05/10/2023 Laid out in lieu of companion HB 2605. 05/11/2023 Read third time in House. 05/11/2023 Passed House. 05/16/2023 Senate concurs in House amendment. 05/17/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. 05/17/2023 Delivered to Governor. 05/29/2023 Signed by the Governor. |
05/29/2023 Signed by the Governor. | 776 | 4162 | |
| 2023uthb00063i | 2023 | UT | HB | 63 | Creates Office of Rail Safety within the DOT. | Creates the Office of Rail Safety. Requires application and a request for certification with the Federal Railroad Administration; upon certification, requires the Office of Rail Safety to assume the inspection and investigation functions in certain aspects of the railroad operations; allows the Office of Rail Safety to regulate and monitor time limits on the blocking of railroad-highway grade crossings; requires railroads to pay a fee to cover the costs of the inspections; grants rulemaking power to the Department of Transportation to make rules related to the implementation of the Office of Rail Safety and employee safety standards related to walkways and clearances; and makes technical changes. | Rep. Mike Schultz | billtext | Rail | 04/19/2023 | Effective 60 days following adjournment. | 01/17/2023 Introduced. First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 01/25/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/07/2023 House Committee on Transportation recommends passage of Committee substitute. 02/08/2023 Second reading in House. 02/13/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 02/13/2023 Introduced in Senate. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 02/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Business and Labor. 02/21/2023 Reported favorably by Senate Committee on Business and Labor. 02/23/2023 Passed second reading in Senate. 02/28/2023 Passed third reading in Senate with amendment. 02/28/2023 To House with Senate amendment. 03/01/2023 House concurs with Senate amendment. Signed by Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. 03/02/2023 Bill enrolled. 03/13/2023 Delivered to Governor. 03/13/2023 Signed by Governor. |
03/13/2023 Signed by Governor. | 777 | 4563 | |
| 2023arsb00478i | 2023 | AR | SB | 478 | Provides additional funding for ports, intermodal, and waterway development. Creates Waterways Investment Income Tax Credit. | Provides additional funding for ports, intermodal, and waterway development. Creates Waterways Investment Income Tax Credit. | Sen. Jonathan Dismang | billtext | Ports | 04/20/2023 | Effective 1/1/24. | 03/24/2023 Introduced in Senate. Read first time. Rules suspended. Read second time. Referred to Senate Committee on Revenue and Tax. 03/29/2023 Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1 03/29/2023 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. 03/29/2023 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. 03/29/2023 Reported correctly engrossed in Senate. 03/29/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Revenue and Tax. 04/03/2023 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation for passage. 04/04/2023 Read third time and passed Senate. 04/04/2023 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. 04/04/2023 Received in House. 04/04/2023 Read first time in House. Rules suspended. Read second time in House. Referred to House Committee on Revenue and Taxation. 04/06/2023 Returned by House Committee on Revenue and Taxation with recommendation for passage. 04/07/2023 Read the third time. Passed House. Ordered transmitted to the Senate. 04/07/2023 Returned to the Senate as passed by House. 04/07/2023 Ordered enrolled in Senate. 04/07/2023 Reported correctly enrolled in Senate and ordered delivered to the Governor. 04/07/2023 Delivered to Governor. 04/13/2023 Signed by Governor. |
04/13/2023 Signed by Governor. | 778 | 4644 | |
| 2023caab00241i | 2023 | CA | AB | 241 | Provides that the primary purpose of the Air Quality Program is to fund projects to reduce criteria air pollutants in the logistics, trucking, and port sectors. | Provides that the purpose of the Air Quality Program is to fund air quality improvement projects relating to zero-emission fuel and vehicle technologies and that the primary purpose of the program is to fund projects to reduce criteria air pollutants in the logistics, trucking, and port sectors, improve air quality in non-attainment basins, and improve the air quality impacts of zero-emission transportation fuels and vehicles, vessels, and equipment technologies. Revises the list of projects eligible for funding under the program. |
Asm. Sarah Reyes | billtext | Emissions | 09/20/2023 | Dead. | 01/13/2023 Read first time in Assembly. 03/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, and Natural Resources. 03/23/2023 Passed from Assembly Committee on Transportation with amendments. Amended in Assembly and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time in Assembly and amended. 03/27/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/18/2023 Passed favorably by Assembly Committee on Transportation. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. 04/25/23 Passed Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/18/2023 Amended and passed from Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/18/2023 Read second time in Assembly and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. 05/22/2023 Read second time in Assembly. Ordered to third reading. 06/26/2023 Read third time in Assembly and amended. Ordered to third reading. 09/14/2023 Ordered to inactive file in Assembly. Died upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Ordered to inactive file in Assembly. Died upon adjournment. | 779 | 2339 | |
| 2023caab00594i | 2023 | CA | AB | 594 | Provides an alternative enforcement mechanism under the Labor Code for employee misclassification. | Existing law prohibits any person or employer from engaging in willful misclassification, as defined, of an individual as an independent contractor instead of an employee and in specified acts relating to the misclassified individual’s compensation. Existing law, if the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or a court makes one of several prescribed determinations regarding the violation of those prohibitions, subjects the violator to specified civil penalties. This bill, as an alternative to those civil penalties, would authorize the Labor Commissioner to issue a determination that a person or employer has violated a prohibition for recovery pursuant to specified recovery provisions as a civil penalty, through the issuance of a citation. Prescribes the procedures for issuing, contesting, and enforcing judgments for citations issued under the bill. Entitles an employee, for the same violation, to either recovery under the bill or by enforcement of a civil penalty pursuant to the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004. Authorizes the Labor Commissioner to enforce these provisions by informal hearing or in a civil suit. |
Asm. Brian Maiensschein | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 10/15/2023 | Effective 1/1/2024. | 02/09/2023 Read first time in Assembly. 03/16/2023 Referred to Assembly Committees on Labor and Employment. and Judiciary. 03/16/2023 From Committee with amendments. Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment. Read second time and amended. 03/20/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment. 04/13/2023 From Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment with amendments. Read second time in House. Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary. 04/17/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary. 04/18/2023 Passed Assembly Committee on Judiciary. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/18/2023 Passed Assembly Committee on Appropriations as amended. Read second time and amended in Assembly. Ordered returned to second reading. 05/22/2023 Read second time in Assembly. Ordered to third reading. 05/25/2023 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to the Senate. 05/26/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for Assignment. 06/07/2023 Referred to Senate Committees on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement, and Judiciary. 06/28/2023 Passed from Senate Committees on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement, Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. 07/12/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Judiciary. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 08/14/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations suspense file. 09/01/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Appropriations. 09/05/2023 Read second time in Senate. Ordered to third reading. 09/08/2023 Read third time in Senate and amended. Ordered to second reading. 09/11/2023 Read second time in Senate. Ordered to third reading. 09/12/2023 Read third time in Senate. Passed. Ordered to Assembly. 09/13/2023 Assembly concurred in Senate amendments. To engrossing and enrolling. 09/2020/23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor. 10/10/2023 Signed by Governor. |
10/10/2023 Signed by Governor. | 780 | 4640 | |
| 2023gahb00189i | 2023 | GA | HB | 189 | Increases commercial truck weight limit on state and local roads to 90,000 pounds from 80,000. | Provides for an allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load hauling certain commodities within a certain range and areas of the state; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for penalties; to authorize the enforcement of excess vehicle weight violations by local law enforcement. | Rep. Steven Meeks | billtext | Size and Weight | 05/09/2023 | Effective 7/1/23. | 02/02/2023 First reading in House. 02/06/2023 Second reading in House. 02/13/2023 House Committee reported favorably by substitute. 02/16/2023 Withdrawn from House and recommitted. 02/23/2023 House Committee reported favorably by substitute. 02/28/2023 Withdrawn from House and recommitted. 03/06/2023 House Committee reported favorably by substitute. 03/06/2023 Third reading in House. 03/06/2023 Passed House. 03/07/2023 Read in Senate and referred to Committee. 03/21/2023 Senate Committee reported favorably by Senate. 03/21/2023 Read second time in Senate. 03/23/2023 Read third time in Senate. 03/23/2023 Passed Senate. 03/27/2023 House disagreed with Senate amendment. 03/29/2023 House insisted. 03/29/2023 Senate insisted. 03/29/2023 House and Senate conference committees appointed. 03/29/2023 House and Senate conference committee reports adopted. 04/04/2023 Sent to Governor. 05/03/2023 Signed by Governor. |
05/03/2023 Signed by Governor. | 781 | 4642 | |
| 2023gasr00383i | 2023 | GA | SR | 383 | Creates Senate Study Committee on Railway Safety. | Creates Senate Study Committee on Railway Safety. | Sen. Rick Williams | billtext | Rail | 03/29/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Committee. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Committee. | 782 | 4645 | |
| 2023gasr00155i | 2023 | GA | SR | 155 | Creates the Senate Truck Driver Shortages Study Committee. | Creates the Senate Truck Driver Shortages Study Committee. Committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems relating to the truck driver shortage, impact of shortage on economy, availability and affordability of instructional educational opportunities for CDL, and recommend any action or legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate. | Sen. Jason Anavitarte | billtext | CDL | 04/03/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 02/16/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/23/2023 Favorably reported by Committee. Read second time in Senate. 03/27/2023 Passed Senate. |
03/27/2023 Passed Senate. |
786 | 4647 | |
| 2023ilsb02278i | 2023 | IL | SB | 2278 | Provides that local authorities prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, and impose limitations on the weight, height, or length (rather than only weight). | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as the weight, height, or length (rather than only weight) thereof, which prohibitions and limitations shall be marked by appropriate signs placed on such highways. Establishes that an agency or instrumentality of the State of Illinois or any unit of local government shall not be required to widen or otherwise alter a non-designated highway (regardless of its date of construction) to accommodate truck-tractor-semitrailer combinations. Provides that each unit of local government may (rather than shall) report to the Department of Transportation any limitations prohibiting the operation of vehicles imposed by ordinance or resolution in the unit of local government's non-designated highway system. Makes conforming changes. | Sen. Mike Simmons | billtext | Size and Weight | 07/10/2023 | Effective 1/1/24. | 02/10/2023 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 02/28/2023 Assigned to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/08/2023 Passed Senate Committee on Transportation. Placed on Senate calendar for second. 03/24/2023 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 filed with Secretary. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 03/28/2023 Second reading. 03/28/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar for 3rd reading. 03/28/2023 Senate floor amendment No. 1 referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/29/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation recommends adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1. 03/30/2023 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 filed. 03/30/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 03/30/2023 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 referred to Senate Committee on State Government. 03/31/2023 Senate Committee on State Government recommends adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2. 03/31/2023 Recalled to second reading in the Senate. 03/31/2023 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 withdrawn. 03/31/2023 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted. 03/31/2023 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd reading in Senate. 03/31/2023 Third Reading. Passed Senate. 03/31/2023 Arrived in House. 04/11/2023 First reading in House. 04/11/2023 Referred to House Committee on Rules. 04/18/2023 Assigned to House Committee on Transportation: Regulations, Roads and Bridges. 04/25/2023 Passed from House Committee on Transportation: Regulations, Roads and Bridges. 05/03/2023 Second Reading and Short Debate in House. 05/03/2023 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading and Short Debate in House. 05/11/2023 Third Reading. Passed House. 05/11/2023 Passed both Houses. 06/09/2023 Sent to Governor. 06/30/2023 Signed by Governor. |
06/30/2023 Signed by Governor. | 787 | 4648 | |
| 2023lahb00573i | 2023 | LA | HB | 573 | Provides that any public contract provision that violates provisions of law governing motor carrier transportation contracts is invalid. | Re-designates provisions of present law and adds a provision that specifies that any provision contained in a public contract that is in violation of present law governing motor carrier transportation contracts and construction contracts, is null and void. |
Rep. Jack McFarland | billtext | Indemnity Agreement | 04/04/2023 | Effective 8/1/2023. | 03/31/2023 Prefiled. 03/31/2023 Provisionally referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 04/10/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 04/13/2023 Reported favorably by Committee. 04/17/2023 Read by title. Ordered engrossed. Passed to 3rd reading. 04/18/2023 Read third time. Amended, roll called on final passage. Passed. Ordered to Senate. 04/19/2023 Received in the Senate. Read first time and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. 04/24/2023 Read second time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 06/01/2023 Reported with amendments in Senate. 06/02/2023 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. 06/03/2023 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. 06/04/2023 Rules suspended. Amended bill read by title. Passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. 06/04/2023 Received in House from the Senate with amendments. 06/06/2023 Senate amendments concurred in by House. 06/07/2023 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. 06/08/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate. 06/09/2023 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. 06/14/2023 Signed by the Governor. |
06/14/2023 Signed by the Governor. | 788 | 4649 | |
| 2023lahb00581i | 2023 | LA | HB | 581 | Creates the Louisiana Port Authority. | Creates the Louisiana Port Authority to serve as an advocate for all of the state's ports, to articulate a vision for the future of the state's ports through development of a master plan for such development, provides focus and coordination for the state's efforts to attract international trade to the state's ports, to set funding priorities for the development and growth of the state's ports and its water transportation system, and to leverage the financing capacity of the state's ports through coordinated financing arrangements. Requires the board to develop a master plan for coordinated port development and growth and to review, revise, and amend the master plan when necessary, at least every four years. Provides for review of the plan and proposed revisions by the legislative transportation committees and for approval of the plan and proposed revisions by the Bd. of International Commerce. |
Rep. Mark Wright | billtext | Ports | 06/22/2023 | Dead | 03/31/2023 Prefiled. 03/31/2023 Provisionally referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 04/10/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 04/24/2023 Reported favorably by House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 04/25/2023 Second reading. Ordered engrossed. Passed to third reading in House. 04/26/2023 Scheduled for floor debate in House on 5/1/2023. 05/16/2023 Scheduled for House floor debate on 5/22/2023. 05/22/2023 Read by title in House. Returned to the calendar. 06/01/2023 Scheduled for House floor debate on 06/07/2023. 06/08/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 789 | 4369 | |
| 2023nvab00359i | 2023 | NV | AB | 359 | Revises provisions governing the effectuation of additional annual increases in certain taxes imposed on fuels for motor vehicles in certain larger counties. | Governor's veto message: I am forwarding to you, for filing within the time limit set forth in the Nevada Constitution and without my approval, Assembly Bill 359, which is titled as follows: AN ACT relating to taxation; revising provisions governing the effectuation of additional annual increases in certain taxes imposed on fuels for motor vehicles in certain larger counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Ensuring well-maintained roads for Clark County residents and visitors is an important goal. However, the mechanism proposed in AB 359–circumventing an affirmative vote of the people is concerning to me. The arguments in favor of fuel revenue indexing are compelling, but a decision on this issue, which impacts household budgets every day, is most appropriately rendered by the voters. There is no question that the increasing number of hybrid and electric vehicles is diminishing fuel tax revenues, shifting the cost burden for keeping our roads in good repair to those driving vehicles powered by traditional gasoline engines. The high upfront cost for the most fuel-efficient vehicles is a significant barrier to many Nevadans, leaving those with fewer resources shouldering a disproportionate share of the expense for the care and upkeep of our transportation infrastructure. AB 359 does not adequately address how to ensure that all drivers contribute fairly towards the shared resource of well-maintained streets. The current, voter-authorized fuel revenue indexing does not expire until 2026, leaving sufficient time for further consideration of solutions that more equitably allocate responsibility for roadway improvements among all users. For these reasons, I veto this bill and return it without my signature or approval. |
Asm. Daniel Monroe-Moreno | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/13/2023 | Pending Assembly action on governor's veto. | 03/21/2023 Read first time in Assembly. Referred to Assembly Committee on Revenue. 04/14/2023 Passed from Assembly Committee on Revenue. 04/17/2023 Read second time in Assembly. 04/19/2023 Read third time. Passed Assembly. To Senate. 04/20/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. 05/18/2023 Passed from Senate. Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. 05/19/2023 Read second time in Senate. 05/22/2023 Placed on General File for next legislative day. 05/23/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. To Assembly for enrollment. 05/26/2023 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. 06/01/2023 Vetoed by the Governor. 06/03/2023 Read in Assembly with Governor's veto message. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. |
06/03/2023 Read in Assembly with Governor's veto message. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. | 790 | 4650 | |
| 2023nvab00456i | 2023 | NV | AB | 456 | Establishes requirements for the installation and operation of wayside detector systems.. | Amended bill establishes requirements for the installation and operation of wayside detector systems. Also requires a stopped train or other equipment to be cut, separated or moved to clear a railroad grade crossing upon the approach of an emergency vehicle; provides a civil penalty. Governor's Veto Message: AB 456 is presumably intended to decrease the likelihood of catastrophic train accidents like the one that began in East Palestine, Ohio in February this year. Our State’s goal is certainly to have no similar accident occur here. The bill provides that no commercial train’s operational length may exceed 7,500 feet in the state of Nevada. Aside from being another policy overreach from the Legislature, it is also far from certain the constitutionality of AB 465 would be upheld in Court. Supreme Court precedent dating back to 1945 demonstrates the Court’s firm opposition to laws that affect interstate commerce where the state interest is outweighed by the nation’s interest “in an adequate, economical and efficient railway transportation service, which must prevail.” Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona, 325 U.S. 761, 783-84 (1945). Though mostly well-intended, since this bill’s prohibition on commercial trains greater in length than 7,500 feet is unlikely to withstand litigation, I cannot support it. |
Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure | billtext | Rail | 06/11/2023 | Pending Assembly action on vetoed bill. | 03/27/2023 Read first time. Referred to Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. 04/04/2023 Hearing in Assembly Committee on Assembly Growth and Infrastructure. 04/11/2023 Amended and passed as amended from Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. 04/21/2023 Passed as amended from the Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. Read second time in Assembly. Amended. 04/24/2023 Engrossed in Assembly. 04/25/2023 Read third time. Passed Assembly as amended. 04/26/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. 05/22/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. Read second time in Senate. 05/23/2023 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. 05/24/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. To Assembly. l 05/25/2023 In Assembly. To enrollment. 05/26, 2023 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. 06/01/2023 Vetoed by Governor. 06/03/2023 Bill read with Governor's veto message. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. |
06/03/2023 Bill read with Governor's veto message. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. | 791 | 4651 | |
| 2023ctsb00015ics | 2023 | CT | SB | 15 | Changes driving commercial vehicles on state parkways from a regulatory violation to a statutory violation. Raises fine to $500 for first violations and $1,000 for subsequent violations. | Increases fine for driving commercial motor vehicles on state parkways where they are prohibited by Office of the State Traffic Administration (OSTA) regulations and codifies this prohibition in statute. Prohibits commercial vehicle owners or lessees from allowing these vehicles to be driven on any such parkway. Similar to existing regulation, a “commercial motor vehicle” is any vehicle designed or used to transport merchandise or freight and bearing commercial registration. Existing OSTA regulations prohibit commercial motor vehicles from entering and using limited access highways that are designated as parkways (i.e., the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways and the Milford Parkway), and a violation of this prohibition is an infraction (CGS § 14-314; Conn. Agencies Regs. § 14-298-249). (The current fine is set at $50 plus $42 in surcharges.) The bill makes violations of its prohibitions punishable by a fine of $500 for a first violation and $1,000 for any subsequent violation. The fines must be assessed against the commercial vehicle owner, when the owner, owner’s agent, or owner’s employee was the driver or commercial vehicle lessee, when the lessee, lessee’s agent, or the lessee’s employee was the driver. Similar provisions about responsibility for the fine apply to some other commercial vehicle penalties, such as the penalty for driving overweight vehicles (CGS § 14-267a(f)). |
Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/07/2023 | Dead. | 02/09/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation. 02/15/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Transportation. 03/17/2023 Joint Committee on Transportation Favorable Substitute passed. 03/20/2023 Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office. 03/29/2023 Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis. 04/04/2023 Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office with Favorable Report. Tabled for Calendar in Senate. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 792 | 2418 | |
| 2023nyab05639i | 2023 | NY | AB | 5639 | Prohibits operation of freight train with less than 2 crew members. Imposes penalties. | Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of freight unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals; provides exemptions; defines terms; imposes civil penalties. A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty in an amount of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for a first violation; for a second violation both of which were committed within a period of three years by a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars; and for a third or subsequent violation all of which were committed within a period of three years, by a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. |
Asm. William Magnarelli | billtext | Rail | 06/11/2023 | Substituted by SB 5775. | 03/20/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/06/2023 Substituted by SB 5775. |
06/06/2023 Substituted by SB 5775. | 793 | 4652 | |
| 2023nysb05775i | 2023 | NY | SB | 5775 | Prohibits operation of freight train with less than 2 crew members. Imposes penalties. | Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of freight unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals; provides exemptions; defines terms; imposes civil penalties. A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty in an amount of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for a first violation; for a second violation both of which were committed within a period of three years by a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars; and for a third or subsequent violation all of which were committed within a period of three years, by a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. |
Sen. Timothy Kennedy | billtext | Rail | 12/02/2023 | Effective Immediately. | 03/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 06/06/2023 Substituted for AB 5639. 06/06/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. Passed Senate. 06/21/2023 Passed Assembly 06/21/2023 Returned to Senate. 11/29/2023 Delivered to Governor. |
06/06/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. | 794 | 4653 | |
| 2023nyab05823i | 2023 | NY | AB | 5823 | Creates a sales and use tax exemption for manufacturers of railroad rolling stock. | Exempts railroad rolling stock from sales and compensating use taxes; defines "railroad rolling stock" as a device, which is used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks to transport goods, commodities, or equipment, including, but not limited to, flat cars, box cars, gondolas, hopper cars, or other freight railroad cars. | Asm. Patrick Burke | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 03/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 03/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 795 | 4654 | |
| 2023pahr00057i | 2023 | PA | HR | 57 | Urges US DOT and FMCSA to consider regulations that would create exemptions for certified inspection mechanics performing a vehicle road test requiring a commercial driver's license. | Urges US DOT and FMCSA to consider regulations that would reform, ease or create exemptions for certified inspection mechanics performing a vehicle road test requiring a commercial driver's license. | Rep. Torren Ecker | billtext | CDL | 04/05/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 03/30/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 03/30/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 796 | 4655 | |
| 2023alhb00256i | 2023 | AL | HB | 256 | Provides that a motor carrier's implementation of safety improvement requirements for drivers is not considered in determining driver's status as an employee or an independent contractor. | Excludes consideration of a motor carrier's use of safety improvements, technologies, practices, and driver coaching in determining a motor carrier driver's classification as an independent contractor or an employee under state law. | Rep. Rhett Marques | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/20/2023 | Dead. | 04/04/2023 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Commerce and Small Business. 04/05/2023 Amended in House Committee on Commerce and Small Business. 04/12/2023 Reported out of Committee as amended. Read second time in House. 04/20/2023 Read third time. Passed House. 04/25/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development. 05/03/2023 Reported favorably by Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development. 05/03/2023 Read second time in House. 06/06/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/06/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 797 | 4656 | |
| 2023alsb00183i | 2023 | AL | SB | 183 | Excludes consideration of a motor carrier's use of safety improvements, technologies, practices, and driver coaching in determining a motor carrier driver's classification as an independent contractor or an employee under state law. | Provide that a motor carrier's implementation of safety improvement requirements for drivers shall not be considered in determining a driver's status as an employee or an independent contractor. | Sen. Garlan Gudger | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 05/20/2023 | Effective immediately. | 04/05/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development. 04/19/2023 Reported Favorably from Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development. 04/19/2023 Read second time in Senate. 04/25/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate as amended. 04/27/2023 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Commerce and Small Business. 05/03/2023 Reported favorably by House Committee on Commerce and Small Business. 05/03/2023 Read second time in House. 05/09/2023 Third reading. Passed House. Enrolled. 05/15/2023 Signed by Governor. |
05/15/2023 Signed by Governor. | 798 | 4657 | |
| 2023cosb00280i | 2023 | CO | SB | 280 | Modifies the Clean Fleet Enterprise to administer programs and impose fees designed to reduce emissions from diesel trucks, creates a tax credit for the conversion, lease, or purchase of clean commercial vehicles. | Concerns the mitigation of certain transportation-related environmental hazards and creates the fuels impact enterprise to administer programs and impose fees that are related to the transportation of fuel within the state, modifying the clean fleet enterprise so that it administers programs and imposes fees that are designed to reduce emissions from diesel trucks, creating a tax credit for the conversion, lease, or purchase of clean commercial vehicles, modifying the fee collected for the distribution to the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances cash fund, modifying the petroleum storage tank fund, allowing the Colorado state patrol to conform hazard materials routing regulations to transportation commission rules, and phasing out the use of certain diesel trucks on state projects. | Sen. Kyle Mullica | billtext | Emissions | 06/09/2023 | Effective 9/11/23, assuming no referendum petition is filed. | 04/12/2023 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 04/18/2023 Senate Committee on Finance refers amended bill to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 04/24/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations referred amended bill to Senate Committee of the Whole. 04/24/2023 Second reading Special Order. Passed Committee with Amendments. 04/25/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 04/25/2023 Introduced in House. Assigned to House Committee on Finance. 05/01/2023 House Committee on Finance referred as amended to House Committee on Appropriations. 05/06/2023 House Committee on Appropriations referred as amended to House Committee of the Whole. 05/07/2023 Passed second reading in House with amendments. 05/08/2023 Third reading. Passed House. Senate concurred. 05/15/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. Sent to Governor. 06/06/2023 Signed by Governor. |
06/06/2023 Signed by Governor. | 799 | 4658 | |
| 2023flsb00796i | 2023 | FL | SB | 796 | Increases minimum funds available for Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program from the State Transportation Trust Fund. Increases amount required in budget request for the program. Increases amount of funds for the Strategic Port Investment Initiative. | Increases from $25 million to $50 million the annual minimum amount that must be made available from the State Transportation Trust Fund to fund the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program. The Florida Department of Transportation is required to include in its annual legislative budget request $50 million for the program. Increases from $35 million to $70 million the annual minimum amount that must be made available from the State Transportation Trust Fund to fund the Strategic Port Investment Initiative. |
Sen. tom Wright | billtext | Ports | 06/21/2023 | Dead. | 02/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development. 03/07/2023 Introduced in Senate. 05/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 800 | 4659 | |
