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2017 Legislation Entry

billid	sessionyear	categoryid	CATEGORY	ST	BT	BILL TEXT	BILL#	SUMMARY	authorid	AUTHOR	STATUS	LAST ACTION	ISSUE	id	frequency	ACTION	UPDATED
2017scsb00058i	2017	42	Ports	SC	SB	BILL TEXT	58	Enacts the Port Enhancement Zone Act.	4102		12/13/2016 Prefiled. 12/13/2016 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 01/10/2017 Introduced and read first time. 01/10/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 01/19/2017 Reported favorably with amendment by Senate Committee on Finance. 01/26/2017 Committee amendment adopted. 01/26/2017 Amended in Senate. 01/26/2017 Read second time in Senate. 01/31/2017 Read third time. Passed Senate. Sent to House. 02/01/2017 Introduced in House and read first time. 02/01/2017 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	02/01/2017 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	This bill amends current law to enact the "port enhancement zone act"; extends the moratorium to taxpayers creating at least fifty full-time new jobs in a port enhancement zone; increases the maximum annual tax credit for port cargo volume the from eight million to nine million dollars and to provide that one million dollars may be awarded to a new warehouse or distribution facility that meets certain requirements and employs at least fifty new full-time jobs in a port enhancement zone; allows eighty-five percent of the maximum credit to be claimed by businesses located in a port enhancement zone; doubles the amount of the credit port enhancement zone; extends the exemption for materials handling to a taxpayer that invests at least twenty million dollars in a port enhancement zone, and to extend the exemption for construction materials to a taxpayer that invests at least forty million dollars, in real and personal property, in a port enhancement zone.	1	1	Carries-over to 2018.	2/2/17
2017nysb00340i	2017	152	Overtime Pay	NY	SB	BILL TEXT	340	Requires motor carriers to provide overtime pay to their employees.	3106		01/04/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	01/04/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	Adds a new provision to the Labor Law to require motor carriers to pay their employees one and a half times their regular hourly wage for hours worked beyond 40 hours in any week.	2	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion AB 721.	12/31/17
2016njacr00068i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	ACR	BILL TEXT	68	Memorializes U.S. Congress to repeal compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and dissolve commission.	3714		01/27/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety.	01/27/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety.	This concurrent resolution memorializes the United States Congress to enact legislation that would: 1) effectuate the repeal of the compact establishing the waterfront commission of New York harbor (commission) and dissolution of the commission; and 2) allow for the transfer of New Jersey?s and New York?s portion of the commission?s law enforcement responsibilities to an appropriate state or local agency within each state. The concurrent resolution also expresses the commitment of the Legislature of this State to approve any legislation necessary for the repeal, dissolution, and transfer.	3	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb01468i	2017	50	User Fees	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	1468	Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers.	4079		02/16/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations.	02/16/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations.	This bill would 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.	4	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb00550i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	550	Establishes Bi-State Commission to recommend Reforms to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.	611		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on State Government, Wagering, Tourism	01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on State Government, Wagering, Tourism	The purpose of the commission is to study the current structure, management, and oversight of the Port Authority and to recommend legislation to the legislatures of the State of New Jersey and the State of New York to reform the Port Authority. The report shall include, policies to address divisions between the Port Authority's New York and New Jersey counterparts and an analysis of whether the Port Authority could be restructured to resolve the two state's divergent goals and objectives; policies to address operational, structural, and management issues at the Port Authority; policies to address terms and method of appointment for Port Authority commissioners and senior leadership; policies establishing a formal and transparent process for non emergency operational changes at the Port Authority including an advance study and approval process and local government notification requirements; an analysis of the reforms implemented through New York's Public Authorities Report Act of 2009 and a determination of whether similar reforms should be implemented at the Port Authority. The commission is to submit a report of its findings and legislative proposals to the governors and legislatures of both states within 12 months of its first meeting.	5	1	No further action at this time.	1/15/18
2016njsb00510i	2017	50	User Fees	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	510	Supports increased volume of shipping at certain ports and designates the Port Support Zone Act. Imposes a tax on empty intermodal shipping.	4079		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	This bill establishes a port support zone surrounding the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal. The port support zone will assist with the increase in shipping volume expected upon the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal and the raising of the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate modern container ships. The port support zone includes the area within a five-mile radius of the outermost boundary of the 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 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. Authorizes the Department of Transportation, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the City of Newark, the City of Elizabeth, or both, to 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 authorizes a municipality having a population greater than 150,000 persons to impose a tax on empty intermodal shipping containers stored within the municipality, under certain circumstances.	6	1	Died upon adjournment. Same as AB 1961.	1/15/18
2016njsb00800i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	800	Establishes the Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act	319		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	This bill creates a presumption that a work arrangement in the drayage trucking or parcel delivery trucking industry is an employer-employee relationship unless the party receiving the services can overcome the legal presumption of employment by showing to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that: 1. The individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of that service; 2. The service is either outside the usual course of the business for which the service is performed