| 2023gasr00376i | 2023 | GA | SR | 376 | Urges US Congress to pass The Railway Safety Act of 2023. | Urges US Congress to pass The Railway Safety Act of 2023. Safeguards offered in S-576 The Railway Safety Act of 2023 include but are not limited to a nationwide mandate for well-trained two-person crews on all freight trains, restrictions on train length and weight, improved regulations for wayside defect detectors, speed restrictions, universalized track and rail-car maintenance standards, higher standards for tank cars carrying hazardous material, emergency response plans for communities and rail carriers, reduced or eliminated blocked crossings, and an increase in fines for rail companies that do not adhere to rail safety protocols. | Rep. Randy Robertson | billtext | Rail | 04/17/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 801 | 4643 | |
| 2023mihb04390i | 2023 | MI | HB | 4390 | Provides penalties and remedies for misclassification of independent contractors | Defines independent contractor as an individual who performs work for a payer for remuneration and to whom all of the following apply: (i) The individual is free from control and direction of the payer in connection with the performance of the work, both under a contract and in fact. (ii) The individual performs work that is outside the usual course of the payer's business. (iii) The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same work performed by the individual for the payer. (g) "Payer" means a person who pays remuneration to an independent contractor for work the independent contractor performs for the payer. Establishes that a person shall not classify, report, or treat an employee as an independent contractor. A person who is alleged to have violated this section has the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person did not classify, report, or treat the employee as an independent contractor. Creates the Wages and Fringe Benefits Fund in the state treasury. Establishes that if the department collects a penalty or damages from an employer for violation, the department shall pay to the affected employee 50% of the money collected. Orders an employer who violates to pay a penalty in an amount equal to the estimated federal taxes and Medicare payments that would have been due the employee if the employer. Money collected must be deposited into the Wages and Fringe Benefits fund |
Rep. Jim Haadsma | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 04/17/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 04/12/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Labor. | 04/12/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Labor. | 802 | 4277 | |
| 2023nchb00593i | 2023 | NC | HB | 593 | Increases penalty for exceeding tandem trailer and semitrailer length limitations on designated road in a certain designated road in Macon County. | Applicable to Macon County only, subjects a motor vehicle combination operated on US Route 64 between State Road 1533 and NC Highway 106 in Macon County that is in violation of subsection (a) or subsection (b) of GS 20-115.1 (setting out size limitation on motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck tractor and two trailing units, and motor vehicle combinations consisting of a semitrailer of not more than 53 feet in length and a truck tractor that may be operated the state's highways) to the axle-group weight penalties under GS 20-118(e). Specifies that the penalties apply to the amount by which the motor vehicle combination Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) exceeds 20,000 pounds. | Rep. Karl Gillespie | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/11/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 04/10/2023 Filed in House. 04/13/2023 Passed first reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 05/02/2023 Withdrawn from House Committee on Transportation. 05/02/2023 Re-referred to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. 05/03/2023 Reported favorably by House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. 05/03/2023 Passed second reading in House. 05/03/2023 Passed third reading in House. 05/04/2023 Passed first reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 05/18/2023 Re-referred to Senate on Transportation. If favorable, re-refer to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. |
05/18/2023 Re-referred to Senate on Transportation. If favorable, re-refer to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. | 803 | 2750 | |
| 2023orsb00803i | 2023 | OR | SB | 803 | Establishes standard for carbon intensity and other characteristics of diesel fuel used in on-road motor vehicles. | Directs Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to study feasibility of phasing out fossil diesel fuels with high carbon intensity value as transportation fuels in Oregon. Requires study to examine impacts of requiring a carbon intensity value of 60 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule or less for onroad diesel fuel. Requires DEQ, in consultation with State Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Transportation or any other relevant state agency, to: study the price and availability of renewable fuels with carbon intensity value of 60 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule or less in state; study incentives for increasing availability of renewable fuels; develop estimates of current and future demand for onroad diesel fuels, including estimates for specific regions of the state; analyze effects of removing petroleum diesel from marketplace on Clean Fuels Program; and analyze cost difference between renewable fuels. Requires DEQ to submit findings in report, which may include recommendations for legislation, to interim legislative committees related to the energy and climate no later than September 15, 2024. |
Committee on Energy and Environment | billtext | Emissions | 07/17/2023 | Dead. | 01/31/2023 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. 02/01/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Environment. 04/12/2023 Committee recommends passage with amendments and be referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means. 04/12/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means. 06/25/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/25/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 804 | ||
| 2023pahb00906i | 2023 | PA | HB | 906 | Provides for registration of status as independent contractor. | Allows a business to register independent contractors with the Department of Labor and Industry, if the individual is considered an independent contractor for federal tax purposes, and signs an affidavit certifying that he knows he will not be considered an employee for the purposes of workers’ compensation. The independent contractor will be allowed to withdraw his affidavit at any time. | Rep. Dawn Keefer | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 04/17/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 04/12/2023 Referred to House Committee on Labor and Industry. | 04/12/2023 Referred to House Committee on Labor and Industry. | 805 | 4354 | |
| 2023cohb01267i | 2023 | CO | HB | 1267 | Establishes steep downhill grade zones within the public highways where downhill grade is 5% or greater and where there are safety concerns of commercial motor vehicle drivers exceeding posted speed limits. | Allows the DoT to establish steep downhill grade zones within the public highways of the state where the downhill grade is 5% or greater and where there are safety concerns related to commercial motor vehicle drivers exceeding the posted speed limits. Subjects a commercial motor vehicle driver who commits a speeding violation in a steep downhill grade zone to doubled fines and surcharges. If the department establishes a steep downhill grade zone, the department must erect signs identifying the zone and notifying commercial motor vehicle drivers that increased fines are assessed for speeding in the zone. Creates the mountain highways commercial motor vehicle safety account (account) within the highway users tax fund and requires the state treasurer to credit one-half of the amount of each doubled fine and surcharge to the account for the department to pay costs associated with the provision of educational outreach and public information about runaway truck events, the purchase and implementation of equipment for the purpose of reducing the frequency of runaway truck events, and the completion of studies of means by which the state may reduce the frequency of runaway truck events and improve overall commercial motor vehicle safety on state highways that pass through the state's mountains. |
Rep. Julie McCluskie | billtext | Safety | 06/09/2023 | Effective 1/1/24. | 03/27/2023 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government. 04/11/2023 Amended in House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government. Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. 04/18/2023 House Committee on Appropriations referred as amended to House Committee of the Whole. 04/18/2023 Passed House second reading with amendments. 04/19/2023 Third reading laid over. 04/21/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 04/24/2023 Introduced in Senate. Assigned to Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy. 05/01/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/02/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations referred to Senate Committee of the Whole. 05/02/2023 Passed second reading in Senate. 05/03/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 05/22/2023 Signed by President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Sent to the Governor. 06/05/2023 Signed by Governor. |
06/05/2023 Signed by Governor. | 806 | 4661 | |
| 2023nchb00639i | 2023 | NC | HB | 639 | Limits length of train to 8,500 feet. Requires 2 crew members for movement of freight by rail. Recodifies North Carolina Rail Safety Improvement Act. | Limits length of train to 8,500 feet and makes violation of the limit a Class 1 misdemeanor with specified fines. Requires railroad trains or light engines used in a Class 1 railroad, as defined by the Federal Surface Transportation Board, in the connection with movement of freight to have a crew of at least two persons and makes violation of the requirement a Class 1 misdemeanor with specified fines. Sets out exemptions. Recodifies North Carolina Rail Safety Improvement Act. Requires railroads operating in the state to have wayside detector systems (electronic device or connected devices that scan passing trains for defects) on every main line at specified intervals. Sets out actions that the train crew must take upon receiving a defect message, including based on the inspection, and a determination by the crew of the train that it is safe for movement, proceed along the line at a speed not exceeding 10 miles per hour if the train includes hazardous, explosive, or flammable materials or not exceeding 30 miles per hour otherwise. Makes it unlawful for a train, railroad care, or engine to obstruct public traffic at a grade crossing for more than ten minutes unless the train meets certain conditions for continuous movement or events outside the train’s control. Requires railroads operating in the state to provide walkways with specified characteristics adjacent to portions of yard tracks, main line switching tracks, siding, or industrial access tracks maintained by a railroad. Requires railroads to give access to their property to union representatives to investigate any complaint, violation, incident, injury, or fatality reported by a crew member. Cites civil penalties for violations of NCRSIA. |
Rep. Howard Penny | billtext | Rail | 05/10/2023 | Dead. | 04/17/2023 Filed in House. 04/18/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, if favorable, refer to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. 05/04/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
05/04/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 807 | 4662 | |
| 2023nchb00663i | 2023 | NC | HB | 663 | Establishes study to replace motor fuel tax with flat tax. | Requires the Department of Transportation (DOT), in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the Department of State Treasurer, to study replacing the motor fuels tax with a yearly flat tax based on vehicle size class and fuel economy. On or before March 1, 2024, requires DOT to submit a written report with its findings, including any recommendations for legislation, to the specified NCGA committee and the Fiscal Research Division. | Rep. Terence Everitt | billtext | Fuel Tax | 05/10/2023 | Dead. | 04/17/2023 Filed in House. 04/19/2023 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House for committee assignment. 05/04/2023 Missed crossover deadline. |
05/04/2023 Missed crossover deadline. | 808 | 4663 | |
| 2023nysb06298i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6298 | Enacts an advanced clean fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Requires newly purchased or leased drayage equipment to be zero or near-zero emissions as of 2027.. | Enacts an Advanced Clean Fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Provides that, commencing in the year 2027, no fleet operator may newly purchase or lease a drayage truck, defined as on-road vehicles that transport cargo between a maritime terminal and intermodal rail facility, distribution center, or other near-port location, unless such truck is a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) or near zero emission vehicle (NZEV) model. Provides penalties for violation. |
Sen. Andrew Gounardes | billtext | Emissions | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 04/12/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation. | 04/12/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation. | 809 | 4664 | |
| 2023txhb03418i | 2023 | TX | HB | 3418 | Implements a vehicle mileage user fee pilot program and a task force to assist in developing and evaluating the program. | The vehicle mileage user fee task force is established to guide the development and evaluation of the vehicle mileage user fee pilot program to assess the potential for mileage-based revenue as an alternative to the current system of taxing highway use through motor fuel taxes. | Rep. Terry Canales | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 03/03/2023 Filed in House. 03/16/2023 Read first time in House. 03/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/29/2023 Committee substitute considered in committee 04/05/2023 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 04/05/2023 Committee substitute considered in House Committee on Transportation. 04/05/2023 Reported favorably as substituted by House Committee on Transportation. 04/17/2023 Committee report sent to House calendar. 05/02/2023 Considered in House Calendars. 05/04/2023 Placed on General State Calendar in House. 05/04/2023 Read second time in House. 05/04/2023 Passed to engrossment in House. 05/05/2023 05/05/2023 Read third time. Passed House. 05/08/2023 Received in Senate from the House. 05/09/2023 Read first time in Senate. 05/09/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/17/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. Testimony taken. 05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 810 | 4359 | |
| 2023mnhf03263i | 2023 | MN | HF | 3263 | Establishes temporary moratorium on imposition of motor fuels tax. | Establishes that no tax be imposed on motor fuels for the period beginning after May 31, 2023, and ending before September 1, 2023. (b) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07 or 296A.08, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a): (1) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, clauses (1) to (3), is 0 cents per gallon; (2) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, paragraphs (a), (b), and (d), is 0 cents per gallon; and (3) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), is $0 per thousand cubic feet or 0 cents per gasoline equivalent. (c) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 4, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a), the rate of tax is 0 cents per gallon. |
Rep. Andrew Myers | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 04/18/2023 Introduced, First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 04/18/2023 Introduced, First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 811 | 4665 | |
| 2023pahb00938i | 2023 | PA | HB | 938 | Removes owners and operators of properties from being fined for diesel powered vehicles idling in violation of the Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act on their property. | Amends the Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act. Currently under this law, an owner or operator of a location/business where diesel powered vehicles (such as tractor trailers), load or unload or provides 15 or more parking spaces these vehicles, shall erect and maintain a permanent sign to inform drivers that idling is restricted. However, even if an owner or operator is in compliance with the signage rule, they can still be fined by DEP for vehicles that are left idling by their driver. Removes owners and operators of these locations from being able to be fined for diesel powered vehicles idling in violation of the Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act on their property. |
Rep. Tina Pickett | billtext | Emissions | 04/20/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 04/17/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 04/17/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 812 | 4666 | |
| 2023mahb03689i | 2024 | MA | HB | 3689 | Requires 100 percent of energy used in transportation sector be clean energy by 2045. | Transitions Massachusetts to clean electricity, heating and transportation. Requires 100 percent of energy used in transportation sector be clean energy by 2045. | Rep. Marjorie Decker | billtext | Emissions | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 03/30/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. 07/13/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
07/13/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. | 813 | 4668 | |
| 2023nysb06300i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6300 | Creates program to levy an efficiency fee or an efficiency rebate based on the MPG or MPGe rating of medium and heavy duty vehicles. | Creates a feebate program in which all covered vehicles are subject to either an efficiency fee or an efficiency rebate, based on the vehicles fuel economy. The program will be revenue neutral and respond dynamically to market trends, zero emission or near zero emissions model availability, actual and projected covered motor vehicle registration data, and any other such factor the commissioner deems relevant. |
Sen. Andrew Gounardes | billtext | Emissions | 02/23/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 04/12/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/03/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. |
01/03/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 814 | 4664 | |
| 2023orhb03483i | 2023 | OR | HB | 3483 | Requires long-range transportation plan to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. | Modifies requirements of long-range transportation plan developed by Oregon Transportation Commission to require that plan achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Directs commission to consider whether projects included in statewide transportation improvement program are consistent with targets. | Rep. Khanh Pham | billtext | Emissions | 07/23/2023 | Dead. | 02/28/2023 First reading in House. 03/03/2023 Referred to House Committee on Climate, Energy, and Environment. 06/25/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/25/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 815 | 4667 | |
| 2023ohhb00023ie | 2023 | OH | HB | 23 | Requires 2-person crew to operate train. Adds requirements for wayside defect detectors. | In addition to the two-person crew requirement, also requires wayside defect detectors to be installed every 10-15 miles along the main line track in Ohio; and requires the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to develop and enforce additional requirements for the installation and use of wayside defect detectors in Ohio. | Rep. Jay Edwards | billtext | Rail | 04/20/2023 | Effective 6/30/2023. Certain provisions effective 3/31/23 and 7/1/23. | 02/15/2023 Introduced in House. 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Finance. 03/01/2023 Substitute reported by House Committee on Finance. 03/01/2023 Passed House as amended. 03/07/2023 Introduced in Senate. 03/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/23/2023 Substitute reported by Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/23/2023 Passed Senate. 03/23/2023 Senate insists on amendments; asks for committee of conference. 03/23/2023 House refused to concur in Senate amendments. 03/28/2023 Conference managers appointed. 03/29/2023 Conference report agreed to. 03/31/2023 Signed by Governor. |
03/31/2023 Signed by Governor. | 816 | 4669 | |
| 2023pahb01028i | 2023 | PA | HB | 1028 | Establishes comprehensive rail safety provisions. | Regarding railroads, provides for prohibition on blocking of crossings, for limitation on length of freight or work trains, for authorization to monitor safety practices and operations by collective bargaining representatives, for safe staffing levels for trains or light engines, for wayside detector systems, for study of transportation of hazardous materials or waste and for reporting system for transportation of hazardous materials or waste; and imposing penalties. |
Rep. Robert Matzie | billtext | Rail | 06/11/2023 | Pending Senate action. | 04/25/2023 Referred to House Committee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities. 05/03/023 Reported as committed. 05/03/2023 First consideration. 05/03/2023 Laid on table. 05/23/2023 Removed from table in House. 05/24/2023 Second consideration in House, with amendments. Re-committed to House Committee on Appropriations. 06/05/2023 Re-reported as committed. Third consideration and final passage in House. 06/05/2023 In the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. 06/06/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. |
06/06/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. | 817 | 4670 | |
| 2023cthb06676i | 2023 | CT | HB | 6676 | Increases, from $50 to $500, the fine per violation for anyone who operates a commercial motor vehicle on a state parkway where the vehicle is not allowed. | Increases, from $50 to $500, the fine per violation for anyone who operates a commercial motor vehicle on a state parkway where the vehicle is not allowed. The law generally prohibits commercial motor vehicles from entering and using state highways designated as parkways (i.e., the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways and the Milford Parkway). Under existing Office of the State Traffic Administration (OSTA) regulations, a “commercial motor vehicle” is any motor vehicle designed for the transporting of merchandise or freight and bearing a commercial registration (Conn. Agencies Regs., § 14-298-236). Requires violators to follow the Superior Court’s Centralized Infractions Bureau’s procedures for payments or not guilty pleas (e.g., the fine may be paid by mail). |
Rep. Steven Stafstrom | billtext | Safety | 06/07/2023 | Dead. | 02/14/2023 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary. 02/27/2023 Public hearing. 03/27/2023 Joint favorable by Joint Committee on Judiciary. 03/28/2023 Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office. 04/04/2023 Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis. 04/12/2023 Reported out of Legislative Commissioners' Office 04/12/2023 Favorable Report by Joint Committee on Judiciary. Tabled for the Calendar in House. 04/18/2023 Referred by House to Committee on Transportation. 06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/07/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 818 | 4671 | |
| 2023lahcr00135i | 2023 | LA | HCR | 135 | Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles to begin implementing new federal regulations related to state driver's licensing agencies accessing and using information obtained through the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. | Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles to begin implementing new federal regulations related to state driver's licensing agencies accessing and using information obtained through the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. | Rep. Alonzo Knox | billtext | CDL | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 05/30/2023 First reading in House. Rules suspended. Passed to third reading. 05/31/2023 Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2023. 06/01/2023 Received in the Senate. First reading. Placed on the Calendar for a second reading in the Senate. 06/01/2023 Read by title. Adopted in House and ordered to the Senate. 06/02/2023 Read second time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 06/08/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 819 | 4672 | |
| 2023mnhf03287i | 2023 | MN | HF | 3287 | Temporarily reduces rates of motor fuels tax established. | For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07 or 296A.08, that occurs during the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2024: the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is as follows: (i) under clause (1), 10.65 cents per gallon; (ii) under clause (2), 8.55 cents per gallon; and (iii) under clause (3), 15 cents per gallon; and (2) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is as follows: (i) under paragraph (a), 11.25 cents per gallon; (ii) under paragraph (b), nine cents per gallon; (iii) under paragraph (c), $0.1184 per thousand cubic feet or 15 cents per gasoline equivalent, as defined in that section; and (iv) under paragraph (d), 15 cents per gallon. (b) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 4, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a), the rate of the tax is 15 cents per gallon. |
Rep. Mark Wiens | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Companion to SF 3323. | 04/26/2023 Introduction and first reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 04/26/2023 Introduction and first reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 822 | 4675 | |
| 2023mnsf03322i | 2023 | MN | SF | 3322 | Establishes a temporary reduction in the rates of the motor fuels tax. | For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07 or 296A.08, that occurs during the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2024: the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is as follows: (i) under clause (1), 10.65 cents per gallon; (ii) under clause (2), 8.55 cents per gallon; and (iii) under clause (3), 15 cents per gallon; and (2) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is as follows: (i) under paragraph (a), 11.25 cents per gallon; (ii) under paragraph (b), nine cents per gallon; (iii) under paragraph (c), $0.1184 per thousand cubic feet or 15 cents per gasoline equivalent, as defined in that section; and (iv) under paragraph (d), 15 cents per gallon. (b) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 4, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a), the rate of the tax is 15 cents per gallon. |
Sen. Karin Housley | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Companion to HF 3287. | 05/04/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 05/04/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 823 | 4197 | |
| 2023njab05581i | 2023 | NJ | AB | 5581 | Increases penalties for operating certain vehicles in excess of weight limits and on restricted routes. | Increases the penalties for operating a vehicle in prohibited areas or in excess of the gross vehicle weight limit established by current law. Specifically, increases the penalties for: operating a vehicle in excess of the statutorily established gross vehicle weight; exceeding the statutorily established weight requirement placed on a vehicle’s axles; and operating a tractor-trailer in a prohibited area. Under current law, a motor vehicle operator is fined $500 for the first 1,000 pounds that a vehicle is in excess of the statutorily established gross vehicle weight and another $100 for each additional 1,000 pounds of weight. Bill increases the fine to $1,500 for the first 1,000 pounds and $300 for each additional 1,000 pounds. Current law also sets a fine of two cents per pound overweight when the weight placed on the axles is less than 10,000 pounds and three cents per pound for weight of 10,000 pounds or more. The minimum fine for overweighing axles is $50. Increases the fine to six cents per pound and nine cents per pound, respectively. Bill increases the minimum fine to $150. Current law establishes routes within the State on which the operation of tractor-trailers with a prescribed maximum width or length is prohibited. Under current law, the driver or owner of a tractor-trailer who is operating the vehicle in a prohibited area is subject to a fine of up to $400 for the first offense, $700 for the second offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense. Bill increases the penalty to $1,200 for the first offense, $2,100 for the second offense, and $3,000 for each subsequent offense. |
Assemblymember Sterley Stanley | billtext | Size and Weight | 01/09/2024 | Dead. | 06/08/2023 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 824 | 4677 | |
| 2023njsb03823i | 2023 | NJ | SB | 3823 | Increases penalties for operating certain vehicles in excess of weight limits and on restricted routes. | Increases the penalties for operating a vehicle in prohibited areas or in excess of the gross vehicle weight limit established by current law. Specifically, increases the penalties for: operating a vehicle in excess of the statutorily established gross vehicle weight; exceeding the statutorily established weight requirement placed on a vehicle’s axles; and operating a tractor-trailer in a prohibited area. Under current law, a motor vehicle operator is fined $500 for the first 1,000 pounds that a vehicle is in excess of the statutorily established gross vehicle weight and another $100 for each additional 1,000 pounds of weight. Bill increases the fine to $1,500 for the first 1,000 pounds and $300 for each additional 1,000 pounds. Current law also sets a fine of two cents per pound overweight when the weight placed on the axles is less than 10,000 pounds and three cents per pound for weight of 10,000 pounds or more. The minimum fine for overweighing axles is $50. Increases the fine to six cents per pound and nine cents per pound, respectively. Bill increases the minimum fine to $150. Current law establishes routes within the State on which the operation of tractor-trailers with a prescribed maximum width or length is prohibited. Under current law, the driver or owner of a tractor-trailer who is operating the vehicle in a prohibited area is subject to a fine of up to $400 for the first offense, $700 for the second offense, and $1,000 for each subsequent offense. Bill increases the penalty to $1,200 for the first offense, $2,100 for the second offense, and $3,000 for each subsequent offense. |
Sen. Joseph Cryan | billtext | Size and Weight | 01/09/2024 | Dead. Same as AB 5581. | 05/11/2023 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
01/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 825 | 320 | |
| 2023nvsb00502i | 2023 | NV | SB | 502 | Temporarily suspends the 17.65 cent motor fuel tax. Makes an appropriation from the General Fund to the State Highway Fund. | Proposes to revise provisions relating to taxation. Makes an appropriation from the General Fund to the State Highway Fund of $250,000,000 to offset the loss of revenue anticipated for allowing for a discount of motor vehicle tax in FY2024. Suspends the 17.65 cent motor fuel tax established pursuant NRS 365.175 (2.). The appropriation of the General Funds is intended to replace the proceeds for the tax normally imposed pursuant to NRS 365.175 that will be discounted in FY2024. This bill also provides for up to $25,000 to the Department to carry out administrative provisions related to implementation. |
Senate Committee on Finance | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/13/2023 | Dead. | 05/22/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. Action of referral rescinded. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 05/23/2023 To Senate Committee on Finance. 06/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
06/05/2023 Died upon adjournment. | 826 | 2056 | |
| 2023nyab5052i | 2023 | NY | AB | 5052 | Establishes a highway and depot charging needs evaluation to assist in achieving targets set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck mandate. | Amends the public authorities and public service laws to require the development of a highway and depot charging action plan to meet the state's clean transportation goals. |
Assemblymember Carrie Woerner | billtext | Emissions | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Assembly action. | 02/27/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. 05/19/2023 Amended and recommitted to Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. 05/23/2023 Reported referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. 05/30/2023 Amended and recommitted to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. 06/01/2023 Amended and recommitted to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. 06/05/2023 Reported referred to Assembly Committee on Rules. 06/05/2023 Third reading. Passed Assembly. 06/05/2023 Delivered to Senate. 06/05/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 06/08/2023 Substituted for SB 4830. 06/08/2023 Third reading in Senate. 06/08/2023 Passed Senate. 06/08/2023 Returned to Assembly. |
06/08/2023 Returned to Assembly. | 827 | 4678 | |
| 2023nysb06412i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6412 | Requires trucks to utilize commercial GPS designed for use by a commercial vehicle. | Requires trucks to utilize commercial GPS designed for use by a commercial vehicle which is able to provide audible and visual warnings when the truck is on a route where the height, weight, width, or length of the truck exceeds the limitations of such route when operating on public highways in the state. | Sen. Timothy Kennedy | billtext | Safety | 06/25/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as AB 6851. | 04/18/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 06/01/2023 Committee discharged and committed to Rules. 06/01/2023 Ordered to third reading. 06/07/2023 Passed Senate. 06/07/2023 Delivered to the Assembly. 06/07/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
06/07/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 828 | 4653 | |
| 2023nyab06851i | 2023 | NY | AB | 6581 | Requires trucks to utilize commercial GPS designed for use by a commercial vehicle. | Requires trucks to utilize commercial GPS designed for use by a commercial vehicle which is able to provide audible and visual warnings when the truck is on a route where the height, weight, width, or length of the truck exceeds the limitations of such route when operating on public highways in the state. | Assemblymember Solanges | billtext | Safety | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as SB 6412. | 05/08/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/08/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
829 | 4679 | |
| 2023nyab07321i | 2023 | NY | AB | 7321 | Establishes a tax on carbon-based fuels. | Establishes a carbon dioxide emissions tax on the distribution or sale of carbon-based fuels, which shall be no less than $35 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency and shall increase by $15 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency annually to a maximum of $185 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency. The Department of Environmental Conservation shall establish the carbon dioxide emissions fund. | Asseblymember Juan Ardilo | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as SB 2579. | 05/17/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 05/17/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 830 | 4680 | |
| 2023nysb06683i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6683 | Requires the department of transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to owners or operators of trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations. | Requires the department of transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to owners or operators of trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations. | Sen. John Mannion | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/04/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 05/04/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 831 | 4472 | |
| 2023nysb06921i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6921 | Requires every railroad corporation which operates any freight train within the state to submit quarterly reports to the department of transportation detailing such railroad corporation's inspections of any train yard and freight train operated in the state by such corporation; directs the department of transportation to conduct follow up inspections. | Requires every railroad corporation which operates any freight train within the state to submit quarterly reports to the DOT detailing such railroad corporation's inspections of any train yard and freight train operated in the state by such corporation; directs the department of transportation to conduct follow up inspections. | Sen. Iwen Chu | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported by Senate Committee on Transportation Committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 832 | 4681 | |
| 2023nysb06922i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6922 | Require the DOT to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections for freight trains and freight rail lines. | Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections for freight trains and freight rail lines. | Sen. Leah Webb | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Assembly action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and committed to Senate CREPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in the Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 833 | 4682 | |
| 2023nysb06923i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6923 | Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars. | Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars. | Sen. Michelle Hinchey | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Assembly action, | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in the Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 834 | 4683 | |
| 2023nysb06924i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6924 | Requires railroad corporations to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation and department of transportation about freight rail trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on tracks within the state. | Requires railroad corporations to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation and department of transportation about freight rail trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on tracks within the state. | Sen. James Skoufis | billtext | Rail | 06/15/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in the Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 835 | 4684 | |
| 2023nysb06925i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6925 | Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in length. | Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in length; directs the Commissioner of Transportation to promulgate rules and regulations to establish a waiver process to permit the operation of freight trains in excess of eight thousand five hundred feet for situations as deemed appropriate by such commissioner. | Sen. Timothy Kennedy | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported out and committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 836 | ||
| 2023nysb06926i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6926 | Requires the department of transportation to conduct a follow up inspection of any freight rail train or freight rail track audit within the state conducted by the federal railroad administration that identifies safety-related deficiencies or violations. | Requires the department of transportation to conduct a follow up inspection of any freight rail train or freight rail track audit within the state conducted by the federal railroad administration that identifies safety-related deficiencies or violations. | Sen. John Mannion | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and Committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 837 | 4472 | |
| 2023nysb06934i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6934 | Requires the DOT to promulgate rules and regulations for the installation of heat safety gauges or hot bearing detectors on freight rail tracks in the state; requires the installation of positive train control systems on all freight trains operated within the state. | Requires the Department of Transportation to promulgate rules and regulations for the installation of heat safety gauges or hot bearing detectors on freight rail tracks in the state; requires the installation of positive train control systems on all freight trains operated within the state. | Sen. Timothy Kennedy | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 838 | 4653 | |
| 2023nysb06935i | 2023 | NY | SB | 6935 | Establishes the freight rail safety task force to review the state of freight rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations. | Establishes the freight rail safety task force to review the state of freight rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations related thereto. | Sen. Monica Martinez | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 839 | 4685 | |
| 2023orhb02099iae | 2023 | OR | HB | 2099 | Omnibus transportation bill includes administration of Federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse and CDLs; amends laws related to commercial driver training schools; amends requirements for fuel use tax; defines liquefied petroleum gas. | Directs Department of Transportation to administer federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse related to commercial driving privileges. Modifies and repeals laws related to commercial driver training schools. For use fuel purposes, a valid user's license is not required if the tax for all fuel used is paid at time of sale, or if person is subject to either weight-mile tax or flat fee rate. Adds definition of "liquefied petroleum gas" to use fuel statutes. Increases volumes of compressed natural gas, and adds volumes of liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and hydrogen for taxation of use fuels. Directs ODOT to adopt rules necessary to administer the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse and prohibits department from issuing or renewing commercial driving privileges for person who has not complied with rules. Revises statutes related to regulation and certification of persons and organizations for safe operation of motor vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles. Clarifies that ODOT may issue temporary permits for Class C driver licenses and noncommercial driving permits and may establish eligibility by rule. Modifies provisions for permanent suspension of commercial driving privileges. Permits weighmaster or motor carrier enforcement officer to present evidence in lieu of city or district attorney in certain cases. Repeals sections related to commercial driver training schools and revises ODOT rulemaking authority for commercial driving schools. Modifies fees for certain certificates for dealers, dismantlers, towing businesses, vehicle transporters, training instructors, and commercial driver training schools. |
Rep. Susan McLain | billtext | CDL, Fuel Tax | 07/31/2023 | Effective 91st day after adjournment. | 01/09/2023 First reading in House. Referred to Speaker's desk. 01/11/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 05/09/2023 Public Hearing held. 05/18/2023 Work Session held. 05/24/2023 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. 05/25/2023 Second reading in House. 05/26/2023 Carried over to 05/30/2023 Calendar by virtue of adjournment. 05/30/2023 Carried over to 0531/2023 Calendar by virtue of adjournment. 05/31/2023 Third reading. Passed House. 06/15/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to President's desk. 06/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 06/20/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation recommends passage. 06/20/2023 Second reading in the Senate. 06/21/2023 Carried over to 6/22/23 by unanimous consent. 06/22/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 06/24/2023 Speaker signed. 06/24/2023 President signed. 07/27/2023 Signed by Governor. |
07/27/2023 Signed by Governor. | 840 | 4686 | |
| 2023pahb01126i | 2023 | PA | HB | 1126 | Requires freight locomotives to be operated with a crew of at least two individuals. | Requires freight rail locomotives to be operated by two people in the cab of the locomotive. Grants authority to the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to levy civil penalties to rail companies who do not comply with the new law. | Rep. Louis Schmitt | billtext | Rail | 06/17/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 05/05/2023 Referred to House Committee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities. | 05/05/2023 Referred to House Committee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities. | 841 | 4687 | |
| 2023pahb01127i | 2023 | PA | HB | 1127 | Limits the maximum length of freight trains to 8,500 ft. | Limits the maximum length of freight trains to 8,500 ft. Grants authority to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to levy civil penalties to rail companies who do not comply with the new law. | Rep. Louis Schmitt | billtext | Rail | 06/17/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 05/05/2023 Referred to House Committee on consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities. | 05/05/2023 Referred to House Committee on consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities. | 842 | 4687 | |
| 2023txhb03023i | 2023 | TX | HB | 3023 | Gives trucking companies an incentive to incorporate LPG systems in their vehicles without sacrificing cargo space by treating LPG vehicles in the same way as natural-gas fueled vehicles with respect to weight limitations. | Amends the Transportation Code to authorize a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is powered by an engine fueled primarily or secondarily by liquefied petroleum gas or secondarily by natural gas to exceed statutory vehicle weight limitations by an amount that is equal to the difference between the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system. However, the maximum gross weight of such a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed a certain weight. Changes from 82,000 pounds to 81,000 pounds the maximum gross weight of the vehicle or combinations of vehicles authorized to exceed statutory weight limitations. |
Rep. Janie Lopez | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/22/2023 | Dead. | 02/28/2023 Filed in House 03/14/2023 Read first time in House. 03/14/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 04/12/2023 Considered in public hearing. 04/12/2023 Committee substitute considered in committee. 04/19/2023 Considered in public hearing. 04/19/2023 Committee substitute considered in committee. 04/19/2023 Reported favorably as substituted by Committee. 04/27/2023 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator. 05/01/2023 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar 05/03/2023 Considered in House Local & Consent Calendars. 05/06/2023 Placed on House Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar. Passed Committee. 05/06/2023 Read 2nd time in House. 05/06/2023 Read third time. Passed House. 05/06/2023 Passed to engrossment. 05/06/2023 Reported engrossed in House. 05/08/2023 Received in Senate from the House. 05/09/2023 Read first time in Senate. 05/09/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2023 Died upon adjournment. |
845 | 4690 | |
| 2023wiab00274i | 2023 | WI | AB | 274 | Establishes a CDL driver training grant program. | Requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a commercial driver training grant program. Under the program, DWD provides grants to persons or other entities that provide training leading to an individual receiving a commercial driver's license. The training must, in order to qualify for a grant, satisfy entry-level driver training requirements established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), including that the grant applicant be listed on the FMCSA's registry of approved training providers. Grants under the bill may not exceed, for each individual trained, 50 percent of the costs of training the individual in the operation of commercial motor vehicles or $3,000, whichever is less. DWD may not award grants for applications to participate in the training program received after June 30, 2025. |
Rep. Treig Pronschinske | billtext | CDL | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as SB 271 | 05/17/2023 Introduced in Assembly. Read first time and referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/05/2023 Fiscal estimate received. 06/06/2023 Public hearing held in Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
06/06/2023 Public hearing held in Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 846 | 4691 | |
| 2023wisb00271i | 2023 | WI | SB | 271 | Establishes a CDL driver training grant program. | Requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a commercial driver training grant program. Under the program, DWD provides grants to persons or other entities that provide training leading to an individual receiving a commercial driver's license. The training must, in order to qualify for a grant, satisfy entry-level driver training requirements established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), including that the grant applicant be listed on the FMCSA's registry of approved training providers. Grants under the bill may not exceed, for each individual trained, 50 percent of the costs of training the individual in the operation of commercial motor vehicles or $3,000, whichever is less. DWD may not award grants for applications to participate in the training program received after June 30, 2025. The substitute amendment limits grant to training providers with Wisconsin facilities, and requires trainees to reside in Wisconsin and obtain a CDL in the state. |
Sen. Eric Winberger | billtext | CDL | 12/23/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as AB 274. | 05/08/2023 Introduced in Senate. Read first time and referred to Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges. 05/30/2023 Fiscal estimate received. 09/26/2023 Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered. 09/27/2023 Hearing held in Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges. |
09/27/2023 Hearing held in Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges. | 847 | 4692 | |
| 2023txsb01364i | 2023 | TX | SB | 1364 | Increases the maximum gross vehicle weight for electric and natural gas semi-trucks to 82,000 pounds. | Increases the maximum gross vehicle weight for electric semi-trucks to 82,000 pounds. Allows electric and natural gas semi-trucks to exceed the current overall gross weight limit for comparable conventional fuel vehicles by up to 2,000 pounds. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019, Congress increased the federal overall gross weight limit for electric and natural gas vehicles on the Interstate Highway System to 82,000 pounds. The bill will establish electric semi-truck weight provisions that align with current federal law. |
Rep. Janie Lopez | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/19/2023 | Effective immediately. | 03/16/2023 Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/29/2023 Considered in public hearing. Left pending in committee. 04/05/2023 Considered in public hearing. Reported favorably by Committee. 04/13/2023 Read second time in Senate. 04/13/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. 04/17/2023 Read first time in House. 04/17/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 05/01/2023 Considered in formal meeting. Reported favorably. 05/05/2023 Committee report sent to Senate Calendars. 05/15/2023 Considered in House Calendars. 05/17/2023 Read second time in House. 05/18/2023 Read 3rd time. Passed House. House passage reported. Reported enrolled. Signed in the Senate. 05/19/2023 Signed in the House. Sent to the Governor. 06/02/2023 Signed by the Governor. |
06/02/2023 Signed by the Governor. | 848 | 4690 | |
| 2023wahb01257i | 2023 | WA | HB | 1257 | Provides certain marine operations are allowed to meet, coordinate, and implement actions on issues of mutual interest regarding the movement of cargo and passengers. | Provides that port districts that provide or seek to provide certain marine operations are allowed to meet, coordinate, and implement actions on issues of mutual interest regarding the movement of cargo and passengers, when those meetings are conducted under an agreement filed with the Federal Maritime Commission, including: • rates and charges; • rules, practices, and procedures; • matters concerning their facilities; and • other related matters. A specific reference is made to allowing these activities without liability under federal antitrust law. The authority provided to certain port districts expires after 10 years. |
Rep. David Hackney | billtext | Ports | 06/20/2023 | Effective 7/23/2023. | 01/12/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/01/2023 Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation. 02/9/2023 Executive action taken in House Committee on Transportation. 02/14/2023 Referred to House Committee on Rules for review. 02/22/2023 Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. 02/28/2023 Third reading, Passed House. 03/02/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/27/2023 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/04/2023 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation. Passed to Senate Committee on Rules for second reading. 04/10/2023 Placed on second reading by Senate Committee on Rules. 04/12/ 2023 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. 04/12/2023 Third reading. Passed Senate. 04/18/2023 House concurred in Senate amendments. Passed final passage. 04/20/2023 Signed by Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. 04/21/2023 Delivered to Governor. 05/09/2023 Governor signed. |
05/09/2023 Governor signed. | 849 | 4693 | |
| 2023careg00012i | 2023 | CA | Reg | 12 | Reduces the emissions of locomotives operating within California. | Reduces the emissions of locomotives operating within California. Switch, industrial and passenger locomotives built in 2030 or after will need to operate in zero-emissions configurations, while locomotives built in 2035 for freight line-haul operations will need to comply with the zero-emissions configurations. The new rules also limit locomotive idling to 30 minutes except for certain circumstances, such as maintaining air brake pressure or providing heat or cooling to the locomotive cab, and they require locomotives operating in the state to register with CARB and annually report on their activity, emission levels and idling data. These two conditions would go into effect in 2024. |
CARB | billtext | Rail Emissions | 06/20/2023 | Effective in 2024. | 04/27/2023 Approved by CARB. | 04/27/2023 Approved by CARB. | 850 | 4316 | |
| 2023pahr00157i | 2023 | PA | HR | 157 | Urges the President of the United States to take clear action in preventing future railroad disasters by strengthening Federal oversight and adjusting regulations to increase safety. | Urges the President of the United States to take clear action in preventing future railroad disasters by strengthening Federal oversight and adjusting regulations to increase safety. |
Rep. Marla Brown | billtext | Rail | 07/12/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 06/21/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities. | 06/21/2023 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities. | 851 | 4694 | |
| 2023pasb00808i | 2023 | PA | SB | 808 | Improves rail safety. | Provides for prohibition on blocking of crossings, for limitation on length of freight or work trains, for authorization to monitor safety practices and operations by collective bargaining representatives, for safe staffing levels for trains or light engines, for wayside detector systems, for study of transportation of hazardous materials or waste and for reporting system for transportation of hazardous materials or waste; and imposing penalties. | Sen. Katie Muth | billtext | Rail | 07/12/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 06/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. | 06/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. | 852 | 4695 | |
| 2023mihb04916i | 2023 | MI | HB | 4916 | Prohibits operation of train transporting freight with crew of less than two individual. | Establishes that railroad shall not operate a train or locomotive engine engaged in transporting freight unless the train or locomotive engine is operated by a crew of not fewer than 2 individuals. | Rep. Jasper Martus | billtext | Rail | 08/02/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 07/18/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure. | 07/18/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure. | 853 | 4696 | |
| 2023caab00376i | 2023 | CA | AB | 376 | Establishes pilot program to expand Cal Grant C eligibility for entry-level truck driving programs. | Establishes a pilot program available until January 1, 2028, for the purpose of expanding Cal Grant C eligibility to students participating in entry-level truck driving programs that meet specific requirements. Governor's veto explained that, "This bill results in significant General Fund cost pressures and staff workload that are not currently part of the state's fiscal plan and are more appropriately addressed in the annual budget process." |
Asm. Carlos Villapudua | billtext | CDL | 10/09/2023 | Vetoed by Governor. | 02/01/2023 Read first time in Assembly. 02/09/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Higher Education. 03/28/2023 Amended in Assembly. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Higher Education. Read second time and amended. 03/29/2023 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Higher Education. 04/12/2023 Passed and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Appropriations suspense file. 05/18/2023 Do pass from Committee. 05/18/2023 Read second time in Assembly. Ordered to third reading in Assembly. 05/31/2023 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to the Senate. 06/01/2023 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 06/14/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Higher Ed. 07/14/2023 From committee. Amended, and do pass as amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 07/14/2023 Read second time in Senate and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 08/14/2023 Referred to Senate Appropriations suspense file. 09/01/2023 From committee. Do pass. 09/05/2023 Read second time in Senate. Ordered to third reading. 09/11/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to the Assembly. 09/11/2023 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. 09/12/2023 Senate amendments concurred in by Assembly. To Engrossing and Enrolling. 09/19/2023 Enrolled and presented to the Governor. 10/08/2023 Vetoed by Governor. |
10/08/2023 Vetoed by Governor. | 854 | 4697 | |
| 2024caab00016i | 2024 | CA | AB | 16 | Provides fuel tax adjustment suspension. | Provides fuel tax adjustment suspension. | Assemblymember Diane Dixon | Fuel Tax | 02/04/2024 | Dead. | 01/03/2024 Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 01/31/2024 Missed crossover deadline. |
01/31/2024 Missed crossover deadline. | 856 | 4512 | ||
| 2023casb00517i | 2024 | CA | SB | 517 | Declares the Legislature’s intent to enact subsequent legislation relating to increasing efficiency of ports and the goods movement industry. | Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to prepare a state freight plan that provides a comprehensive plan to govern the immediate and long-range planning activities and capital investments of the state with respect to the movement of freight. Declares the Legislature’s intent to enact subsequent legislation relating to increasing efficiency of ports and the goods movement industry. | Sen. Lena Gonzalez | billtext | Ports | 09/14/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 02/14/2023 Introduced. 02/22/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/22/2023 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time in Senate and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/29/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Business, Professions and Economic Development, and Transportation. 04/17/2023 Recommendation for passage from Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/26/2023 Passed favorably from Senate Committee on Transportation. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations with recommendation. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/08/2023 Hearing. Placed on suspense file in Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/18/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Appropriations. Read second time in Senate. Ordered to third reading. 05/25/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to the Assembly. 06/08/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee Jobs, Economic Development and Education. 09/14/2023 Remains in Committee upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Remains in Committee upon adjournment. | 859 | 4607 | |
| 2023casb00517i | 2023 | CA | SB | 517 | Declares the Legislature’s intent to enact subsequent legislation relating to increasing efficiency of ports and the goods movement industry. | Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to prepare a state freight plan that provides a comprehensive plan to govern the immediate and long-range planning activities and capital investments of the state with respect to the movement of freight. Declares the Legislature’s intent to enact subsequent legislation relating to increasing efficiency of ports and the goods movement industry. | Sen. Lena Gonzalez | billtext | Ports | 09/14/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 02/14/2023 Introduced. 02/22/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/22/2023 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time in Senate and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/29/2023 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Business, Professions and Economic Development, and Transportation. 04/17/2023 Recommendation for passage from Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/26/2023 Passed favorably from Senate Committee on Transportation. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations with recommendation. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/08/2023 Hearing. Placed on suspense file in Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/18/2023 Passed from Senate Committee on Appropriations. Read second time in Senate. Ordered to third reading. 05/25/2023 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to the Assembly. 06/08/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee Jobs, Economic Development and Education. 09/14/2023 Remains in Committee upon adjournment. |
09/14/2023 Remains in Committee upon adjournment. | 860 | 4607 | |
| 2023gahb00617i | 2023 | GA | HB | 617 | Provides for the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan. | Provides for the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan. | Rep. Rick Jasperse | billtext | Freight Infrastructure | 03/09/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/28/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/01/2023 Second reading in House. 03/06/2023 Favorably reported as substitute by House Committee on Transportation. 03/29/2023 Withdrawn from House Committee to be recommitted. 02/06/2024 Substitute reported favorably by House Committee on Transportation. 02/29/2024 Third reading in House. 02/29/2024 Passed House. 03/04/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. |
03/04/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 861 | 4344 | |
| 2023gahb00617i | 2024 | GA | HB | 617 | Provides for the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan. | Provides for the development and maintenance of a state-wide freight and logistics implementation plan. | Rep. Rick Jasperse | billtext | Freight Infrastructure | 05/15/2024 | Effective 7/1/2024. | 02/28/2023 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/01/2023 Second reading in House. 03/06/2023 Favorably reported as substitute by House Committee on Transportation. 03/29/2023 Withdrawn from House Committee to be recommitted. 02/06/2024 Reported favorably by substitute from House Committee on Transportation. 02/29/2024 Third reading in House. Passed House as substituted. 03/04/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/13/2024 Favorably reported by Committee. 03/14/2024 Read second time in Senate. 03/28/2024 In Senate for third reading. Tabled. 03/28/2024 Taken from table. 03/28/2024 Third reading. Passed Senate. Adopted. 04/02/2024 Sent to Governor. 05/06/2024 Signed by Governor. |
05/06/2024 Signed by Governor. | 862 | 4344 | |
| 2023gahb00848i | 2024 | GA | HB | 848 | Authorizes enforcement of excess vehicle weight violations through use of an automated vehicle weight detection system. | Authorizes the enforcement of excess vehicle weight violations through the use of an automated vehicle weight detection system; to authorize the enforcement of excess vehicle weight violations by any law enforcement official or certain employees of the Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement; to provide for issuance of a permit for such detection systems; to provide for issuance of citations for civil monetary penalties; to provide for warning signs; to provide for definitions; to provide for consideration of evidence during a hearing contesting a penalty assessed through the use of an automated vehicle weight detection system. | Asm. Darlene Taylor | billtext | Size and Weight | 01/24/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 03/29/2023 Filed in House. 01/08/2024 First reading in House. 01/09/2024 Second reading in House. |
01/09/2024 Second reading in House. | 863 | 4646 | |
| 2023gasr00155i | 2024 | GA | SR | 155 | Creates the Senate Truck Driver Shortages Study Committee. | Creates the Senate Truck Driver Shortages Study Committee. Committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems relating to the truck driver shortage, impact of shortage on economy, availability and affordability of instructional educational opportunities for CDL, and recommend any action or legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate. | Sen. Jason Anavitarte | billtext | CDL | 04/03/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 02/16/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/23/2023 Favorably reported by Committee. Read second time in Senate. 03/27/2023 Passed Senate. |
03/27/2023 Passed Senate. |
865 | 4647 | |
| 2023gasr00376i | 2024 | GA | SR | 376 | Urges US Congress to pass The Railway Safety Act of 2023. | Urges US Congress to pass The Railway Safety Act of 2023. Safeguards offered in S-576 The Railway Safety Act of 2023 include but are not limited to a nationwide mandate for well-trained two-person crews on all freight trains, restrictions on train length and weight, improved regulations for wayside defect detectors, speed restrictions, universalized track and rail-car maintenance standards, higher standards for tank cars carrying hazardous material, emergency response plans for communities and rail carriers, reduced or eliminated blocked crossings, and an increase in fines for rail companies that do not adhere to rail safety protocols. | Rep. Randy Robertson | billtext | Rail | 04/17/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 866 | 4643 | |
| 2023gasr00383i | 2024 | GA | SR | 383 | Creates Senate Study Committee on Railway Safety. | Creates Senate Study Committee on Railway Safety. | Sen. Rick Williams | billtext | Rail | 03/29/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Committee. | 03/23/2023 First reading in Senate. Referred to Committee. | 867 | 4645 | |
| 2023hisb01405i | 2024 | HI | SB | 1405 | Amends law to become consistent with federal weight limits for gross vehicle weight and axle loads.. | Hawaii currently enforces 23 C.F.R. part 658 weight limits on the island of Oahu via section 29l—35(2), HRS. A different weight limit is enforced on the Big Island, Maui, and Kauai via section 29l—35(3), HRS. The proposal is a statewide simplification for the weight limits to be enforced throughout the State. The intent of the proposal is to minimize premature deterioration or failure of the State's infrastructures. |
Sen. Ronald Kouchi | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/21/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 01/25/2023 Introduced. Passed first reading. 01/26/2023 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, Culture and the Arts, and Judiciary. 03/02/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary recommends that measure be passed with amendments. 03/03/2023 Reported from Senate Committee on Judiciary with recommendation for passage on third reading, as amended. 03/07/2023 Report Adopted in Senate. Passed third reading, as amended. Transmitted to House. 03/07/2023 Received in House from Senate. 03/09/2023 Passed first reading in House. 03/09/2023 Referred to House Committees on Transportation, and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs. |
03/09/2023 Referred to House Committees on Transportation, and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs. | 868 | 4252 | |
| 2023iahcr00009i | 2024 | IA | HCR | 9 | Urges Congress to increase maximum gross weight allowed for motor vehicles operated on the interstate road system in Iowa and bordering states. | Urges Congress to amend federal law to authorize the federal highway administration to raise the weight limit on the interstate road system in Iowa and in the states that border Iowa to 96,000 pounds for commercial motor vehicles with seven axles. | House Committee on Transportation | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/24/2023 | Pending enrollment. | 03/08/2023 Introduced in House. 03/14/2023 Passed House. 03/14/2023 Immediate message to Senate. 03/15/2023 Message received in Senate from House. 03/15/2023 Read first time in Senate. 04/19/2023 Substituted for SCR 5. 04/19/2023 Resolution adopted in Senate. 04/19/2023 Immediate message to House. 04/20/2023 Message of adoption by Senate received in House. |
04/20/2023 Message of adoption by Senate received in House. | 869 | 3805 | |
| 2023kssb00271i | 2024 | KS | SB | 271 | Limits length of trains to 8,500 feet on any main line or branch line and provides for minimum distance for storage of rolling stock. | Limits length of trains to 8,500 feet on any main line or branch line and provides for minimum distance for storage of rolling stock. | Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs | billtext | Rail | 03/14/2024 | Substituted by another bill and no longer relevant. Dead. | 02/21/2023 Introduced. 02/22/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/07/2023 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/08/2023 Hearing continuation. 03/15/2023 Committee Report recommended bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation. 03/27/2023 Committee of the Whole adopted report recommends passage as amended. 03/28/2023 Passed Senate as amended. 03/29/2023 Received and introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/14/2024 Substituted in House. |
03/14/2024 Substituted in House. | 870 | 477 | |
| 2023masb02201i | 2024 | MA | SB | 2201 | Requires crew of at least 2 for operation of train in connection to moving freight. Establishes penalty for violation. | Establishes that no train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight may be operated unless it has a crew consisting of at least 2 persons. For the purposes of this section, “train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight” shall not include hostler service or utility employees. A company who willfully violates this section may be subject to a fine of: (i) not less than $250 nor more than $1,000, for a first offense; (ii) not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, for a second offense committed within 3 years; and (iii) not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000, for a third offense and subsequent offenses committed within 3 years. |
Sen. Michael Brady | billtext | Rail | 02/22/2024 | Accompanying Study Order 2585. | 02/16/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/08/2024 Accompanied study order SB 2585. |
02/08/2024 Accompanied study order SB 2585. | 871 | 2162023 | |
| 2023mahb02881i | 2024 | MA | HB | 2881 | Exempts municipalities from the gas tax. | Provides that any sale of fuel, including but not limited to unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel, by a distributor to the Commonwealth, any state agency or any municipality or its agencies shall be exempt from the tax per gallon. | Rep. Mark Lombardo | billtext | Fuel Tax | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Revenue. 09/12/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. |
09/12/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. | 873 | 4545 | |
| 2023mahb03363i | 2024 | MA | HB | 3363 | Requires crew of at least 2 to operate train in connection with movement of freight. Establishes fines for violation. | Establishes that no train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight may be operated unless it has a crew consisting of at least 2 persons. For the purposes of this section, “train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight” shall not include hostler service or utility employees. A company who willfully violates this section may be subject to a fine of: (i) not less than $250 nor more than $1,000, for a first offense; (ii) not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, for a second offense committed within 3 years; and (iii) not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000, for a third offense and subsequent offenses committed within 3 years. |
Rep. Kathleen LaNatra | billtext | Rail | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 874 | 4641 | |
| 2023mahb03371ii | 2024 | MA | HB | 3371 | Establishes grant program to train students for the trucking industry workforce. | Establishes grant program with the goals of training students, creating new jobs, retraining and upgrading existing jobs, and retraining existing workers to implement new technologies and to help meet the workforce needs of the trucking industry within the commonwealth. | Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian | billtext | CDL | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 10/02/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Transportation. |
10/02/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Transportation. | 875 | 4548 | |
| 2023mahb02717i | 2024 | MA | HB | 2717 | Exempts from motor vehicle fuel tax until price is below $1. | Provides that any sale of fuel for automotive use, including but not limited to unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel, by a distributor to any public or private entity, or private person in the commonwealth shall be exempt from the tax per gallon until such time as the average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline, as calculated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, is less than one dollar and zero 8 cents. | Rep. Nicholas Boldgya | billtext | Fuel Tax | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Revenue. 09/12/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. |
09/12/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. | 877 | 4550 | |
| 2023masb1818i | 2024 | MA | SB | 1818 | Provides temporary motor vehicle fuel tax relief. | Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, for three months, to forgo collection of the motor vehicle tax per gallon until (i) the average price of one gallon of unleaded gasoline, as calculated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, is greater than three dollars and fifty cents and whose price increases by no less than ten percent in a period of one month, (ii) one gallon of diesel gasoline, as calculated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, is greater than four dollars and whose price increases by no less than ten percent in a period of one month. |
Sen. Ryan Fattman | billtext | Fuel Tax | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Revenue. 09/12/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. |
09/12/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. | 878 | 4552 | |
| 2023mahb03450i | 2024 | MA | HB | 3450 | Creates a maritime division within the DoT. | Establishes within the DoT Office of Planning and Programming a Division of Maritime Planning and Policy Development, which shall perform such functions as the administrator and secretary may determine relative to: (i) the operation of water transportation in the commonwealth; (ii) the provision of policy and planning assistance for the development and intermodal connectivity of the commonwealth's ports, including but not limited to the development of port connections to rail, roadways, waterways, and marine infrastructure; and (iii) policies and programs to increase the use of the commonwealth's waterways. The division shall be under the supervision and control of the administrator, who shall be appointed by the secretary. | Rep. William Straus | billtext | Ports | 03/29/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 879 | 1063 | |
| 2023masb01189i | 2024 | MA | SB | 1189 | Consolidates definitions of employee to prevent misclassification. | Combines definitions of employees to prevent misclassification. Section 148B of Chapter 149 (Employee Exception Definition) and Chapter 152 (Worker's Compensation), are amended to accept each other's definitions of employees and exceptions to employee law. Any reference to an employee in Chapter 152, has the same meaning as in section 148B of Chapter 149 of the General Laws | Rep. Patricia Jehlen | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. 06/20/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. |
06/20/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. | 880 | 1587 | |
| 2023mahb03268i | 2024 | MA | HB | 3268 | Prohibits allowing locomotive train engine to idle longer than 30 minutes. Provides penalty. | Prohibits allowing a locomotive train engine to idle longer than 30 minutes. Authorizes Department of Environmental Protection to investigate all reported cases of train idling in excess of 30 minutes. Department will conduct emission tests to determine the level of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxides, and sulfur dioxide being released from the train. Provides that emission levels shall not exceed those of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trains as previously determined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. If it is determined that these emission levels have been exceeded, the violator shall be fined no less than $5,000 for each violation. | Rep. John Barrett | billtext | Emissions | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 883 | 4598 | |
| 2023mahb02923i | 2024 | MA | HB | 2923 | Establishes a local option sales tax on sale of fuel and special fuel. | Provides that any city or town may impose a local excise tax on the sale of fuel and special fuels to retail dealers at a rate of 3 cents per gallon. The excise tax is in addition to the amount of (1) any tax per gallon on fuel imposed under chapter 64A, and (2) any tax per gallon on special fuels imposed under chapter 64E. At the time of filing a return required by section 16 of chapter 62C, every retail supplier shall pay to the commissioner the local excise tax on the sale of fuel or special fuels sold to retail dealers located in any city or town that has adopted the provisions of this chapter. | Rep. Smitty Pignatelli | billtext | Fuel Tax | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2023 Referred to House Committee on Revenue. 09/26/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. |
09/26/2023 Hearing in Joint Committee on Revenue. | 884 | 4549 | |
| 2023mihb04390i | 2024 | MI | HB | 4390 | Provides penalties and remedies for misclassification of independent contractors | Defines independent contractor as an individual who performs work for a payer for remuneration and to whom all of the following apply: (i) The individual is free from control and direction of the payer in connection with the performance of the work, both under a contract and in fact. (ii) The individual performs work that is outside the usual course of the payer's business. (iii) The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same work performed by the individual for the payer. (g) "Payer" means a person who pays remuneration to an independent contractor for work the independent contractor performs for the payer. Establishes that a person shall not classify, report, or treat an employee as an independent contractor. A person who is alleged to have violated this section has the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person did not classify, report, or treat the employee as an independent contractor. Creates the Wages and Fringe Benefits Fund in the state treasury. Establishes that if the department collects a penalty or damages from an employer for violation, the department shall pay to the affected employee 50% of the money collected. Orders an employer who violates to pay a penalty in an amount equal to the estimated federal taxes and Medicare payments that would have been due the employee if the employer. Money collected must be deposited into the Wages and Fringe Benefits fund |
Rep. Jim Haadsma | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 04/17/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 04/12/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Labor. | 04/12/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Labor. | 885 | 4277 | |
| 2023mihb04916i | 2024 | MI | HB | 4916 | Prohibits operation of train transporting freight with crew of less than two individual. | Establishes that railroad shall not operate a train or locomotive engine engaged in transporting freight unless the train or locomotive engine is operated by a crew of not fewer than 2 individuals. | Rep. Jasper Martus | billtext | Rail | 08/02/2023 | Pending Committee action. | 07/18/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure. | 07/18/2023 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure. | 886 | 4696 | |
| 2023mnhf03263i | 2024 | MN | HF | 3263 | Establishes temporary moratorium on imposition of motor fuels tax. | Establishes that no tax be imposed on motor fuels for the period beginning after May 31, 2023, and ending before September 1, 2023. (b) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07 or 296A.08, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a): (1) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, clauses (1) to (3), is 0 cents per gallon; (2) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, paragraphs (a), (b), and (d), is 0 cents per gallon; and (3) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), is $0 per thousand cubic feet or 0 cents per gasoline equivalent. (c) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 4, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a), the rate of tax is 0 cents per gallon. |
Rep. Andrew Myers | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 04/18/2023 Introduced, First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 04/18/2023 Introduced, First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 888 | 4665 | |
| 2023mnhf03287i | 2024 | MN | HF | 3287 | Temporarily reduces rates of motor fuels tax established. | For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07 or 296A.08, that occurs during the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2024: the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is as follows: (i) under clause (1), 10.65 cents per gallon; (ii) under clause (2), 8.55 cents per gallon; and (iii) under clause (3), 15 cents per gallon; and (2) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is as follows: (i) under paragraph (a), 11.25 cents per gallon; (ii) under paragraph (b), nine cents per gallon; (iii) under paragraph (c), $0.1184 per thousand cubic feet or 15 cents per gasoline equivalent, as defined in that section; and (iv) under paragraph (d), 15 cents per gallon. (b) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 4, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a), the rate of the tax is 15 cents per gallon. |
Rep. Mark Wiens | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Companion to SF 3323. | 04/26/2023 Introduction and first reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 04/26/2023 Introduction and first reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. | 889 | 4675 | |
| 2023mnsf03322i | 2024 | MN | SF | 3322 | Establishes a temporary reduction in the rates of the motor fuels tax. | For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07 or 296A.08, that occurs during the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2024: the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is as follows: (i) under clause (1), 10.65 cents per gallon; (ii) under clause (2), 8.55 cents per gallon; and (iii) under clause (3), 15 cents per gallon; and (2) the tax rate imposed under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is as follows: (i) under paragraph (a), 11.25 cents per gallon; (ii) under paragraph (b), nine cents per gallon; (iii) under paragraph (c), $0.1184 per thousand cubic feet or 15 cents per gasoline equivalent, as defined in that section; and (iv) under paragraph (d), 15 cents per gallon. (b) For a transaction or activity giving rise to a tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 296A.08, subdivision 4, that occurs during the period specified in paragraph (a), the rate of the tax is 15 cents per gallon. |
Sen. Karin Housley | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Companion to HF 3287. | 05/04/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 05/04/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 890 | 4197 | |
| 2023mnsf01417i | 2024 | MN | SF | 1417 | Requires a minimum crew size of 2 for certain rail carriers. Imposes penalties. | Establishes that a railroad must not operate a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight unless it has a crew of a minimum of two individuals. Does not apply to hostler services or utility employees. Provides that any railroad that willfully violates this section must pay a fine of not less than $250 or more than $1,000 for a first offense, not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for a second offense committed within three years of the first offense, and not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within three years of the first offense. Fines prescribed in this section must be recovered in a civil action before a judge of the county in which the violation occurs. |
Sen. Jennifer McEwen | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Same as HF 1272. | 02/08/2023 Introduced in Senate. First reading. 02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/20/2023 Passed as amended from Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. 03/22/2023 Second reading in Senate. 05/22/2023 Returned to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety upon interim adjournment. |
05/22/2023 Returned to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety upon interim adjournment. | 892 | 4629 | |
| 2023mnhf01272i | 2024 | MN | HF | 1272 | Sets a minimum crew size of two to operate freight rail. Sets fines for willful violations that increase with repeat offenses. | Establishes that a railroad must not operate a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight unless it has a crew of a minimum of two individuals. Does not apply to hostler services or utility employees. Provides that any railroad that willfully violates this section must pay a fine of not less than $250 or more than $1,000 for a first offense, not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for a second offense committed within three years of the first offense, and not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within three years of the first offense. Fines prescribed in this section must be recovered in a civil action before a judge of the county in which the violation occurs. |
Rep. Jeff Brand | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Same as SF 1417. | 02/06/2023 Introduction and first reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. 02/20/2023 House Committee report recommends adoption as amended. Re-referred to House Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law. 03/09/2023 Committee report recommends adoption as amended. 03/09/2023 Second reading in House. 05/22/2023 Returned to House Committee on Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law upon interim adjournment. |
05/22/2023 Returned to House Committee on Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law upon interim adjournment. | 893 | 4589 | |
| 2023mnsf02494i | 2024 | MN | SF | 2429 | Abolishes motor fuel taxes. | Establishes that gasoline and special fuel excise taxes shall not be imposed upon the business of selling or dealing in gasoline or special fuel, whether imposed by the state or by any of its political subdivisions. Nothing in this chapter is construed as prohibiting the governing body of any city of this state from licensing and regulating such business where its authority is conferred by state law or city charter. | Sen. Julia Coleman | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. | 03/02/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 03/02/2023 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 897 | 4633 | |
| 2023nchb00593i | 2024 | NC | HB | 593 | Increases penalty for exceeding tandem trailer and semitrailer length limitations on designated road in a certain designated road in Macon County. | Applicable to Macon County only, subjects a motor vehicle combination operated on US Route 64 between State Road 1533 and NC Highway 106 in Macon County that is in violation of subsection (a) or subsection (b) of GS 20-115.1 (setting out size limitation on motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck tractor and two trailing units, and motor vehicle combinations consisting of a semitrailer of not more than 53 feet in length and a truck tractor that may be operated the state's highways) to the axle-group weight penalties under GS 20-118(e). Specifies that the penalties apply to the amount by which the motor vehicle combination Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) exceeds 20,000 pounds. | Rep. Karl Gillespie | billtext | Size and Weight | 07/01/2024 | Pending Governor's action. | 04/10/2023 Filed in House. 04/13/2023 Passed first reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 05/02/2023 Withdrawn from House Committee on Transportation. 05/02/2023 Re-referred to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. 05/03/2023 Reported favorably by House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. 05/03/2023 Passed second reading in House. 05/03/2023 Passed third reading in House. 05/04/2023 Passed first reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 05/18/2023 Re-referred to Senate on Transportation. If favorable, re-refer to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 05/01/2024 Reported favorably as Committee Substitute. 05/01/2024 Substitute adopted in Senate. 5/8/2024 Reported favorably by Senate. 5/9/2024 Withdrawn from Senate calendar. 5/9/2024 Re-referred to Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate. 06/19/2024 Withdrawn from Committee. Re-referred to Senate Committee on State and Local Government. If favorable, re-refer to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 06/20/2024 Reported favorably as Committee Substitute. 06/20/2024 Senate Committee Substitute adopted. Re-referred to Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate. 06/24/2024 Withdrawn Senate Committee. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Finance. If favorable, re-refer to Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. Reported favorably. Re-referred to Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. Reported favorably. 06/24/2024 Amendment A1 adopted by Senate. Passed second reading in Senate. 06/25/2024 Passed third reading in Senate. Engrossed. 06/25/2024 Message received in House for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute. 06/25/2024 Placed on House calendar for 6/26/2024. 06/26/2024 House concurred on second reading. 06/27/2024 House concurred on third reading. Ordered enrolled. 06/28/2024 Ratified. 06/28/2024 Presented to Governor. 6/28/2024 Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 |
06/28/2024 Presented to Governor. | 898 | 2750 | |
| 2023ohsb00048i | 2024 | OH | SB | 48 | Reduces the tax rate on motor fuel to thirty five and one half cents. | Reduces motor fuel excise tax to thirty five and one half cents on each motor fuel dealer, measured by gross gallons, upon the receipt of motor fuel within this state. |
Rep. Stephen Huffman | billtext | Fuel Tax | 12/31/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/07/2023 Introduced. 02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. |
02/08/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 899 | 4592 | |
| 2023nyab05639i | 2024 | NY | AB | 5639 | Prohibits operation of freight train with less than 2 crew members. Imposes penalties. | Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of freight unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals; provides exemptions; defines terms; imposes civil penalties. A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty in an amount of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for a first violation; for a second violation both of which were committed within a period of three years by a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars; and for a third or subsequent violation all of which were committed within a period of three years, by a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. |
Asm. William Magnarelli | billtext | Rail | 06/11/2023 | Substituted by SB 5775. | 03/20/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/06/2023 Substituted by SB 5775. |
06/06/2023 Substituted by SB 5775. | 900 | 4652 | |
| 2023nyab05823i | 2024 | NY | AB | 5823 | Creates a sales and use tax exemption for manufacturers of railroad rolling stock. | Exempts railroad rolling stock from sales and compensating use taxes; defines "railroad rolling stock" as a device, which is used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks to transport goods, commodities, or equipment, including, but not limited to, flat cars, box cars, gondolas, hopper cars, or other freight railroad cars. | Asm. Patrick Burke | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 03/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 03/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 901 | 4654 | |
| 2023nysb06298i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6298 | Enacts an advanced clean fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Requires newly purchased or leased drayage equipment to be zero or near-zero emissions as of 2027.. | Enacts an Advanced Clean Fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Provides that, commencing in the year 2027, no fleet operator may newly purchase or lease a drayage truck, defined as on-road vehicles that transport cargo between a maritime terminal and intermodal rail facility, distribution center, or other near-port location, unless such truck is a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) or near zero emission vehicle (NZEV) model. Provides penalties for violation. |
Sen. Andrew Gounardes | billtext | Emissions | 01/24/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 04/12/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation. 01/03/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation. 01/08/2024 Amended and recommitted to Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation. |
01/08/2024 Amended and recommitted to Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation. | 902 | 4664 | |
| 2023nysb06300i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6300 | Creates program to levy an efficiency fee or an efficiency rebate based on the MPG or MPGe rating of medium and heavy duty vehicles. | Creates a feebate program in which all covered vehicles are subject to either an efficiency fee or an efficiency rebate, based on the vehicles fuel economy. The program will be revenue neutral and respond dynamically to market trends, zero emission or near zero emissions model availability, actual and projected covered motor vehicle registration data, and any other such factor the commissioner deems relevant. |
Sen. Andrew Gounardes | billtext | Emissions | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 04/12/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 04/12/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 903 | 4664 | |
| 2023nyab5052i | 2024 | NY | AB | 5052 | Establishes a highway and depot charging needs evaluation to assist in achieving targets set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck mandate. | Amends the public authorities and public service laws to require the development of a highway and depot charging action plan to meet the state's clean transportation goals. |
Assemblymember Carrie Woerner | billtext | Emissions | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Assembly action. | 02/27/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. 05/19/2023 Amended and recommitted to Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. 05/23/2023 Reported referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. 05/30/2023 Amended and recommitted to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. 06/01/2023 Amended and recommitted to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. 06/05/2023 Reported referred to Assembly Committee on Rules. 06/05/2023 Third reading. Passed Assembly. 06/05/2023 Delivered to Senate. 06/05/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 06/08/2023 Substituted for SB 4830. 06/08/2023 Third reading in Senate. 06/08/2023 Passed Senate. 06/08/2023 Returned to Assembly. |
06/08/2023 Returned to Assembly. | 904 | 4678 | |
| 2023nyab07321i | 2024 | NY | AB | 7321 | Establishes a tax on carbon-based fuels. | Establishes a carbon dioxide emissions tax on the distribution or sale of carbon-based fuels, which shall be no less than $35 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency and shall increase by $15 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency annually to a maximum of $185 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency. The Department of Environmental Conservation shall establish the carbon dioxide emissions fund. | Asseblymember Juan Ardilo | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as SB 2579. | 05/17/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 05/17/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 908 | 4680 | |
| 2023nysb06683i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6683 | Requires the department of transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to owners or operators of trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations. | Requires the department of transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to owners or operators of trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations. | Sen. John Mannion | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/04/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 05/04/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 909 | 4472 | |
| 2023nysb06921i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6921 | Requires freight rail corporations to submit quarterly reports to DOT of train yard and freight inspections, and requires follow-up inspections by DOT. | Requires every railroad corporation which operates any freight train within the state to submit quarterly reports to the DOT detailing such railroad corporation's inspections of any train yard and freight train operated in the state by such corporation; directs the department of transportation to conduct follow up inspections. | Sen. Iwen Chu | billtext | Rail | 06/13/2024 | Dead. Same as AB 9625. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported by Senate Committee on Transportation Committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 01/03/2024 Died in Assembly. Returned to Senate. 01/03/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/05/2024 First Committee report. 03/06/2024 Second Committee report. 03/11/2024 Advanced to third reading in the Senate. 03/13/2024 Passed Senate. 03/13/2024 Delivered to Assembly. 03/13/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 910 | 4681 | |
| 2023nysb06923i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6923 | Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars. | Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars. | Sen. Michelle Hinchey | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Assembly action, | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in the Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 911 | 4683 | |
| 2023nysb06924i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6924 | Requires railroad corporations to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation and department of transportation about freight rail trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on tracks within the state. | Requires railroad corporations to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation and department of transportation about freight rail trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on tracks within the state. | Sen. James Skoufis | billtext | Rail | 06/15/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in the Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 912 | 4684 | |
| 2023nysb06925i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6925 | Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in length. | Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in length; directs the Commissioner of Transportation to promulgate rules and regulations to establish a waiver process to permit the operation of freight trains in excess of eight thousand five hundred feet for situations as deemed appropriate by such commissioner. | Sen. Timothy Kennedy | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported out and committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 913 | ||
| 2023nysb06926i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6926 | Requires the department of transportation to conduct a follow up inspection of any freight rail train or freight rail track audit within the state conducted by the federal railroad administration that identifies safety-related deficiencies or violations. | Requires the department of transportation to conduct a follow up inspection of any freight rail train or freight rail track audit within the state conducted by the federal railroad administration that identifies safety-related deficiencies or violations. | Sen. John Mannion | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and Committed to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 914 | 4472 | |
| 2023nysb06934i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6934 | Requires the DOT to promulgate rules and regulations for the installation of heat safety gauges or hot bearing detectors on freight rail tracks in the state; requires the installation of positive train control systems on all freight trains operated within the state. | Requires the Department of Transportation to promulgate rules and regulations for the installation of heat safety gauges or hot bearing detectors on freight rail tracks in the state; requires the installation of positive train control systems on all freight trains operated within the state. | Sen. Timothy Kennedy | billtext | Rail | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. |
05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. | 915 | 4653 | |
| 2023nysb06935i | 2024 | NY | SB | 6935 | Establishes the freight rail safety task force to review the state of freight rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations. | Establishes the freight rail safety task force to review the state of freight rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations related thereto. | Sen. Monica Martinez | billtext | Rail | 06/13/2024 | Dead. | 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/22/2023 Reported and referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/22/2023 Ordered to third reading in Senate. 05/23/2023 Passed Senate. 05/23/2023 Delivered to Assembly. 05/23/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 01/03/2024 Died in Assembly. 01/03/2024 Returned to Senate. 01/03/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/05/2024 First Committee report. 03/06/2024 Second Committee report. 03/11/2024 Advanced to third reading in Senate. 05/28/2024 Passed Senate. 05/28/2024 Delivered to Assembly. 05/28/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 916 | 4685 | |
| 2023nyab00454i | 2024 | NY | AB | 454 | Establishes the diesel emissions reduction program and the state diesel emissions reduction revolving loan fund. | Amends the public authorities law and the environmental conservation law, in relation to establishing the state diesel emissions reduction revolving loan fund. | Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal | billtext | Emissions | 06/22/2023 | Carries -over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2023 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. | 01/09/2023 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. | 917 | 3999 | |
| 2023nysb02579i | 2024 | NY | SB | 2579 | Establishes a tax on carbon-based fuels. Establishes the carbon dioxide emissions fund. | Establishes a carbon dioxide emissions tax on the distribution or sale of carbon-based fuels, which shall be no less than $35 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency and shall increase by $15 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency annually to a maximum of $185 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalency. The Department of Environmental Conservation shall establish the carbon dioxide emissions fund. | Sen. Kevin Parker | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 01/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 01/23/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 918 | 1951 | |
| 2023nyab02425i | 2024 | NY | AB | 2425 | Computes sales and compensating use tax on retail sales of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel at a rate of cents per gallon and requires prepayment. | Amends the tax law by establishing the quarterly computation of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel by the commissioner, a rate of cents per gallon rounded to the nearest cent and multiplied by the cost of the fuel. Amends the tax law by establishing that the sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuel and diesel motor fuel in New York State shall be prepaid on each gallon of fuel. |
Asm. Jodi Giglio | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Same as SB 4799. | 01/26/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 01/26/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 919 | 4576 | |
| 2023nyab03461i | 2023 | NY | AB | 3461 | Establishes a temporary motor fuel tax holiday for one year. | Establishes a temporary motor fuel tax holiday for one year; requires the comptroller and the director of the budget to transfer from the general fund to the special obligation reserve and payment account an amount equal to the amount that would have otherwise been deposited if the fuel tax holiday had not been authorized. | Asm. Angelo Santabarbara | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 921 | 4470 | |
| 2023nysb04799i | 2024 | NY | SB | 4799 | Computes sales and compensating use tax on retail sales of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel at a rate of cents per gallon and requires prepayment. | Amends the tax law by establishing the quarterly computation of motor fuel and diesel motor fuel by the commissioner, a rate of cents per gallon rounded to the nearest cent and multiplied by the cost of the fuel. Amends the tax law by establishing that the sales and compensating use taxes on motor fuel and diesel motor fuel in New York State shall be prepaid on each gallon of fuel. |
Sen. Anthony Palumbo | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. Same as AB 2425. | 02/14/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 02/14/2023 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 924 | 4631 | |
| 2023nysb04925i | 2024 | NY | SB | 4925 | Exempts tax on retail sales of fuel gas, motor fuel and diesel motor fuel until 12/31/23. | Enacts the "gas tax holiday act of 2023". Provides that from the first of the month after the effective date of the section until December 31, 2023 the taxes imposed on retail sales of fuel gas, motor fuel and diesel motor fuel shall be exempt from certain taxes. | Sen. Kevin Parker | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/17/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 02/17/2023 Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue. | 925 | 1951 | |
| 2023nyab03678i | 2024 | NY | AB | 3678 | Exempts the trucking industry from the state's sales and use tax when purchasing vehicles and parts. | Sections 1-5 amend sections 1105, 1107b, 1108b, 1109a, and 1115 of the tax law to exempt the purchase of vehicles and parts by the trucking industry from the state sales and use tax. Provides that this exemption shall apply to retail sale or use of motor vehicles and parts occurring on or after January 1, 2020. |
Asm. Brian Manktelow | billtext | Tax Exemption | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 926 | 4590 | |
| 2023nyab03461i | 2024 | NY | AB | 3461 | Establishes a temporary motor fuel tax holiday for one year. | Establishes a temporary motor fuel tax holiday for one year; requires the comptroller and the director of the budget to transfer from the general fund to the special obligation reserve and payment account an amount equal to the amount that would have otherwise been deposited if the fuel tax holiday had not been authorized. | Asm. Angelo Santabarbara | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/22/2023 | Carries-over to 2024. Pending Committee action. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 02/03/2023 Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. | 927 | 4470 | |
| 2024dehb00278i | 2024 | DE | HB | 278 | Requires crew of at least 2 for trains moving freight. | Provides that a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of railroad freight may not be operated in this State unless the train or light engine has a crew of at least 2 individuals. | Rep. Edward Osienski | billtext | Rail | 01/14/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 929 | 4699 | |
| 2024flhb01275i | 2024 | FL | HB | 1275 | Requires state DOT to develop a Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan to address freight mobility infrastructure. | Requires the Department of Transportation to develop a Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan to address freight mobility infrastructure. | Rep. Kimberly Berfield | billtext | Freight | 03/13/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 1506. | 01/09/2024 First reading in House. 01/13/2024 Referred to House Transportation and Modals Subcommittee, House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, and House Infrastructure Strategies Committee. 01/13/2024 In House Transportation and Modals Subcommittee. 03/08/2024 Died in House Transportation and Modals Subcommittee. |
03/08/2024 Died in House Transportation and Modals Subcommittee. | 930 | 4700 | |
| 2024flsb01506i | 2024 | FL | SB | 1506 | Requires state DOT to develop a strategic infrastructure investment plan to address freight mobility infrastructure. | Requires the Department of Transportation to develop a Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan to address freight mobility infrastructure. | Sen. NIck DiCeglie | billtext | Freight | 03/13/2024 | Dead. Same as HB 1275. | 01/10/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation; Appropriation's Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy. 03/08/2024 Died in Senate Committee on Transportation. |
03/08/2024 Died in Senate Committee on Transportation. | 931 | 4637 | |
| 2024flsb00714i | 2024 | FL | SB | 714 | Increases minimum funds available for Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program from the State Transportation Fund. Increases amount required in budget request for the program. Increases amount of funds for the Strategic Port Investment Initiative. | Increases from $25 million to $50 million the annual minimum amount that must be made available from the State Transportation Trust Fund to fund the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program. The Florida Department of Transportation is required to include in its annual legislative budget request $50 million for the program. Increases from $35 million to $70 million the annual minimum amount that must be made available from the State Transportation Trust Fund to fund the Strategic Port Investment Initiative. |
Sen. Tom Wright | billtext | Ports | 03/13/2024 | Dead. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations. 03/08/2024 Died in Senate Committee on Transportation. |
03/08/2024 Died in Senate Committee on Transportation. | 932 | 4659 | |
| 2024cohb01030i | 2024 | CO | HB | 1030 | Imposes safety requirements on railroads operating trains in the state. | This bill specifies that: -The length of a train must not exceed 8,500 feet; -With certain exceptions, railroads must operate, maintain, and report the location of wayside detector systems. -A train may not obstruct a public crossing for longer than 10 minutes unless the train is continuously moving or is prevented from moving by circumstances beyond the railroad's control; -Any crew member of a train may report to the crew member's designated union representative a safety violation, injury, or death that occurred during the operation of a train. After receiving a report of a violation, a designated union representative may enter a railroad's place of operation to investigate the report during reasonable hours and after notifying the railroad. -The public utilities commission (PUC) may impose fines for the violation of these safety requirements or for denying a union representative's access to the railroad's place of operation. Requires the PUC to develop guidelines for determining, imposing, and appealing fines. Requires railroads that transport hazardous material in Colorado to maintain insurance coverage that is adequate to cover costs and liabilities resulting from accidents. The PUC is required to promulgate rules establishing minimum coverage amounts. |
Rep. Javier Mabrey | billtext | Rail | 06/12/2024 | Effective 7/1/2024 | 01/10/2024 Introduced in House. 02/28/2024 House Committee on Transportation, Housing and Local Government passed as amended and referred to House Committee on Appropriations. 03/15/2024 House Committee on Appropriations referred amended to House Committee of the Whole. 03/19/2024 Second reading in House. Laid Over Daily. 04/03/2024 Second reading in House on Special Order. Passed with amendments. 04/04/2024 Third reading in House. Laid Over Daily. 04/05/2024 Third reading. Passed House. 04/08/2024 Introduced In Senate. Assigned to Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy. 04/26/2024 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Referred amended bill to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/02/2024 Senate Committee on Appropriations refer red amended bill to Senate Committee of the Whole. 05/06/2024 Passed second reading in Senate with amendments. 05/07/2024 Third reading in Senate. Passed with amendments. 05/08/2024 House concurred with Senate amendments. 05/09/2024 Signed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. 05/09/2024 Sent to Governor. 05/10/2024 Signed by Governor. |
05/10/2024 Signed by Governor. | 934 | 4702 | |
| 2024kyhb00251i | 2024 | KY | HB | 251 | Requires a crew of at least two persons during operation of a train or light engine connected with freight movement. Provides penalty. | Provides that a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight shall not be operated unless it has a crew consisting of at least two individuals located in the operating cab. This does not apply to a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight when engaged in the movement of a train or locomotive engine a short distance within a railroad yard or mechanical facility; en route switching; or any work that would require the train conductor to perform duties assigned to his or her train. Provides that any railroad company that willfully violates, or permits any of its agents or employees to willfully violate, the provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall be fined a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 for the first offense, not less than $5,000 nor more than $7,500 for the second offense within a 3-year period, and not less than $10,000 nor more than $15,000 for the third or subsequent offense within a 3-year period. |
Rep. Ashley Laferty | billtext | Rail | 01/16/2024 | Pending committee assignment. Same as SB 47. | 01/11/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to Committee on Committees. | 01/11/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to Committee on Committees. | 935 | 4703 | |
| 2024kysb00047i | 2024 | KY | SB | 47 | Requires a crew of at least two persons during operation of a train or light engine connected with freight movement. Provides penalty. | Provides that a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight shall not be operated unless it has a crew consisting of at least two individuals located in the operating cab. This does not apply to a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight when engaged in the movement of a train or locomotive engine a short distance within a railroad yard or mechanical facility; en route switching; or any work that would require the train conductor to perform duties assigned to his or her train. Provides that any railroad company that willfully violates, or permits any of its agents or employees to willfully violate, the provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall be fined a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 for the first offense, not less than $5,000 nor more than $7,500 for the second offense within a 3-year period, and not less than $10,000 nor more than $15,000 for the third or subsequent offense within a 3-year period. |
Sen. Robin Webb | billtext | Rail | 01/16/2024 | Pending Committee action. Same as HB 251. | 01/02/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Committee on Committees. 01/05/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. |
01/05/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 936 | 2817 | |
| 2024mohb01824i | 2024 | MO | HB | 3924 | Authorizes a tax credit for certain railroad infrastructure expenses. | Authorizes an income tax credit for qualified railroad track expenditures in Missouri or qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures in Missouri during the tax year. |
Rep. Travis Smith | billtext | Rail Tax Credit | 01/16/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 01/03/2024 Read first time in House. 01/04/2024 Read second time in House. |
01/04/2024 Read second time in House. | 938 | 4522 | |
| 2024mohb02233i | 2024 | MO | HB | 2233 | Places length restrictions on trains carrying hazardous material. | Provides that no railroad shall operate, or permit to be operated, any freight or work train carrying hazardous material that exceeds eight thousand five hundred feet in length on any part of a main track or branch line. Any railroad or person who willfully violates or orders someone else to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor for a first offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars. A class C misdemeanor for a second offense and shall be punished by fine not to exceed seven hundred dollars. A class B misdemeanor for a third or subsequent offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars. |
Rep. Robert Sauls | billtext | Rail | 01/16/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 01/03/2024 Introduced and read first time in House. 01/04/2024 Read second time in House. |
01/04/2024 Read second time in House. | 940 | 4521 | |
| 2024mosb00876i | 2024 | MO | SB | 876 | Authorizes a tax credit in the amount of fifty percent of an eligible taxpayer's qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. | For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, this act authorizes a tax credit in the amount of fifty percent of an eligible taxpayer's qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. "Qualified railroad expenditures" are defined as gross expenditures for maintenance, reconstruction, or replacement of railroad infrastructure, as described in the act. "Qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures" are defined as gross expenditures for new rail infrastructure, as described in the act. A tax credit for qualified railroad expenditures shall not exceed $5,000 multiplied by the number of miles of railroad track owned or leased in the state by a railroad, and the total amount of tax credits for qualified railroad expenditures authorized in a calendar year shall not exceed $4.5 million. A tax credit for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures shall not exceed $1 million for each new rail-served customer project, and the total amount of tax credits for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures authorized in a calendar year shall not exceed $10 million. An eligible taxpayer shall submit a certificate of eligibility to the Department of Economic Development after the completion of the qualified railroad expenditures or qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. Tax credits authorized by the act shall not be refundable, but may be carried forward for five subsequent tax years. Tax credits may be transferred as described in the act. |
Sen. Jason Bean | billtext | Rail Tax Credit | 03/21/2024 | Pending Senate action. | 01/03/2024 First reading in Senate. 01/11/2024 Read second time in Senate and referred Senate Committee on Fiscal Oversight. 02/01/2024 Hearing conducted in Senate Committee on Fiscal Oversight. 02/08/2024 Senate Committee on Fiscal Oversight recommends passage of committee substitute.. 03/04/2024 Committee substitute reported favorably from Senate Committee on Fiscal Oversight. 03/05/2024 Placed on Informal Calendar in Senate. 03/13/2024 Senate Substitute offered for Senate Committee Substitute. 03/25/2024 On Informal Calendar of Senate bills for Perfection. |
03/25/2024 On Informal Calendar of Senate bills for Perfection. | 941 | 4705 | |
| 2024mosb00953i | 2024 | MO | SB | 953 | Repeals a portion of the tax on motor fuel, and the exemption and refund process applicable to that portion. | Repeals a portion of the tax on motor fuel, and the exemption and refund process applicable to that portion. | Sen. Mike Moon | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/16/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 01/03/2024 First reading in the Senate. | 01/03/2024 First reading in the Senate. | 942 | 4387 | |
| 2024mosb01093i | 2024 | MO | SB | 1093 | Enacts provisions requiring railroad trains or light engines operated in connection with carrying freight to have at least two qualified crew members. | Requires that a railroad train or light engine operated in connection with carrying freight shall have at least two qualified crew members, as defined in the act. This requirement does not apply to helper services or hostler services, as defined in the act, or to movement of a train under 10 miles per hour for the purpose of loading or unloading freight. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a criminal offense as provided in the act. |
Sen. Doug Beck | billtext | Rail | 02/23/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/03/2024 First reading in Senate. 01/25/2024 Second reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. |
01/25/2024 Second reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. | 943 | 4706 | |
| 2024idhb00414i | 2024 | ID | HB | 414 | Revises provisions regarding commercial driver’s license permit fees, eligibility, and renewal. | Allows a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to be renewed for 8 years; currently CDL driver's may only obtain 4-year licenses. The 8-year renewal confers a broad benefit to the Idaho trucking industry. Reduces online renewal fees by five dollars. All license renewal fees are set in statute. Allowing an online discount encourages people to skip the trip and fulfills customer demand for efficient renewal options at a lower cost. Sets up a Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse check for CDL licenses. Federal statute requires the Idaho Transportation Department(ITD) to check the federal drug and alcohol clearinghouse prior to completing any CDL transaction. The clearing house check process must be in place by November 18, 2024. |
House Committee on Transportation and Defense | billtext | CDL | 03/13/2023 | Effective 07/01/2024. | 01/19/2024 Introduced in House and read first time. 01/22/2024 Referred to House Committee on Transportation & Defense. 01/31/2024 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation. Filed for second reading in House. 02/01/2024 Read second time. Filed for third reading. 02/05/2024 Read third time. Passed House. To Senate. 02/06/2024 Introduced in Senate. Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/09/2024 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation. Filed for second reading. 02/12/2024 Read second time in Senate. Filed for third reading 02/29/2024 Read third time. Passed Senate. To House. 03/01/2024 Returned from Senate for enrolling. 03/04/2024 Reported enrolled. Signed by Speaker. Transmitted to Senate. Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker. Signed by President. Returned to House. 03/05 Returned Signed by the President. Ordered Transmitted to Governor. 03/05/2024 Delivered to Governor. 03/05/2024 Signed by Governor. |
03/05/2024 Signed by Governor. | 944 | 4031 | |
| 2024mosb01094 | 2024 | MO | SB | 1094 | Prohibits operation of any freight or work train carrying hazardous material that exceeds 8,500 feet in length on any part of a main track or branch line. | Prohibits railroad to operate, or permit to be operated, any freight or work train carrying hazardous material that exceeds eight thousand five hundred feet in length on any part of a main track or branch line. Any railroad or person who willfully violates or orders someone else to violate the provisions of this section is guilty of a class D misdemeanor for a first offense and punished by a fine not to exceed $500; class C misdemeanor for a second offense and punished by a fine not to exceed $700; and class B misdemeanor for a third or subsequent offense and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000. |
Sen. Doug Beck | billtext | Rail | 02/23/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 01/03/2024 Read first time in Senate. 01/25/2024 Second reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. |
01/25/2024 Second reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. | 946 | 4706 | |
| 2024nmhb00119i | 2024 | NM | HB | 119 | Requires at least 2 crew members for the operation of a railroad or train used in the movement of freight. | Requires at least 2 crew members for the operation of a railroad or train used in the movement of freight. | Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil | billtext | Rail | 04/21/2024 | Dead. | 01/18/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Labor, Veteran's and Military Affairs. 02/15/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
02/15/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 950 | 4709 | |
| 2024utsb00074i | 2024 | UT | SB | 74 | Amends provisions related to port-of-entry weight limits and agreements between states at certain ports-of-entry. | Provides an exception to the typical vehicle weight standards at a port-of-entry to allow the Department of Transportation to apply the lowest applicable gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight applicable at certain ports-of-entry where the Department of Transportation has entered into an agreement regarding operation of the port-of-entry. | Sen. Don Ipsen | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/09/2024 | Effective 05/24/2024 | 01/16/2024 Introduced. First reading in Senate. 01/16/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology. 01/17/2024 Favorable recommendation by Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology. 01/18/2024 Placed on second reading in Senate. 01/22/2024 Passed second reading in Senate. Placed on third reading calendar in Senate. 01/23/2024 Passed third reading in Senate. Referred to House. 01/24/2024 First reading in House. 01/25/2024 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 01/29/2024 Favorable recommendation by House Committee on Transportation. 01/30/2024 Second reading in House. 01/31/2024 Third reading in House. Passed House. 01/31/2024 Signed by Speaker of the House. Returned to Senate. 02/01/2024 Signed by President of the Senate. Sent for enrolling. 02/04/2024 Draft of enrolled bill prepared for Governor. 03/08/2024 Enrolled bill returned to House or Senate Senate Secretary. 03/12/2024 Sent to Governor. 03/20/2024 Signed by Governor. |
03/20/2024 Signed by Governor. | 954 | 3877 | |
| 2024vahb00385i | 2024 | VA | HB | 385 | Adds various safety requirements for railroad companies. | Adds various requirements for railroad companies, including (i) prohibiting placing stationary cars or trains on its track within 1,500 feet on both sides of any crossing of a railroad with a highway; (ii) prohibiting trains that exceed 8,500 feet in length on any mainline or branch line; (iii) requiring a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight; (iv) requiring warning signs or devices for certain track obstructions that could endanger a railroad company employee; and (v) requiring walkways adjacent to yard tracks where employees regularly perform switching service. Requires that fines for a violation of the train-length requirement be deposited in the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund for railway safety projects. | Del. Shelley Simonds | billtext | Rail | 04/20/2024 | Dead. | 01/08/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Labor and Commerce 01/16/2024 Assigned to Senate Labor and Commerce Subcommittee #3. 01/30/2024 House Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. 02/01/2024 Reported from House Committee on Labor and Commerce with substitute. 02/05/2024 Read first time in House. 02/06/2024 Read second time in House. 02/06/2024 Committee substitute agreed in House. 02/06/2024 Engrossed by House. 02/07/2024 Read third time and defeated by House. 02/07/2024 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House 02/07/2024 Passed House. 02/08/2024 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate. 02/15/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/15/2024 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. 02/26/2024 Reported favorably from Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. 02/28/2024 Constitutional reading dispensed. 02/29/2024 Read third time. Passed Senate. 03/06/2024 Enrolled in House. 03/06/2024 Signed by Speaker of the House. 03/07/2024 Signed by President of the Senate. 03/11/2024 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor. 03/14/2024 Vetoed by Governor. 04/17/2024 House sustained Governor's veto. |
04/17/2024 House sustained Governor's veto. | 955 | 4601 | |
| 2024vahb00854i | 2024 | VA | HB | 854 | Lowers the rate of tax on gas and diesel fuel on July 1, 2024 for a year, from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline and from 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel. | Lowers the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel on July 1, 2024, from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline and from 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, which are the rates that were in effect before July 1, 2021. The bill provides that the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel will return to 26.2 and 27 cents per gallon, respectively, on July 1, 2025, and will be indexed based on the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index occurring between 2021 and 2024; thereafter, the rate will be indexed annually. | Del. N. Baxter Ennis | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/23/2024 | Dead. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Finance. 02/02/2024 Assigned House Finance Subcommittee #2. 02/13/2024 Left in House Committee on Finance. |
02/13/2024 Missed crossover deadline. Left in House Committee on Finance. | 957 | 4713 | |
| 2024vasb00143i | 2024 | VA | SB | 143 | Adds various safety requirements for railroad companies. | Adds various requirements for railroad companies, including (i) prohibiting placing stationary cars or trains on its track within 1,500 feet on both sides of any crossing of a railroad with a highway; (ii) prohibiting trains that exceed 8,500 feet in length on any mainline or branch line; (iii) requiring a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight; (iv) requiring warning signs or devices for certain track obstructions that could endanger a railroad company employee; and (v) requiring walkways adjacent to yard tracks where employees regularly perform switching service. Requires that fines for a violation of the train-length requirement be deposited in the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund for railway safety projects. | Sen. Jennifer Foy | billtext | Rail | 06/26/2024 | Dead. Same as HB 385. | 01/05/2024 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. 01/29/2024 Reported from Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor with substitute. 01/31/2024 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate. 02/01/2024 Read second time in Senate. 02/01/2024 Reading of substitute waived in Senate. 02/01/2024 Committee substitute agreed to by Senate. 02/01/2024 Engrossed by Senate. 02/05/2024 Read third time. Passed Senate. 02/13/2024 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 02/15/2024 Reported from House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 02/19/2024 Read second time in House. 02/20/2024 Read third time. Passed House. 02/22/2024 Enrolled. Signed by Speaker of the House. 02/25/2024 Signed by President of the Senate. 03/01/2024 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor. 03/08/2024 Vetoed by Governor. 04/17/2024 Senate sustained Governor's veto. |
04/17/2024 Senate sustained Governor's veto. | 958 | 4714 | |
| 2024wvhb04294i | 2024 | WV | HB | 4294 | Removes variable rate tax on motor fuels and reduces the flat rate tax to 20.0 cents per gallon. | Removes the imposition of the variable rate tax on motor fuels and reduce the flat rate tax to 20.0 cents per gallon. Under current code, the motor fuel excise tax is composed of a flat rate tax of 20.5 cents per invoiced gallon and a variable rate tax which is 5 percent of the average wholesale price of each motor fuel as determined annually by the State Tax Commissioner. | Del. Todd Kirby | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/24/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/10/24 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Technology and Infrastructure, and then Finance. | 01/10/24 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Technology and Infrastructure, and then Finance. | 960 | 4597 | |
| 2024wvhb04827i | 2024 | WV | HB | 4827 | Removes variable rate on motor fuel tax. | Removes the imposition of a variable tax rate on motor fuels. Under current code, the motor fuel excise tax is composed of a flat rate tax of 20.5 cents per invoiced gallon and a variable rate tax which is 5 percent of the average wholesale price of each motor fuel as determined annually by the State Tax Commissioner. | Del. Joe Ellington | billtext | Fuel Tax | 01/24/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/17/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Technology and Infrastructure, then Finance. | 01/17/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Technology and Infrastructure, then Finance. | 961 | 4566 | |
| 2024nyab08491i | 2024 | NY | AB | 8491 | Requires at least two crew to operate train for movement of hazardous materials. | Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of hazardous materials unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals. | Assemblyman William Magnareli | billtext | Rail | 02/23/2024 | Effective 30 days after signing. | 01/04/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 01/17/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Codes. 01/23/2024 Reported 01/25/2024 Advanced to third reading in the Assembly. 01/31/2024 Passed Assembly. 01/31/2024 Delivered to Senate. 01/31/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/07/2024 Substituted for SB 8083. 02/07/2024 Third reading in Senate. 02/07/2024 Passed Senate. 02/07/2024 Returned to Assembly. 02/13/2024 Delivered to Governor. 02/13/2024 Signed by Governor. |
02/13/2024 Signed by Governor. | 962 | 4652 | |
| 2024iasf02112i | 2024 | IA | SF | 2112 | Adds transload facilities and railroad bridges to the list of projects for which a grant may be awarded or a loan may be made. | Adds transload facilities and railroad bridges to the list of projects for which a grant may be awarded or a loan may be made. Requires the DOT to prioritize, beginning January 1, 2025, granting and loaning moneys to railroad corporations for the restoration, conservation, improvement, and construction projects described in Code section 327H.20A(1)(a) before providing moneys for rail economic development projects described in Code section 327H.20A(1)(b). | Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | Rail | 02/01/2024 | Hearing scheduled for 2/7/24 in Senate Appropriations Subcommitee. | 01/25/2024 Introduced. Committee report, approving bill. 01/30/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. |
01/30/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. | 964 | 1318 | |
| 2024ilsb02784i | 2024 | IL | SB | 2784 | Creates the Cargo Transportation Fee Act. | Creates the Cargo Transportation Fee Act. Provides that a fee is imposed upon each entity that is an interstate carrier or an intrastate carrier and that (i) transports by common carrier tangible personal property into the State, (ii) transports that tangible personal property for the purpose of selling that tangible personal property at retail, and (iii) receives tangible personal property directly from an intermodal facility that is located in the State and is located on more than 3,500 acres. Sets forth the amount of the fee. Provides that 95% of the proceeds from the fee shall be deposited into the Cargo Transportation Fee Fund and 5% of the proceeds shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Cargo Transportation Fee Fund and sets forth the uses for that Fund. | Sen. Rachel Ventura | billtext | Cargo Fee | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 01/17/2024 First reading in Senate. 01/17/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 01/31/2024 Assigned to Senate Committee on Revenue. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 965 | 4716 | |
| 2024mshb00380i | 2024 | MS | HB | 380 | Authorizes certain municipalities, by election, to impose a motor vehicle fuel tax of 1 cent for road and bridge construction. | Authorizes certain municipalities, by election, to impose a motor vehicle fuel tax of 1 cent for road and bridge construction. | Rep. Earle Banks | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/21/2024 | Dead. | 01/22/2024 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. 03/14/2024 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/14/2024 Missed crossover deadline. | 967 | 281 | |
| 2024njab00706i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 706 | Establishes young driver program for commercial driver licenses. | Requires the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to establish a program to increase the number of young drivers who possess a commercial driver license. The program is to be established in consultation with experts in the commercial trucking industry. The commission is required to include information on the program in its annual report. | Asm. Michael Torrissi, Jr. | billtext | CDL | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 968 | 4502 | |
| 2024njab00707i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 707 | Requires MVC to waive knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for commercial driver license. | Requires MVC to waive knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for commercial driver license. The State currently requires the MVC to waive the skills test requirement for qualified military service members who apply for certain commercial driver licenses. Under the bill, the MVC would also waive the knowledge test requirement for qualified military service members. As required by federal regulations, a current or former military service person may qualify for the knowledge test waiver if, during the one-year period immediately preceding the date of application, the person: was regularly employed as an operator of certain military vehicles; operated a vehicle that is representative of the type of commercial motor vehicle that the person expects to operate; has not simultaneously held more than one civilian license; has not had any license suspended, revoked, or canceled; has not been convicted of certain types of serious traffic offenses; and has not been convicted of certain types of motor vehicle violations arising in connection with a traffic accident and has no record of an accident in which the person was at fault. Under current State law, military applicants who seek to operate the following categories of commercial vehicles are not permitted to receive the skills test waiver if the vehicles are used in the transportation of hazardous materials. |
Asm. Michael Torrissi, Jr | billtext | CDL | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs. | 01/09/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs. | 969 | 4502 | |
| 2024njab00728i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 728 | Establishes Entry-Level Driver Training Grant Program. | Directs the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to establish an “Entry-Level Driver Training Grant Program.” to encourage employers to pay for their employees’ Entry-Level Driver Training and remove the burden from the drivers. This Allocates sufficient monies received by the State under the federal “American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021,” Pub.L.117-2, and “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA),” Pub.L.113-128, to fund this program. | Asm. Michael Torrissi, Jr | billtext | CDL | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. | 970 | 4502 | |
| 2024njab01117i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 1117 | Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws. | Eliminates the B and C factors of the employment status test, thereby limiting the test to factor A, whether the individual has been and will continue to be free from control of the employer. |
Asm. John Dimaio | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. | 01/09/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. | 972 | 4438 | |
| 2024njab01923i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 1923 | Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail. | Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires DEP to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT. | Asm. Ellen Park | billtext | Rail | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 976 | 4719 | |
| 2024njab02031i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 2031 | Establishes a “Port Support Zone” surrounding the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal (“the port”) for the purpose of increasing the efficient movement and storage of containers and cargo. | Establishes a “Port Support Zone” surrounding the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal (“the port”) for the purpose of increasing the efficient movement and storage of containers and cargo. Shipping volume at the port is expected to increase upon the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal and the raising of the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge. The bill’s changes which impact the Port Support Zone, the area within a five-mile radius of the outermost boundary of the port, are necessary to position the State for the anticipated increased flow of containers and cargo into port. The bill provides that, notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance to the contrary: (1) no amendment or revision to any zoning ordinance shall change the classification of a district zoned for commercial or industrial purposes and located within the Port Support Zone; and (2) an overweight commercial vehicle may travel along any road reasonably contiguous to the port, so long as that road is within an industrial or commercial zone of that municipality. The bill amends current law to increase the allowable amount of redevelopment incentive grants awarded for qualified projects in the port support zone. The bill provides that any redevelopment incentive grant agreement with a developer for a project within the port support zone would not exceed 40 percent of the total cost of the project, unless the project included environmental remediation, in which case the Economic Development Authority could increase the amount of the reimbursement by up to 75 percent of the environmental remediation costs. The bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to 48 issue a special permit for the operation of overweight vehicles over designated routes reasonably contiguous to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal, within the “Port support zone,” or both, if the vehicle, meets specified criteria. The bill directs the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, to identify contaminated sites within the Port support zone and to prioritize those sites based upon their potential for use as warehousing and bulk distribution centers in support of the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal. The bill directs the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to provide properties so identified with the highest priority for the department to cleanup and remove hazardous substances from those properties.The bill also directs the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to expedite any permit process involving the use of dredged materials on property located within the Port support zone if the property is being developed for a use to support the port. |
Asm. Eliana Pintor Marin | billtext | Ports | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture. | 977 | 4075 | |
| 2024njab02683i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 2683 | Eliminates automatic increases of petroleum products taxes. | Eliminates the automatic increases of the petroleum products gross receipts tax. Currently, and through the year 2026, the rate of tax imposed on petroleum products is adjusted annually by the State Treasurer, in consultation with the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer, to meet the “highway fuel cap amount.” The highway fuel cap amount is roughly $2 billion, and based on the amount equivalent to 2016 fuel sales as if taxed at certain rates. If the amount of revenue in a year exceeds the cap amount, the following year’s tax rate is decreased. Conversely, if revenue in a year is less than the cap amount, the tax rate is increased the following year to meet the shortfall. Under this bill, the authority to increase the adjustable part of the tax rate is eliminated, but the authority to decrease the rate remains intact. Also makes amendments to avoid triggering the complete 18 cessation of certain fuel tax collections. This is necessary because P.L.2016, c.57, the act that created the automatic adjustments, contains a provision that requires the cessation of collections if the implementation of any section of that act were reversed or stopped by Legislative action. Included in that act are sections related to income, estate, and sales taxes. The provision is therefore amended to apply only to sections not affecting the petroleum products gross receipts tax. |
Asm. Jay Webber | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/02/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 978 | 4720 | |
| 2024njab02728i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 2728 | Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws. | Revises the factors for showing a worker is an independent contract. Under the bill, to determine whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor, all information that provides evidence of the degree of control and the degree of independence is to be considered. Facts that provide evidence of the degree of control and independence fall into three categories: (A) behavioral control; (B) financial control; and (C) the type of relationship of the parties. In making an employment determination any guidance on determining a worker’s employment status provided by the federal Internal Revenue Service in the United States Department of the Treasury is to be considered. This bill aligns the test for employment status under State law with the test in use by the Internal Revenue Service in the Department of the Treasury. |
Asm. Brian Bergen | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 02/02/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture. | 01/09/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture. | 979 | 4390 | |
| 2024njar00068i | 2024 | NJ | AR | 68 | Urges the Federal Railroad Administration to stop Class I freight railroads from using precision-scheduled railroading. | Urges the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to stop Class I freight railroads from using precision-scheduled railroading (PSR). PSR is a strategy associated with an increase in efficiency and a decrease in costs. However, many railroad stakeholders and employees associate PSR with safety issues, including employee fatigue and locomotive upkeep. Although the FRA has begun to implement programs to combat some of the anticipated risks of PSR and continues to study the safety of PSR, this resolution urges the FRA to stop the use of PSR by Class I freight railroads. | Asm. William Moem | billtext | Rail | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 01/09/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 980 | 4721 | |
| 2024njsb00622i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 622 | Establishes young driver program for commercial driver licences. | Requires the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to establish a program to increase the number of young drivers who possess a commercial driver license. The program is to be established in consultation with experts in the commercial trucking industry. The commission is required to include information on the program in its annual report. | Sen. Latham Tiver | billtext | CDL | 02/01/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 981 | 4722 | |
| 2024alsb00060i | 2024 | AL | SB | 60 | Creates inland port and intermodal fund. | Currently, the Port of Mobile is managed by the Alabama State Port Authority; however, there is no state agency responsible for facilitating and coordinating the development of Alabama's inland ports and waterways. This bill provides for the allocation of funds to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to facilitate growth in the state's system of inland ports and transfer facilities and for the coordination of a transportation system for inland waterways. |
Sen. Arthur Orr | billtext | Ports | 06/12/2024 | Effective 10/1/2024. | 02/06/2024 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund. 04/17/2024 1st substitute by Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund 1st Substitute. 04/17/2024 Reported out of Committee House of Origin. 04/18/2024 Read for the Second Time in Senate and placed on the Calendar for Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund. 04/23/2024 1st Substitute offered by Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund. 04/23/2024 Motion to read a third time in Senate and pass as amended. 04/23/2024 Third Reading in Senate. Passed. Engrossed. 04/23/2024 Read for the first time in House and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund. 04/23/2024 Pending Committee Action in House Ways and Means General Fund. 04/30/2024 Reported out of Committee to second House reading. 04/30/2024 Read for the second time in House and placed on the Calendar for House Ways and Means General Fund. 05/09/2024 Third reading in House. Passed House. 05/09/2024 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. 05/20/2024 Signed by Governor. |
05/20/2024 Signed by Governor. | 983 | 4724 | |
| 2024caab02298i | 2024 | CA | AB | 2298 | Establishes voluntary vessel speed reduction and sustainable shipping program. | Requires the Ocean Protection Council, on or before January 1, 2027, in coordination and in consultation with various entities, including the State Air Resources Board, to implement a statewide voluntary vessel speed reduction and sustainable shipping program for the California coast in order to reduce air pollution, the risk of fatal vessel strikes on whales, and harmful underwater acoustic impacts. Requires the program to expand a certain existing program and would authorize the program to include specified components, including incentives to program participants based on a percentage of distance traveled by a participating vessel at a reduced speed, as provided. Limits application of the program to vessels that are 300 gross tons or greater. Requires the council, on or before December 31, 2027, to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the implementation of the program. |
Asm. Gregg Hart | billtext | Ports | 06/12/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/12/2024 Read first time in Assembly. 02/26/2024 Referred to Assembly Committees on Water, Public Works and Wildife, and Natural Resources. 03/19/2024 Amended, and do pass as amended. Re-referred to Committee on Natural Resources. 03/20/2024 Read second time and amended. 03/21/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. 04/09/2024 From Committee with recommendation for passage. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations with recommendation. 04/17/2024 Referred to Suspense File for fiscal analysis in Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/16/2024 Passed from Assembly Committee as amended. 05/16/2024 Read second time in Assembly and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. 05/20/2024 Read second time in Assembly. Ordered to third reading. 05/22/2024 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to the Senate. 05/23/2024 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 06/05/2024 Referred to Senate Committees on Natural Resources and Water, and Environmental Quality. 06/11/2024 From Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Environmental Quality. |
06/11/2024 From Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Environmental Quality. | 984 | 4725 | |
| 2024cthb05038 | 2024 | CT | HB | 5038 | Eliminates the highway use tax and the tax on fuels and gasohol. | Eliminates the highway use tax and the tax on fuels and gasohol. | Rep. Martin Foncello | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 02/07/2024 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 985 | 4519 | |
| 2024ctsb00102i | 2024 | CT | SB | 102 | Reduces the rate of tax for diesel fuel to forty and one-tenth cents per gallon. | Reduces the rate of tax for diesel fuel to forty and one-tenth cents per gallon. | Sen. Jeff Gordon | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 02/14/2024 Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding. 05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 986 | 4520 | |
| 2024iahf02371i | 2024 | IA | HF | 2371 | Prohibits the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, providing penalties. | Prohibits an employer from willfully misclassifying an individual who performs services for the employer in return for remuneration as an independent contractor rather than an employee with the effect of denying the individual eligibility for an employment benefit provided by law or for a government program. Whether an individual performs services as an employee or independent contractor is determined under regulations or guidelines of the federal internal revenue service in effect as of the date of an alleged misclassification. The bill is enforced by the department of workforce development. An employer who violates this prohibition shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per misclassified individual for a first offense, up to $7,500 per misclassified individual for a second offense, and up to $10,000 per misclassified individual for each subsequent offense. The department shall provide written notice to an employer prior to imposition of a civil penalty. An employer may contest and seek judicial review of a determination of the department pursuant to Code chapter 17A. An employer shall bear the burden of proving that the employer did not misclassify an individual. Upon a final determination of the department that a violation occurred and the conclusion of the period for any appeals, the department shall bring an action in district court to collect the civil penalties for deposit in the general fund and refer the violation to a county attorney. A county attorney shall not be bound by any determination of the department. An employer who misclassifies an individual in violation of the bill commits a class “D” felony. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245. | Rep. Brian Meyer | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 02/15/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/08/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Labor and Workforce. | 02/08/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Labor and Workforce. | 996 | 4729 | |
| 2024idhb00533i | 2024 | ID | HB | 533 | Provides that commercial motor vehicles may idle and use refrigeration in certain circumstances. | Adds new provisions to Section 49-937, Idaho Code, on vehicle mufflers and noise prevention, which first allows a commercial vehicle to idle for the purposes of using a vehicle’s heating and air conditioning system when a driver is resting, and second when parked for purposes of refrigerating perishable commodities, pharmaceuticals, or both. | House Committee on Transportation and Defense | billtext | Emissions | 02/17/2024 | Pending House action. | 02/09/2024 Introduced in House. Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration. 02/12/2024 Reported printed and referred to House Committee on Transportation & Defense. 02/15/2024 Reported out of Committee with recommendation for passage. Filed for second reading in House. 02/16/2024 Read second time in House. Filed for third reading. |
02/16/2024 Read second time in House. Filed for third reading. | 997 | 4031 | |
| 2024ilsb03752i | 2024 | IL | SB | 3752 | Provides that the tax imposed on motor fuel applies until January 1, 2040. | Provides that the tax imposed on receivers of motor fuel applies until January 1, 2040 (currently, January 1, 2025). Amends the Environmental Impact Fee Law. Extends the repeal of the Environmental Impact Fee Law until January 1, 2040. | Sen. Christopher Belt | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/12/2024 | Dead. Same as HB 5515. | 02/09/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1000 | 4731 | |
| 2024kshb02679i | 2024 | KS | HB | 2679 | Waives the knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial vehicle for an applicant that provides evidence that such applicant qualifies for the military even exchange program for commercial driver's licenses. | waive the knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial vehicle for an applicant that provides evidence that such applicant qualifies for the military even exchange program for commercial driver's licenses. | House Committee on Transportation | billtext | CDL | 02/17/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/05/2024 Introduced. 02/05/2024 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/12/2024 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 02/15/2024 Committee Report recommends bill be passed by Committee on Transportation. |
02/15/2024 Committee Report recommends bill be passed by Committee on Transportation. | 1001 | 2686 | |
| 2024kssb00462i | 2024 | KS | SB | 462 | Waives the knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial vehicle for an applicant that provides evidence that such applicant qualifies for the military even exchange program for commercial driver's licenses. | Authorizing the director of vehicles to waive the knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial vehicle for an applicant that provides evidence that such applicant qualifies for the military even exchange program for commercial driver's licenses. | Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | CDL | 04/20/2024 | Effective upon approval. | 02/06/2024 Introduced in Senate. 02/07/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/19/2024 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/20?2024 Committee Report recommends bill be passed by Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/21/2024 Senate Committee of the Whole recommends passage. 02/22/2024 Passed Senate. 02/22/2024 Received in House and Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/13/2024 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 03/14/2024 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 03/15/2024 Committee Report recommends bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation. 03/25/2024 Committee of the Whole recommends passage as amended. 03/26/2024 Passed House as amended. 03/27/2024 Senate non-concurred with amendments. Conference Committee requested and appointed. 04/01/2024 Motion to accede adopted in House. 04/02/2024 Senate concurred with amendments in conference. 04/05/2024 Enrolled and presented to Governor. 04/15/2024 Approved by Governor. |
04/15/2024 Approved by Governor. | 1004 | 2331 | |
| 2024kyhb00033i | 2024 | KY | HB | 33 | Requires a crew of at least two persons during the operation of a train. Provides penalties. | Requires that a train used in connection with the movement of freight shall not be operated unless it has a crew consisting of at least two (2) individuals located in the operating cab. | Rep. Kevin Bratcher | billtext | Rail | 02/18/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/02/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Committees. 02/09/24 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. |
02/09/24 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. | 1006 | 4733 | |
| 2024kyhb00483i | 2024 | KY | HB | 483 | Provides a remedy for employees misclassified as independent contractors. | Provides that any employer who misclassifies an employee as an independent contractor and thereby pays less than wages and overtime compensation to which the employee is shall be liable: To the misclassified employee for the full amount of the wages and overtime compensation, less any amount actually paid to the employee by the employer; To the misclassified employee for an additional sum of the full amount of wages and overtime compensation owed to the employee as liquidated damages; and For the misclassified employee's court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, as may be allowed by the court. An employee who alleges he or she has been misclassified as an independent contractor may bring a private action or may request the commissioner take an assignment of the wage claim to bring any legal action necessary on behalf of the employee to collect wages owed. The employer shall pay the commissioner any costs and reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court. Employees of the same employer may elect to join their claims in a collective action. |
Rep. Sarah Stalker | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 02/18/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 02/07/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Committees. | 02/07/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Committees. | 1007 | 4734 | |
| 2024kysb00199i | 2024 | KY | SB | 199 | Amends various sections of Commercial Driver's License law. | Amends various sections of KRS 281A regarding commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to define terms; changes references from "commercial driver's instruction permit" to "commercial learner's permit" (CLP); streamlines procedures for application and testing of CDL applicants who are not residents of Kentucky; specifies the need for federally mandated entry level driver training; expands the testing exemption for CDL applicants who have military driving experience to include the knowledge test; establishes a lifetime CDL revocation penalty for any individual who uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of human trafficking; requires the Transportation Cabinet to adopt Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation; requires the Transportation Cabinet to keep driving history records of CDL and CLP holders indefinitely; prohibits individuals from having more than one operator's license or personal identification card. | Sen. Jimmy Higdon | billtext | CDL | 04/11/2024 | Effective 1/1/2025.. | 02/12/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Committees. 02/14/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/06/2024 Reported favorably by Committee. First reading. To Calendar with Committee Substitute. 03/07/2024 Second reading in Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for 03/08/2024. 03/08/24 Third reading. Passed Senate with Committee Substitute. 03/11/2024 Received in House. Referred to Committee on Committees for Committee referral. 03/15/2024 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/21/2024 Reported favorably by House Committee on Transportation. First reading in House. To calendar with Committee Substitute. 03/22/2024 Second reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/25/2024 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for 3/26/2024. 03/27/2024 3rd reading in House. Passed with Committee Substitute. Received in Senate. 03/28/2024 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute. Passed Senate. Enrolled. Delivered to Governor. 04/09/2024 Signed by Governor. |
04/09/2024 Signed by Governor. | 1008 | 4735 | |
| 2024mdhb01025i | 2024 | MD | HB | 1025 | Repeals future motor fuel tax rate adjustment based on the CPI; prohibits state or local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle miles traveled tax or similar fees, tolls or taxes. | Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes. | Del. Matthew Morgan | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/18/2024 | Scheduled for hearing on 2/27/24 in House Committee on Ways and Means. | 02/05/2024 First reading in House. Referred to House Committees on Ways and Means, and Environment and Transportation. | 02/05/2024 First reading in House. Referred to House Committees on Ways and Means, and Environment and Transportation. | 1009 | 4407 | |
| 2024mdsb00782i | 2024 | MD | SB | 782 | Authorizes Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes in certain circumstances. | Authorizes The Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase in the motor fuel tax rates due to adverse economic conditions, public emergency or other extraordinary circumstances. | Sen. Stephen Hershey | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/18/2024 | Hearing scheduled for 2/21/24 in the Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation. | 02/01/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation. | 02/01/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation. | 1010 | 4736 | |
| 2024mdsb00841i | 2024 | MD | SB | 841 | Repeals future motor fuel tax rate adjustment based on the CPI; prohibits state or local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle miles traveled tax or similar fees, tolls or taxes. | Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes. | Sen. Justin Ready | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/18/2024 | Hearing scheduled for 2/28/24 in the Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation. | 02/02/2024 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation. | 02/02/2024 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Taxation. | 1011 | 4737 | |
| 2024mdsb01060i | 2024 | MD | SB | 1060 | Establishes requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State. | Establishes requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, the blocking of highway grade crossings, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commission of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a database regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State. | Sen. Arthur Ellis | billtext | Rail | 02/18/2024 | Hearing scheduled for 3/16/24 in the Senate Committee on Finance. | 02/02/2024 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | 02/02/2024 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | 1013 | 4606 | |
| 2024njsb01338i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 1338 | Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain labor laws. | Revises the factors for showing a worker is an independent contract. Under the bill, to determine whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor, all information that provides evidence of the degree of control and the degree of independence is to be considered. Facts that provide evidence of the degree of control and independence fall into three categories: (A) behavioral control; (B) financial control; and (C) the type of relationship of the parties. In making an employment determination any guidance on determining a worker’s employment status provided by the federal Internal Revenue Service in the United States Department of the Treasury is to be considered. This bill aligns the test for employment status under State law with the test in use by the Internal Revenue Service in the Department of the Treasury. |
Sen. Michael Testa | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 02/18/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. | 1014 | 4389 | |
| 2024njsb01674i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 1674 | Requires Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax rate reduction if certain legislative action is taken that includes increases in other State tax rates revenue. | Requires Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax rate reduction if certain Legislative action is taken that includes increases in other State tax rates and revenue; dedicates revenues from certain sales and use tax increases to "Transportation Trust Fund Account." | Sen. Declan O'Scanlon | billtext | Fuel Tax | 05/19/2024 | 01/09/2024 Introduced in Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 1015 | 4739 | ||
| 2024njsb02171i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 2171 | Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers. | Authorizes municipalities to impose taxes on empty ISO shipping containers which are stored within their boundaries. A municipality would retain 75% of the amounts collected and remit 25% of the amounts collected to the county. Amounts retained by a municipality would be held in trust and used to fund infrastructure projects within the municipality. Amounts remitted to the county would be held in trust and used to fund infrastructure projects or for the acquisition or maintenance of open space within the municipality which collected the tax. Under the bill, the Directors of the Division of Local Government Services and the Division of Taxation would adopt a model ordinance to aid municipal governing bodies considering imposing a tax on empty ISO shipping containers. |
Sen. Teresa Ruiz | billtext | Containers | 02/19/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Community and Urban Affairs. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Community and Urban Affairs. | 1016 | 4079 | |
| 2024nmsb00028i | 2024 | NM | SB | 28 | Creates the Rail Infrastructure Income Tax Credit. | Creates the Rail Infrastructure Income Tax Credit and the Rail Infrastructure Corporate Income Tax Credit. Allows the Taxation and Revenue Department and the Department of Transportation to share information concerning rail infrastructure income tax credits and rail infrastructure corporate income tax credits. | Sen. Crystal Brantley | billtext | Rail Infrastructure Tax Credit | 04/21/2024 | Dead. | 01/16/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Tax, Business and Transportation. 02/15/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
02/15/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1017 | 4741 | |
| 2024utsb00170i | 2024 | UT | SB | 170 | Creates the Clean Truck Incentive Program. Includes drayage trucks. | Creates the Clean Truck Incentive Program. Includes drayage trucks. | Sen. Don Ipsen | billtext | Emissions | 03/04/2024 | Dead. | 01/31/2024 Introduced in Senate. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 01/31/2024 Referred to Senate committees on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology. 02/06/2024 Fiscal note sent to Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology. 02/07/2024 Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst. 02/27/2024 Returned to Senate Committee on Rules. 02/28/2024 Committee report sent to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/01/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
03/01/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1020 | 3877 | |
| 2024ctsb00186i | 2024 | CT | SB | 186 | Grants electric commercial vehicles a weight tolerance exemption of two thousand pounds from statutory weight limits. | Grants electric commercial vehicles a weight tolerance exemption of two thousand pounds from statutory weight limits. | Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | Size and Weight | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 02/21/2024 Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation. 05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1022 | 2418 | |
| 2024wvhbhb05392i | 2024 | WV | HB | 5392 | Eliminate the motor fuel excise tax and replaces income from the tax with an equivalent increase in the state sales tax. | eliminate the motor fuel excise tax and to replace any income from the tax with an equivalent increase in the state sales tax. According to our interpretation, the proposed bill would eliminate the motor fuel excise tax, except for the tax on Aviation Gas, and increase the consumer sales tax rate with the tax attributable to the increased tax rate being dedicated to the State Road Fund. Under current code, the motor fuel excise tax is comprised of a flat rate tax of 20.5 cents per invoiced gallon and a variable rate tax which is 5 percent of the average wholesale price of each motor fuel as determined annually by the State Tax Commissioner. The legislation reduces the motor fuel excise tax to zero for all fuels except for “airline fuel”. The legislation also increases the state consumer sales tax rate to 7.8 percent with collections attributable to the additional 1.8 percent being dedicated to the State Road Fund. The provisions of this bill would shift the burden for maintaining state roads from the road user to the general consumer. Major road users such as the interstate trucking industry and tourists passing through on the interstate highways stand to benefit from the change. Lower user fees could generate increased travel on major state roads by the road users, resulting in additional wear without increased funding to pay for more frequent maintenance. Most state residents and tourists who choose to spend time in the state beyond a short visit would pay higher total taxes. The greatest increase in tax burden would be on those state residents with below average travel on roads. Per our interpretation, there would be a small decline in General Revenue collections due to consumer spending shifts in response to the higher sales tax rate. Based on current projections of motor fuel excise tax collections, the dedicated consumer sales tax would increase State Road Funding by a minimal amount in FY2024, by $23.4 million in FY2025, and by increasing amounts in subsequent fiscal years. Additional administrative costs to the State Tax Department would be $50,000 in FY2024. | Del. Gary Howell | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/21/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/31/24 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Finance. | 01/31/24 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Finance. | 1023 | 4488 | |
| 2024wvsb00845i | 2024 | WV | SB | 845 | Requires yearly renewal of commercial driver's licenses and provide for the reinstatement of revoked or expired commercial driver's licenses due to inactive status and lack of medical certification. | Requires yearly renewal of commercial driver's licenses and provide for the reinstatement of revoked or expired commercial driver's licenses due to inactive status and lack of medical certification. |
Sen. Mark Maynard | billtext | CDL | 02/21/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/19/2024 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 02/19/2024 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 1025 | 4746 | |
| 2024caab00627i | 2024 | CA | AB | 627 | Requires CARB to establish as part of the Hybrid and Zero-emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) a sliding scale voucher program for the purchase of a new, or retrofit of a used, drayage truck that uses, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology. | Requires the state board to ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase of a new, or the retrofit of a used, drayage truck is provided to an operator in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale established by the state board, based on the number of drayage trucks the operator owns. In administering the project, Requires the state board to prioritize the award of those vouchers to operators meeting certain criteria. Requires the state board to ensure that these vouchers may be used to purchase a new drayage truck using, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion. |
Asm. Corey Jackson | billtext | Emissions | 05/15/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/03/2024 Read second time in Assembly and amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 01/09/2024 From committee. Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 01/10/2024 Read second time in Assembly and amended. 01/11/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 01/18/2024 Passed Committee as amended. 01/22/2024 Read second time in Assembly and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. 01/23/2024 Read second time in Assembly. Ordered to third reading. 01/29/2024 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to the Senate. 01/29/2024 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 05/01/2024 Referred to Senate Committees on Environmental Quality, and Transportation. |
05/01/2024 Referred to Senate Committees on Environmental Quality, and Transportation. | 1026 | 4583 | |
| 2024mssb02646i | 2024 | MS | SB | 2646 | Allows for annual sealed container permits. | Provides that the Department of Transportation is authorized to issue annual blanket permits for vehicles transporting commodities in sealed containerized cargo units for export or import moving to or from a port. | Sen. Jenifer Branning | billtext | Size and Weight | 04/21/2024 | Dead. | 02/19/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committees on Highways and Transportation, and Finance. 03/14/2024 Missed crossover deadline. |
03/14/2024 Missed crossover deadline. | 1027 | 4329 | |
| 2024nelb01084i | 2024 | NE | LB | 1084 | Adopts the Nebraska Shortline Rail Modernization Act and provide tax credits. | Adopts the Nebraska Rail Modernization Act to help defray the high costs of, and incent investment in, qualified short-line rail maintenance expenditures. Provides a 50% tax credit capped at $5,000 per track mile owned or leased by a shortline with a $4 million maximum annual allocation. The bill also provides $5 million in tax credits for building new miles of rail or rail infrastructure, as a 50% tax credit capped at $3 million per project. |
Sen. Teresa Ibach | billtext | Rail | 04/21/2024 | /dead, | 01/09/2024 Introduced in Senate. 01/10/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Revenue. 04/18/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
04/18/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1029 | 4748 | |
| 2024njsb02807i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 2807 | Requires MVC to waive knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for commercial driver license. | Requires MVC to waive knowledge test requirement for certain military service members who apply for commercial driver license. The State currently requires the MVC to waive the skills test requirement for qualified military service members who apply for certain commercial driver licenses. Under the bill, the MVC would also waive the knowledge test requirement for qualified military service members. As required by federal regulations, a current or former military service person may qualify for the knowledge test waiver if, during the one-year period immediately preceding the date of application, the person: was regularly employed as an operator of certain military vehicles; operated a vehicle that is representative of the type of commercial motor vehicle that the person expects to operate; has not simultaneously held more than one civilian license; has not had any license suspended, revoked, or canceled; has not been convicted of certain types of serious traffic offenses; and has not been convicted of certain types of motor vehicle violations arising in connection with a traffic accident and has no record of an accident in which the person was at fault. Under current State law, military applicants who seek to operate the following categories of commercial vehicles are not permitted to receive the skills test waiver if the vehicles are used in the transportation of hazardous materials. |
Sen. Latham Tiver | billtext | CDL | 02/25/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 02/22/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 02/22/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 1032 | 4722 | |
| 2024njsb00252i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 252 | Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail. | Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires DEP to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT. | Sen. Bob Smith | billtext | Rail | 02/25/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 01/09/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 1033 | 4437 | |
| 2024ctsb00280i | 2024 | CT | SB | 280 | Establishes minimum train crew size of 2 for freight railroad companies. | Provides that no class I freight railroad, class I railroad or class II railroad for transporting freight that operates a train or locomotive in this state shall be operated unless the train or locomotive contains a crew of not less than two persons. | Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | Rail | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 02/28/2024 Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation. 05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1034 | 2418 | |
| 2024wvsb00874 | 2024 | WV | SB | 874 | Authorizes creation of a local port authority district. | Authorization to create a local port authority district. Authorizes a political subdivision of this state, a joint venture of two or more political subdivisions, a joint venture of political subdivisions and a private entity or entities, or a joint venture of political subdivisions and any bordering state may create a local port authority district in accordance with the procedure set forth in §17-16F-10b of this of code. Provides application process to division for approval to create local port authority district. Creates of board of directors for local port authority district; and powers and duties. |
Sen. Glenn Jeffries | billtext | Ports | 04/09/2024 | Effective 90 days after adjournment.. | 02/26/2024 From Senate Committee on Economic Development. 02/26/2024 Read first time in Senate. 02/26/2024 Immediate consideration. 02/26/2024 Reported do pass by Senate. 02/27/2024 Read second time in Senate. 02/28/2024 Read third time in Senate. 02/28/2024 Passed Senate. 02/28/2024 Ordered to House. 02/29/2024 Introduced in House. Referred to House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism. 03/05/2024 Recommended for passage by House Committee. 03/06/2024 Read first time in House. 03/07/2024 Read second time in House. Committee amendment adopted. 03/07/2024 Read third time. Passed House. 03/07/2024 Communicated to Senate. 03/08/2024 House message received in Senate. 03/08/2024 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill. Communicated to House. Completed legislative action. House received Senate message. 03/14/2024 Delivered to Governor. 03/27/2024 Approved by Governor. |
03/27/2024 Approved by Governor. | 1035 | 4750 | |
| 2024caab03005i | 2024 | CA | AB | 3005 | Authorizes Governor to suspend an adjustment to the motor vehicle fuel tax based on CPI scheduled on or after July 1, 2025. | The Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, imposes a tax upon each gallon of motor vehicle fuel removed from a refinery or terminal rack in the state, entered into the state, or sold in the state, at a specified rate per gallon. Existing law requires the department to adjust the tax on July 1 each year by a percentage amount equal to the increase in the California Consumer Price Index, as calculated by the Department of Finance. Article XIX of the California Constitution restricts the expenditure of revenues from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, Diesel Fuel Tax Law, and other taxes imposed by the state on fuels used in motor vehicles upon public streets and highways to street and highway and certain mass transit purposes. This bill authorize the Governor to suspend an adjustment to the motor vehicle fuel tax, as described above, scheduled on or after July 1, 2025, upon making a determination that increasing the rate would impose an undue burden on low-income and middle-class families. The bill would require the Governor to notify the Legislature of an intent to suspend the rate adjustment on or before January 10 of that year, and would require the Department of Finance to submit to the Legislature a proposal by January 10 that would maintain the same level of funding for transportation purposes as would have been generated had the scheduled adjustment not been suspended. |
Asm. Greg Wallis | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/29/2024 | Pending committee assignment. May be heard in committee March 18. | 02/16/20 24 Read first time in Assembly. | 02/16/20 24 Read first time in Assembly. | 1036 | 4751 | |
| 2024lasb00093i | 2024 | LA | SB | 93 | Prohibits commercial motor vehicles from driving on Louisiana Highway 1019 between Louisiana Highway 16 and Louisiana Highway 64. | Prohibits commercial motor vehicles from driving on Louisiana Highway 1019 between Louisiana Highway 16 and Louisiana Highway 64. | Sen. Valerie Hodges | billtext | Size and Weight | 03/13/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/28/2024 Prefiled. Provisionally referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 03/11/2024 Introduced in the Senate. First reading. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. |
03/11/2024 Introduced in the Senate. First reading. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. | 1037 | 4752 | |
| 2024njab03885i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 3885 | Imposes additional annual registration fee for electric vehicles; reduces rate of highway fuel taxes; authorizes DOT to conduct alternative revenue feasibility study. | Provides greater tax fairness between the owners of gas powered vehicles and electric vehicles. Establishes an additional annual registration fee for electric vehicles, provides for a reduction in the State tax on highway fuels under both the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts (PPGR) Tax and the Motor Fuels Tax, and require the Department of Transportation to study and make recommendations concerning the dedication of alternative sources of revenue to the Transportation Trust Fund. | Asm. Andrea Katz | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/29/2024 | Pending Committee action. Same as SB 2821. | 02/27/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 02/27/2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. | 1038 | 4753 | |
| 2024njsb02821i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 2821 | Imposes additional annual registration fee for electric vehicles; reduces rate of highway fuel taxes; authorizes DOT to conduct alternative revenue feasibility study. | Provides greater tax fairness between the owners of gas powered vehicles and electric vehicles. Establishes an additional annual registration fee for electric vehicles, provides for a reduction in the State tax on highway fuels under both the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts (PPGR) Tax and the Motor Fuels Tax, and require the Department of Transportation to study and make recommendations concerning the dedication of alternative sources of revenue to the Transportation Trust Fund. | Sen. Paul Moriarty | billtext | Fuel Tax | 02/29/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/27/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 02/27/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 1039 | 4740 | |
| 2024ilhb05515i | 2024 | IL | HB | 5515 | Amends thProvides that the tax imposed on receivers of motor fuel applies until January 1, 2040 (currently, January 1, 2025). | Provides that the tax imposed on receivers of motor fuel applies until January 1, 2040 (currently, January 1, 2025). Amends the Environmental Impact Fee Law. Extends the repeal of the Environmental Impact Fee Law until January 1, 2040. | Rep. Robert Rita | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/12/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 3752. | 02/09/2024 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Rules for assignment. 02/28/2024 Referred to House Committee on Revenue & Finance. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1040 | 3009 | |
| 2024lahb00685i | 2024 | LA | HB | 685 | Creates the LA Port Multimodal Council. | Creates the LPMC to serve as an advocate for all of the state's ports, to articulate a vision for the future of the state's ports through development of a master plan for such development, to provide focus and coordination for the state's efforts to attract international trade to the state's ports, to set funding priorities for the development and growth of the state's ports and its water transportation system, and to leverage the financing capacity of the state's ports through coordinated financing arrangements. |
Rep. Mark Wright | billtext | Ports | 04/21/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 03/11/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. | 03/11/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. | 1042 | 4369 | |
| 2024mnsf04472i | 2024 | MN | SF | 4472 | Establishes commercial driver training assistance program. | Provides that, subject to available funds, the Commissioner must implement a commercial driver training assistance program to provide financial support for individuals to receive education and training to operate a motor vehicle under a commercial driver's license or related endorsement. | Sen. John Jasinski | billtext | CDL | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 03/04/2024 Introduced. First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1043 | 4372 | |
| 2024mohb02902i | 2024 | MO | HB | 2902 | Requires the statewide transportation improvement program to prioritize the high priority corridors identified in Section 1105(c) 4 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. | Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when preparing the statewide transportation improvement program (STIP), the Department of Transportation shall prioritize the high priority corridors identified in Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102-240. 5 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any proposed amendments to the STIP within the implementation period shall be approved by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. |
Rep. Louis Riggs | billtext | Intermodal Infrastructure | 03/04/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 02/29/2024 Introduced in House. Read first time. 03/01/2024 Read second time in House. |
03/01/2024 Read second time in House. | 1044 | 4755 | |
| 2024mosb01517i | 2024 | MO | SB | 1517 | Repeals future motor fuel tax increases, and provides for a 180-day period during which the motor fuel tax shall not be in effect. | Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there shall be a period of one hundred eighty days following the enactment of this subsection during which no tax levied or imposed under this section shall be in effect. The Director of Revenue shall announce to the public and publish on its website the motor fuel tax-free period established under this subsection. | Sen. Bill Eigel | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/04/2024 | Pending committee assignment. | 02/29/2024 First reading in Senate. | 02/29/2024 First reading in Senate. | 1045 | 4388 | |
| 2024nyab09175i | 2024 | NY | AB | 9175 | Provides for stop work orders against employers for misclassification of employees as independent contractors or for providing false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company on the number of employees of such employer. | Empowers the Commissioner of Labor to issue stop work orders against employers for misclassification of employees as independent contractors or for providing false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company on the number of employees of such employer. | Asm. Harry Bronson | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/13/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 7886. | 02/12/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1046 | 4756 | |
| 2024nysb07886i | 2024 | NY | SB | 7886 | Provides for stop work orders against employers for misclassification of employees as independent contractors or for providing false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company on the number of employees of such classification. | Empowers the Commissioner of Labor to issue stop work orders against employers for misclassification of employees as independent contractors or for providing false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company on the number of employees of such employer. | Sen. Peter Harckham | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/13/2024 | Dead. Same as AB 9175. | 01/03/2024 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. 05/09/2024 Amended and recommitted to Senate Committee on Labor. 05/13/2024 First report. 05/14/2024 Second report from Committee. 05/15/2024 Advanced to third reading in Senate. 05/29/2024 Passed Senate. 05/29/2024 Delivered to Assembly. Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1047 | 4318 | |
| 2024oksb01930i | 2024 | OK | SB | 1930 | Provides that the deployment of a motor carrier safety improvement by a motor carrier shall not be considered when evaluating an individual’s status as an employee or independent contractor. | Provides that the deployment of a motor carrier safety improvement by a motor carrier shall not be considered when evaluating an individual’s status as an employee or independent contractor. | Sen. Darrell Weaver | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 05/02/2024 | Effective 11/1/2024 | 02/05/2024 First reading in Senate. 02/06/2024 Second reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Aeronautics and Transportation. 02/27/2024 Pass favorably from Senate Committee on Aeronautics and Transportation. 03/14/2024 Passed Senate. Referred for engrossment. 03/18/2024 Engrossed to House. 03/18/2024 First reading in House. 03/25/2024 Second reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Business and Commerce 04/03/2024 House Committee on Business and Commerce recommends passage. 04/24/2024 On General in the House. 04/24/2024 Third Reading. Passed House. Signed. Returned to Senate. 04/24/2024 Referred for enrollment. 04/25/2024 Enrolled in Senate. To House. 04/25/2024 Signed in House. Returned to Senate. 04/25/2024 Sent to Governor. 04/30/2024 Approved by Governor. |
04/30/2024 Approved by Governor. | 1048 | 4711 | |
| 2024mnhf04444i | 2024 | MN | HF | 4444 | Prohibits misclassification of employees. Provides penalties. | Makes several changes to misclassification provisions in labor chapters 177 and 181 and the construction code and licensing chapter, 326B. Creates a multi-agency Intergovernmental Misclassification Enforcement and Education Partnership, allows for data sharing related to misclassification investigation, outreach, prevention, and enforcement. Clarifies and provides for additional penalties and enforcement of misclassification of employees and construction employees, including individual and successor liability. |
Rep. Emma Greenman | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/12/2024 | Dead. Same as SF 4483. | 02/29/2024 Introduced in House. First reading. Referred to House Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy. 03/07/2024 Committee report recommends adoption as amended and re-referred to House Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy. 03/13/2024 Adoption of Committee report. Re-referred to House Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law. 03/20/2024 Adoption of Committee report. Amended and re-referred to House Committee on Taxes. 04/02/2024 Committee report recommends adoption as amended and re-refer to House Committee on Ways and Means. 04/18/2024 Recommended for adoption by House Committee on Ways and Means. To second reading in House. 04/26/2024 Placed on Committee calendar for 4/29/24. 04/29/2024 Laid on table in House. 05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1049 | 4757 | |
| 2024mnsf04483i | 2024 | MN | SF | 4483 | Prohibits misclassification of employees. Provides penalties. | Makes several changes to misclassification provisions in labor chapters 177 and 181 and the construction code and licensing chapter, 326B. Creates a multi-agency Intergovernmental Misclassification Enforcement and Education Partnership, allows for data sharing related to misclassification investigation, outreach, prevention, and enforcement. Clarifies and provides for additional penalties and enforcement of misclassification of employees and construction employees, including individual and successor liability. |
Sen. Oumou Verbeten | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/12/2024 | Dead. Same as HF 4444. | 03/04/2024 Introduced in Senate. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. 03/11/2024 Committee report recommends passage as amended and re-refer to Senate Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans. 03/18/2024 Withdrawn and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety. 03/21/2024 Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government and Veterans. 03/25/2024 Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Taxes. 04/11/2024 Senate Committee report recommends to pass and re-refer to Senate Committee on Finance. 05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1050 | 4758 | |
| 2024njab04011i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 4011 | Revises the rate of tax on highway fuels under the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax and establishes an annual fee for zero emission vehicles. | Under current law, the rate of tax imposed under the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax (PPGRT) is annually adjusted by the State Treasurer to ensure that the State realizes a statutorily prescribed revenue target, more commonly referred to as the “highway fuel cap,” based on 2016 collections of highway fuel taxes. The cap amount is based on the Fiscal Year 2016 sum of: (1) the taxes collected in Fiscal Year 2016 under the Motor Fuels Tax, (2) the amount derived from taxing the gallonage of highway fuel subject to the four cent motor fuel tax, and (3) the amount that would have been derived from taxing the gallonage of highway fuel subject to the motor fuel tax at a rate of 23 cents per gallon. All revenues collected are deposited into the TTF to support transportation infrastructure projects and debt service on transportation bonds. This annual adjustment mechanism is currently set to expire at the conclusion of State Fiscal Year 2026. The bill would modify this mechanism, beginning with Fiscal Year 2025, to gradually raise the highway fuel cap amount through Fiscal Year 2029. The amount of revenue required to be collected on highway fuel would be as follows: $2,032,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2025; $2,115,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2026; $2,199,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2027; $2,282,000,000 in Fiscal year 2028; and $2,366,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2029. If the actual revenues generated fall above or below the highway fuel cap amount set for the fiscal year, the rate of tax would be adjusted accordingly to ensure the highway fuel cap amount is realized. Provides that after the State Treasurer has determined the rate of tax pursuant to the bill, the new rate would take effect on January 1 of Fiscal Year 2025 through Fiscal Year 2029 rather than October 1, as is done under current law. Institutes an additional fee for zero emission vehicles registered in the State. The fee would be collected by the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission at the same time the vehicle is initially registered or renewed, as the case may be. Beginning on July 1, 2024, the amount of the fee would be $250 and increase by $10 on July 1 of each year until 2028. After that time, the amount of the fee would be set at $290. |
Asm. Clinton Calabrese | billtext | Fuel Tax | 04/09/2024 | Effective 1/1/25. | 03/04/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities 03/07/2024 Reported favorably by Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities, and Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 03/14/2024 Reported out of Assembly Committee on Appropriations. To second reading. 03/18/2024 Passed Assembly. 03/18/2024 Received in the Senate without Reference. Second reading. 03/18/2024 Substituted for SB 2931. Passed Senate. 03/26/2024 Approved by Governor. |
03/26/2024 Approved by Governor. | 1051 | 4759 | |
| 2024njsb02931i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 2931 | Revises the rate of tax on highway fuels under the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax and establishes an annual fee for zero emission vehicles. | Under current law, the rate of tax imposed under the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax (PPGRT) is annually adjusted by the State Treasurer to ensure that the State realizes a statutorily prescribed revenue target, more commonly referred to as the “highway fuel cap,” based on 2016 collections of highway fuel taxes. The cap amount is based on the Fiscal Year 2016 sum of: (1) the taxes collected in Fiscal Year 2016 under the Motor Fuels Tax, (2) the amount derived from taxing the gallonage of highway fuel subject to the four cent motor fuel tax, and (3) the amount that would have been derived from taxing the gallonage of highway fuel subject to the motor fuel tax at a rate of 23 cents per gallon. All revenues collected are deposited into the TTF to support transportation infrastructure projects and debt service on transportation bonds. This annual adjustment mechanism is currently set to expire at the conclusion of State Fiscal Year 2026. The bill would modify this mechanism, beginning with Fiscal Year 2025, to gradually raise the highway fuel cap amount through Fiscal Year 2029. The amount of revenue required to be collected on highway fuel would be as follows: $2,032,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2025; $2,115,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2026; $2,199,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2027; $2,282,000,000 in Fiscal year 2028; and $2,366,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2029. If the actual revenues generated fall above or below the highway fuel cap amount set for the fiscal year, the rate of tax would be adjusted accordingly to ensure the highway fuel cap amount is realized. Provides that after the State Treasurer has determined the rate of tax pursuant to the bill, the new rate would take effect on January 1 of Fiscal Year 2025 through Fiscal Year 2029 rather than October 1, as is done under current law. Institutes an additional fee for zero emission vehicles registered in the State. The fee would be collected by the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission at the same time the vehicle is initially registered or renewed, as the case may be. Beginning on July 1, 2024, the amount of the fee would be $250 and increase by $10 on July 1 of each year until 2028. After that time, the amount of the fee would be set at $290. |
Sen Paul Sarlo | billtext | Fuel Tax | 03/21/2024 | Substituted so dead. | 03/04/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations. 03/11/2024 Reported from Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations. To second reading in Senate. 03/18/2024 Substituted by AB 4011. |
03/18/2024 Substituted by AB 4011. | 1052 | 4760 | |
| 2024risb02736i | 2024 | RI | SB | 2736 | Requires crew of at least 2 for train or light engine used in connection with movement of freight be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least 2 persons. Imposes fines upon a company for violation. | Provides that no train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight may be operated unless it has a crew consisting of at least two persons. Any company, individual, or business entity that willfully violates this section may be subject to a fine as follows: Not less than two hundred fifty dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, for a first offense; Not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, for a second offense committed within three years; and Not less than five thousand dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars, for a third offense and for subsequent offenses committed within a period of three years. |
Sen. Frank Lombardi | billtext | Rail | 03/13/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 03/08/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | 03/08/2024 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | 1053 | 4761 | |
| 2024mnhf03499i | 2024 | MN | HF | 3499 | Limits train lengths to a maximum of 8,500 feet. Provides penalties. | Limits train lengths to a maximum of 8,500 feet, which applies to all railroads and trains. Sets a schedule of fine amounts for violations, ranging from $1,000 to at least $25,000 depending on repeated offenses. Authorizes the Minnesota Department of Transportation to enforce the provision through civil action pursued in court. |
Rep. Jeff Brand | billtext | Rail | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 02/12/2024 Introduction and first reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. 03/14/2024 Committee report recommends as amended and re-referred to House Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law. 04/08/2024 House Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to House Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. 04/11/2024 House Committee report recommends to adopt and re-refer to Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy. 05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1054 | 4589 | |
| 2024mnsf04161i | 2024 | MN | SF | 4161 | Prohibits Class I, Class II, and CIass III railroads and rail carriers from operating trains in with a total length in excess of 8,500 feet. | Prohibits Class I, Class II, and CIass III railroads and rail carriers from operating trains in Minnesota with a total length in excess of 8,500 feet. | Sen. Robert Kupec | billtext | Rail | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 02/26/2024 Introduced and first reading. Referred to Senate on Transportation. 03/18/2024 Committee report recommends passage. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. 05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/20/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1055 | 4762 | |
| 2024caab03151i | 2024 | CA | AB | 3151 | Updates provisions of intermodal roadability inspection program. | Expands provisions of intermodal roadability inspection program to apply to a “port terminal,” defined by the bill to mean an ocean marine terminal or other terminal within a port master plan area. Requires, instead of authorizes, a port terminal to conduct the intermodal roadability inspection program in lieu of the current provisions, and would delete the conditions relating to the number of chassis based at the ocean marine terminal and the receipt of prior satisfactory compliance ratings. Includes container connecting devices, mud flaps, and frame damage to the areas covered by the inspection. Requires the inspection to include verification that other specified inspections are current. Require defects noted on an intermodal chassis to be repaired within 10 days after the inspection, and before the intermodal chassis is released from the terminal, the violation of which would be a misdemeanor. Extends the period a port terminal is required to retain inspection records to 6 months. Requires the department, if a port terminal fails reinspection, to direct the port terminal operator to conduct additional terminal inspections at 30-day intervals, until the port terminal is in full compliance with intermodal roadability inspection program requirements. Prohibits an ocean marine terminal provider from threatening, coercing, or otherwise retaliating against a commercial driver for contacting a law enforcement agency with regard to the physical condition of an intermodal chassis or for requesting that the intermodal chassis be reinspected or repaired. Expands that prohibition to apply to threats, coercion, and other retaliation made by a port terminal operator, independent equipment provider, trucking company, or any other superior. Provides that a violation of the Vehicle Code is a criminal offense. By creating new crimes, and by expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. Provides that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. |
Asm. Mike Gipson | billtext | Safety | 05/02/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2024 Read first time in Assembly. 03/18/2024 Passed from committee with amendments. Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time in Assembly and amended. 03/19/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/15/2024 Hearing postponed by committee. 04/22/2024 Hearing in Assembly Committee on Transportation for testimony only. |
04/22/2024 Hearing in Assembly Committee on Transportation for testimony only. | 1056 | 4275 | |
| 2024casb00934i | 2024 | CA | SB | 934 | Convenes the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team, composed of state agency reps, to lead the coordination of zero-emission freight infrastructure planning and implementation. | Requires the California Transportation Commission and the Energy Commission to jointly convene the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team, composed of representatives from various state agencies, to lead the statewide coordination zero-emission freight infrastructure planning and implementation, including carrying out specified actions. Requires the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team, in consultation with the California Transportation Commission and the Energy Commission, to submit an annual report to the Legislature beginning March 1, 2026, that includes, among other things, a description of the actions taken by the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team in the previous calendar year. |
Sen. Lena Gonzalez | billtext | Emissions | 05/20/2024 | Pending Senate action. | 01/16/2024 Introduced in Senate. Read first time. To Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 02/14/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for assignment. 03/19/2024 From committee with amendments. Read second time and amended in Senate. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 04/03/2024 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, and Energy, Utilities and Communications. 04/10/2024 Passed from Senate Committee on Transportation and re-referred to Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. 04/23/2024 Passed from Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/06/2024 Hearing in Senate Committee on Appropriations. Place on suspense file for fiscal review. 05/16/2024 Passed as amended from Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/16/2024 Read second time in Senate and amended. Ordered to second reading. |
05/16/2024 Read second time in Senate and amended. Ordered to second reading. | 1057 | 4607 | |
| 2024caab03033i | 2024 | CA | AB | 3033 | Concerns economic development and the movement of freight. | Authorizes GO-Biz to serve as the coordinating entity to steer the growth, competitiveness, and sustainability for freight and the supply chain across the state and to promote and assess the continued economic vitality, economic competitiveness, and sustainability of the freight sector. Authorizes GO-Biz to provide freight and supply chain economic competitiveness information. Requires the Governor to appoint a freight coordinator with prescribed experience to serve as the advisory and coordinating entity for GO-Biz. Requires the freight coordinator to advise and coordinate policies that promote the growth, competitiveness, and sustainability for freight and the supply chain across the state, and to promote and assess the continued economic vitality and sustainability of the freight sector. Requires the freight coordinator to advocate for the implementation of these policies in the freight sector. Requires the freight coordinator to advise the Governor and director on issues affecting the state’s freight and supply chain and on policy and administrative regulations affecting the state’s freight and supply chain. Requires the freight coordinator to work directly with prescribed state entities as necessary to address and discuss ongoing freight and supply chain issues. Authorizes the freight coordinator, in consultation with the director, to establish and convene one or more stakeholder advisory groups to help inform the work of the freight coordinator in implementing their mission and duties. Requires the freight coordinator to undertake additional responsibilities relating to developing relevant information, goal setting, and making recommendations, as prescribed. Requires the freight coordinator to participate in future updates to the California Freight Mobility Plan of the Department of Transportation and the AB 32 climate change scoping plan pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. |
Asm. Mike Gipson | billtext | Freight Mobility | 04/09/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/16/2024 Read first time in Assembly. 02/17/2024 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. 03/21/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. 03/21/2024 From committee, with author's amendments: Amended, and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. Read second time and amended. 04/01/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. |
04/01/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. | 1058 | 4275 | |
| 2024caab02760i | 2024 | CA | AB | 2760 | Enacts the Lower Emissions Equipment at Seaports and Intermodal Yards Program. | This bill would, until January 1, 2032, enact the Lower Emissions Equipment at Seaports and Intermodal Yards Program. The program would be administered by the state board and would require the state board to approve as covered equipment applicable cargo handling equipment that will reduce cumulative emissions at seaports and intermodal yards in the state. The bill would require a covered equipment application to be approved by the state board if the applicant demonstrates that the total surplus emissions from covered equipment are lower cumulative emissions than the emissions resulting from compliance with the current applicable cargo handling equipment statute, regulation, or rule, as determined by the state board pursuant to the methodology established by the bill, or that the covered equipment meets the standards and definitions for zero emissions set forth under a specified European Union regulation. The bill would require the state board to certify cargo handling equipment as covered equipment if the applicant seller, reseller, distributor, or manufacturer of the cargo handling equipment demonstrates to the state board that the equipment satisfies specified criteria. The bill would require the state board to establish an application fee, as specified, and would require the application fees to be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Fund and made available to the state board upon appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would require a covered equipment application to be provided to the state board for a project approval before December 31, 2025. The bill would establish eligibility criteria for projects. The bill would require the state board, by January 1, 2027, and January 1, 2031, to evaluate the impact of the program on state and local clean air efforts to meet state and local clean air goals and to hold at least one public workshop before completing the evaluation. | Asm. Al Muratsuchi | billtext | Emissions | 05/20/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 02/15/2024 Read first time In Assembly. 03/21/2024 Referred to Assembly Committees on Transportation and Natural Resources. 03/21/2024 From committee with amendments. Amended, and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time and amended. 04/01/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/08/2024 Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time and amended. 04/09/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/16/2024 From committee with recommendation for passage. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources with recommendation. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. 04/23/2024 From committee: Amended, and do pass as amended. Re-referred to Committee on Appropriations with recommendations. To Consent Calendar. 04/24/2024 Read second time in Assembly and amended. 04/25/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/08/2024 Referred to suspense file in Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/16/2024 Held under submission for fiscal analysis in Assembly Committee on Appropriations. |
05/16/2024 Held under submission for fiscal analysis in Assembly Committee on Appropriations. | 1059 | 4763 | |
| 2024gasb00203i | 2024 | GA | SB | 203 | Provides for tuition-free programs that relate to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle for veterans. | Provide veterans with tuition-free programs that teach the operation of commercial motor vehicles. | Sen. Jason Anavitarte | billtext | CDL | 04/11/2024 | Pending Governor's action. Companion to SB 1406. | 02/16/2023 Introduced in Senate. Read first time and referred to Senate Committee on Defense and Veterans Affairs. 02/28/2023 Favorably reported by Committee. 03/01/2023 Read second time in Senate. 03/06/2023 Third reading in Senate. 03/06/2023 Passed Senate as amended. 03/07/2023 First reading in House. 03/08/2023 Second reading in House. 01/31/2024 Favorably reported by Committee as substitute. 03/26/2024 Reported favorably by House Committee on Defense and Military Affairs. 03/28/2024 Third reading in House. Passed House. 04/04/2024 Sent to Governor. |
04/04/2024 Sent to Governor. | 1060 | 4647 | |
| 2024nyab09625i | 2024 | NY | AB | 9625 | Requires freight rail corporations to submit to DOT, quarterly reports of train yard and freight inspections, and requires follow-up inspections by DOT. | Requires every railroad corporation which operates any freight train within the state to submit quarterly reports to the DOT detailing such railroad corporation's inspections of any train yard and freight train operated in the state by such corporation; directs the department of transportation to conduct follow up inspections. | Asm. Chris Eachus | billtext | Rail | 06/08/2024 | Dead. Same as NY SB 6921. | 03/26/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1061 | 4764 | |
| 2024pasr00258i | 2024 | PA | SR | 258 | Urges Congress to pursue legislative remedies to allow individuals 18, 19 and 20 years of age with a Commercial Driver's License to participate in interstate commerce activities. | Urges Congress to pursue legislative remedies to allow individuals 18, 19 and 20 years of age with a Commercial Driver's License to participate in interstate commerce activities. | Sen. Greg Rothman | billtext | CDL | 06/24/2024 | Adopted. | 04/05/2024 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 06/05/2024 Reported as committed by Committee. 06/24/2024 Adopted. |
06/24/2024 Adopted. | 1062 | 4765 | |
| 2024nyab09949i | 2024 | NY | AB | 9949 | Establishes a freight rail safety task force that will review the state of freight rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations. | Establishes a freight rail safety task force, chaired by the Commissioner of Transportation and comprised of eleven members appointed by the Governor, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the minority leader of the assembly, to review the state of freight rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations. The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The task force shall issue a report of its findings and recommendations on the measures needed to ensure safe and reliable freight rail transportation, specifically on: a. enhancing coordination and information sharing between the federal, state, and local regulators; b. establishing a uniform safety training program for DOT engineers and local regulators; c. a review of federal laws and rules relating to regulations of freight rail operations; and d. the need for additional freight rail safety measures. This report shall be issued to the governor, temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly no later than one year after the effective date. |
Asm. Chris Eachus | billtext | Rail | 06/08/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 6935. | 04/26/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1063 | 4784 | |
| 2024rihb08201i | 2024 | RI | HB | 8201 | Provides that no train or light engine would be used in connection with the movement of freight be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least 2 persons, includes the imposition of fines. | Provides that no train or light engine would be used in connection with the movement of freight be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least 2 persons, includes the imposition of fines. | Rep. Matthew Dawson | billtext | Rail | 05/02/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 04/25/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Corporations. | 04/25/2024 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Corporations. | 1065 | 4767 | |
| 2024ilhb01634i | 2024 | IL | HB | 1634 | Adopt rules to implement the motor vehicle emission standards of the State of California. | Amends the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, by December 1, 2023, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall adopt rules to implement the motor vehicle emission standards of the State of California, including, but not limited to the (1) zero-emission vehicle program, (2) low-emission vehicle program, (3) advanced clean trucks program, and (4) heavy-duty low NOx omnibus program, and shall amend the rules within 6 months of any changes to maintain consistency with the California motor vehicle emission standards and federal clean air laws. Provides that the rules may incorporate by reference the California motor vehicle standards established in final regulations issued by the California Air Resources Board and promulgated under the California Health and Safety Code. | Rep. Edgar Gonzalez | billtext | Emissions | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 02/01/2024 Introduced. 04/05/2024 Re-referred to House Committee on Rules. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1066 | 4760 | |
| 2024ilhb05824i | 2024 | IL | HB | 5824 | Adopts rules to implement to motor vehicle emission standards that are identical in substance to specified motor vehicle emission standards in force in California. | Creates the Zero-Emission Vehicle Act. Provides that all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit on or after January 1, 2028 must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle, repowered zero-emission vehicle, manufactured near zero-emission vehicle, or repowered near zero-emission vehicle. Provides that on and after January 1, 2033, all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Provides that, by January 1, 2048, all on-road vehicles operated by a governmental unit must be a manufactured or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Sets forth provisions implementing the Act, including requiring the Department of Central Management Services to adopt certain rules. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no later than the next multi-year rate case, each electric utility shall propose a new tariff or rule that authorizes each electric utility to design and deploy all electrical distribution infrastructure on the utility side of the customer's meter for all customers installing separate or sub-metered infrastructure to support charging stations, other than those in single-family residences. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds provisions concerning electric school buses and large fleet reporting requirements. Provides that no later than December 1, 2025, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall adopt rules to implement to motor vehicle emission standards that are identical in substance to specified motor vehicle emission standards in force in California. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to amend its standards to maintain consistency with the California standards if the California standards are amended. Makes other changes. Amends the States Mandate Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. |
Rep. Edgar Gonzalez | billtext | Emissions | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 04/29/2024 Introduced. 04/30/2024 First reading in House, 04/30/2024 Referred to House Committee on Rules. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1067 | 4768 | |
| 2024ilhb05829i | 2024 | IL | HB | 5829 | Adopts rules to implement motor vehicle emission standards identical to those in force in California. Establishes large fleet reporting requirements, including drayage trucks. | Creates the Zero-Emission Vehicle Act. Provides that all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit on or after January 1, 2028 must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle, repowered zero-emission vehicle, manufactured near zero-emission vehicle, or repowered near zero-emission vehicle. Provides that on and after January 1, 2033, all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Provides that, by January 1, 2048, all on-road vehicles operated by a governmental unit must be a manufactured or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Sets forth provisions implementing the Act, including requiring the Department of Central Management Services to adopt certain rules. Establishes large fleet reporting requirements, including drayage trucks. |
Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado | billtext | Emissions | 06/12/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 3936. | 04/30/2024 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1068 | 4766 | |
| 2024ilsb03936i | 2024 | IL | SB | 3936 | Adopts rules to implement motor vehicle emission standards identical to those in force in California. Establishes large fleet reporting requirements, including drayage trucks. | Creates the Zero-Emission Vehicle Act. Provides that all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit on or after January 1, 2028 must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle, repowered zero-emission vehicle, manufactured near zero-emission vehicle, or repowered near zero-emission vehicle. Provides that on and after January 1, 2033, all on-road vehicles purchased or leased by a governmental unit must be a manufactured zero-emission vehicle or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Provides that, by January 1, 2048, all on-road vehicles operated by a governmental unit must be a manufactured or repowered zero-emission vehicle. Sets forth provisions implementing the Act, including requiring the Department of Central Management Services to adopt certain rules. Establishes large fleet reporting requirements, including drayage trucks. |
Sen. Ram Villivalam | billtext | Emissions | 06/12/2024 | Dead. Same as HB 5829. | 05/01/2024 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1069 | 4509 | |
| 2024kshb02501i | 2024 | KS | HB | 2501 | Requires railroads operating in Kansas to maintain minimum distances from the near-edge of railroad crossings to the storage of certain rolling stock on sidings. | Requires railroads operating in Kansas to maintain minimum distances from the near-edge of railroad crossings to the storage of certain rolling stock on sidings. | Senate Committee on Transportation | billtext | Rail | 05/20/2024 | Effective upon approval. | 02/19/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/05/2024 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/13/2024 Committee Report recommends bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/25/2024 Senate Committee of the Whole recommends Committee Report be adopted. 03/25/2024 Committee of the Whole recommends passage as amended. 03/26/2024 Passed Senate as amended 03/27/2024 House non-concurred with amendments. Conference Committee requested and members appointed. 04/05/2024 Conference Committee Report adopted in House and Senate. 04/09/2024 Enrolled in Senate and House and presented to Governor. 04/24/2024 Approved by Governor. |
04/24/2024 Approved by Governor. | 1070 | 2331 | |
| 2024lasr00106i | 2024 | LA | SR | 106 | Creates a task force to study the utilization of multimodal assets, specifically ports and rails by Louisiana local businesses. | Creates a task force to study the utilization of multimodal assets, specifically ports and rails by Louisiana local businesses. | Sen. Gary Carter | billtext | Ports | 06/12/2024 | Enrolled and delivered.. | 05/16/2024 Introduced in the Senate. First reading. Placed on the Calendar for a second reading. 05/20/2024 Read second time in Senate and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 05/22/2024 Reported with amendments by Committee. 05/23/2024 Rules suspended. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. 05/29/2024 Called from Calendar. Senate amendments read and adopted. Read by title and adopted. 06/03/2024 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate. |
06/03/2024 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate. | 1071 | 4769 | |
| 2024nyab10098i | 2024 | NY | AB | 10098 | Enacts an advanced clean fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Requires newly purchased or leased drayage equipment to be zero or near-zero emissions as of 2027.. | Enacts an Advanced Clean Fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Provides that, commencing in the year 2027, no fleet operator may newly purchase or lease a drayage truck, defined as on-road vehicles that transport cargo between a maritime terminal and intermodal rail facility, distribution center, or other near-port location, unless such truck is a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) or near zero emission vehicle (NZEV) model. Provides penalties for violation. |
Sen. Gary Carter | billtext | Emissions | 06/08/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 6298. | 05/03/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1072 | 4769 | |
| 2024nysb09406i | 2024 | NY | SB | 9406 | Requires NY DOT to adopt rules and regulations for the installation of heat safety gauges or hot bearing detectors on freight rail tracks; requires the installation of positive train control systems on all freight trains. | Requires NY DOT to promulgate rules and regulations for the installation of heat safety gauges or hot bearing detectors on freight rail tracks; requires the installation of positive train control systems on all freight trains. | Sen. Michelle Hinchy | billtext | Rail | 06/08/2024 | Dead. | 05/15/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1073 | 4683 | |
| 2024nysb09407i | 2024 | NY | SB | 9407 | Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding 8,500 ft in length. Establishes waiver process for exceptions deemed appropriate. | Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in length; directs the Commissioner of Transportation to promulgate rules and regulations to establish a waiver process to permit the operation of freight trains in excess of eight thousand five hundred feet for situations as deemed appropriate by such Commissioner. | Sen. Michelle Hinchy | billtext | Rail | 06/13/2024 | Dead. | 05/15/2024 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1074 | 4683 | |
| 2024ilhb05852i | 2024 | IL | HB | 5852 | Establishes that the rate of motor fuel tax shall be $0.454 per gallon, plus an additional $0.025 per gallon for diesel fuel through June 2026. | Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act and continuing through June 30, 2026, the rate of tax shall be $0.454 per gallon, plus an additional $0.025 per gallon for diesel fuel, liquefied natural gas, or propane. | Rep. Dan Caulkin | billtext | Fuel Tax | 06/12/2024 | Dead. | 05/21/2024 First reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
05/29/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1075 | 4770 | |
| 2024njab04460i | 2024 | NJ | AB | 4460 | Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety. | Requires at least a two-person crew on all dangerous hazardous trains. Requires that all dangerous hazardous trains clearly display the railroad company name. Specifies the two-person crew requirement is mandatory for train transporting one or more loaded freight cars containing any material poisonous by inhalation or transporting 10 or more loaded freight cars or freight cars loaded with bulk packages or containing certain hazardous materials. Prohibits operating any train that exceeds 8,500 feet in length on any main line or branch line within the State. Any person or railroad company that violates this maximum length is liable for a civil penalty of at least $500 but not more than $1,000 per foot exceeding the maximum train length allowed under the bill. The maximum penalty allowed is $250,000 in instances of gross negligence or a pattern of repeated violations that cause an imminent hazard of death or injury or that have caused death or injury, regardless of train length. The owner or operator of a privately owned railroad is required to submit a copy of federally required bridge inspection reports to the Commissioner of Transportation, the Governor, and the Legislature. Requires that wayside detector systems meeting standards are installed and operating along railroad tracks. |
Asm. Clinton Calabrese | billtext | Rail | 06/12/2024 | Pending Committee action. Same as SB 3389. | 06/03/2024 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. 06/06/2024 Reported and Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture. |
06/06/2024 Reported and Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture. | 1076 | 4759 | |
| 2024njsb03389i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 3389 | Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety. | Requires at least a two-person crew on all dangerous hazardous trains. Requires that all dangerous hazardous trains clearly display the railroad company name. Specifies the two-person crew requirement is mandatory for train transporting one or more loaded freight cars containing any material poisonous by inhalation or transporting 10 or more loaded freight cars or freight cars loaded with bulk packages or containing certain hazardous materials. Prohibits operating any train that exceeds 8,500 feet in length on any main line or branch line within the State. Any person or railroad company that violates this maximum length is liable for a civil penalty of at least $500 but not more than $1,000 per foot exceeding the maximum train length allowed under the bill. The maximum penalty allowed is $250,000 in instances of gross negligence or a pattern of repeated violations that cause an imminent hazard of death or injury or that have caused death or injury, regardless of train length. The owner or operator of a privately owned railroad is required to submit a copy of federally required bridge inspection reports to the Commissioner of Transportation, the Governor, and the Legislature. Requires that wayside detector systems meeting standards are installed and operating along railroad tracks. |
Sen. Patrick Diegnan, Jr | billtext | Rail | 06/12/2024 | Pending Committee action. Same as AB 4460. | 06/06/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. |
06/06/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. | 1077 | 2769 | |
| 2024nyab10360i | 2024 | NY | AB | 10360 | Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars. | Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars. | Asm. Karen McMahon | billtext | Rail | 06/13/2024 | Dead. Same as SB 6923. | 05/21/2024 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. |
06/08/2024 Died upon adjournment. | 1078 | 4771 | |
| 2024pahb02411i | 2024 | PA | HB | 2411 | Extends the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act to independent contractors in all industries. | Provides for criteria for independent contractors and for powers and duties of the Department of Labor and Industry and the Secretary of Labor and Industry; and imposes penalties. Extends the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act to independent contractors in all industries. | Rep. Nick Pisciottano | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/13/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 06/12/2024 Referred to House Committee on Labor and Industry. | 06/12/2024 Referred to House Committee on Labor and Industry. | 1079 | 4772 | |
| 2024pahb02412i | 2024 | PA | HB | 2412 | Provides for interagency cooperation regarding employee misclassification and sharing tax information; and establishes the Employee Misclassification Working Group. | Provides for interagency cooperation regarding employee misclassification and sharing tax information; and establishes the Employee Misclassification Working Group. | Rep. David Delloso | billtext | Employee Misclassification | 06/26/2024 | Pending Committee action. | 06/12/2024 Referred to House Committee on Labor and Industry. 06/25/2024 Reported as amended by Committee. 06/25/2024 First consideration in House. 06/25/2024 Re-committed to House Committee on Rules. |
06/25/2024 Re-committed to House Committee on Rules. | 1080 | 4773 | |
| 2024nj02841i | 2024 | NJ | SB | 2841 | Raises minimum amount of liability coverage for commercial motor vehicles to $1.5MM. | Increases the amount of commercial motor vehicle liability insurance from $1MM to $1.5MM. | Sen. Nicholas Scutari | billtext | Auto Liability Insurance | 06/26/2024 | Effective 7/1/2024. | 06/09/2022 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. 06/20/2022 Reported from Senate Committee. Second reading. 12/21/2023 Senate Amendment. 01/08/2024 Passed by Senate. 01/08/2024 Received in Assembly without Reference. Second reading. Floor amendment passed Assembly. 01/08/2024 Substituted for AB 4292. 01/08/2024 Passed by Assembly. 01/08/2024 Received in Senate. Second Reading on Concurrence. 01/08/2024 Passed Senate. 01/16/2024 Signed by Governor. |
01/16/2024 Signed by Governor. | 1081 | 4744 | |
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| 1 | Thomson | Helen | Assemblyman | CA | D | 555 Mason St., Ste. 275 | Vacaville | CA | 95688 | 707-455-8025 | 707-455-0490 | helen.Thomson@assembly.ca.gov | |
| 2 | Barrios | Jarrett | Representative | MA | D | 134 State House | Boston | MA | 02133 | 617-722-2130 | Rep.JarrettBarrios@hou.state.ma.us | http://www.barrios.org | |
| 4 | Neumann | Andy | Representative | MI | D | 937 S. Third Ave | Alpena | MI | 49707 | 517-373-0833 | aneumann@house.state.mi.us | ||
| 5 | Dixon | Roscoe | Senator | TN | D | 3592 Huckleberry | Memphis | TN | 38116 | 615-741-4158 | sen.roscoe.dixon@legislature.state.tn.us | ||
| 6 | Karnette | Betty | Senator | CA | D | 3711 Long Beach Blvd., Ste. 801 | Long Beach | CA | 90807 | 916-445-6447 | 562-997-0799 | Senator.Karnette@sen.ca.gov | |
| 13 | House Committee on Labor | AK | |||||||||||
| 14 | McDaniel | Frank | Representative | AL | D | PO Box 577 | Albertville | AL | 35950 | 256-242-7697 | ###-###-#### | ||
| 15 | Brimhall | Debra | Representative | AZ | R | PO Box 1216 | Pinedale | AZ | 85934 | 602-542-5861 | 602-542-4030 | dbrimhall@azleg.state.az.us | |
| 16 | Weiers | Jim | Representative | AZ | R | 1700 West Washington St., Rm 217 | Phoenix | AZ | 85007 | 602-5424639 | 602-542-0102 | jweiers@azleg.state.az.us | |
| 17 | Leff | Barbara | Representative | AZ | R | 8641 N. 55th Pl. | Paradise Valley | AZ | 85253 | 602-5425863 | 602-542-3689 | bleff@azleg.state.az.us | |
| 18 | Sher | Byron | Senator | CA | D | 100 Paseo de San Antonio, Ste. 204 | San Jose | CA | 95113 | 916-445-6747 | 408-277-9464 | Senator.Sher@sen.ca.gov | |
| 19 | Florez | Dean | Assemblyman | CA | D | 1800 30th St., Ste. 330 | Bakersfield | CA | 93301 | 916-319-2030 | 661-334-3796 | Assemblymember.Florez@assembly.ca.gov | |
| 20 | Perata | Don | Senator | CA | D | 1515 Clay St., Ste. 2202 | Oakland | CA | 94612 | 916-445-6577 | 510-286-3885 | Senator.Perata@sen.ca.gov | |
| 21 | Calderon | Thomas | Assemblyman | CA | D | 280 N. Montebello Blvd., Ste. 102 | Mentebello | CA | 90640 | 916-319-2058 | 323-838-0677 | Assemblymember.Calderon@assembly.ca.gov | |
| 22 | House Committee on Labor | CT | |||||||||||
| 23 | Conway | Thomas | Representative | CT | D | 1136 Hamilton Ave | Waterbury | CT | 06706 | 860-240-8585 | ###-###-#### | thomas.conway@po.state.ct.us | |
| 27 | Senate Committee on Labor | CT | |||||||||||
| 28 | House Committee on Transportation | FL | |||||||||||
| 29 | Madigan | Robert | Senator | IL | R | 618 N. Chicago St. | Lincoln | IL | 62656 | 217-782-6597 | 217-735-4319 | ||
| 30 | House Committee on Commerce and Regulation | IA | |||||||||||
| 31 | Senate Committee on Commerce | IA | |||||||||||
| 32 | Norelli | Terie | Representative | NH | D | 35 Middle Rd. | Portsmouth | NH | 03801-4802 | 603-436-9169 | ###-###-#### | norelli@nh.ultranet.com | |
| 33 | Assembly Committee on Rules | NY | |||||||||||
| 34 | Grannis | Alexander | Assemblyman | NY | D | 1672 First Ave. | New York | NY | 10128 | 518-455-5676 | 518-455-5282 | grannia@assembly.state.ny.us | |
| 35 | Marcellino | Carl | Senator | NY | R | 250 Townsend Square | Oyster Bay | NY | 11771 | 518-455-2390 | ###-###-#### | marcelli@senate.state.ny.us | |
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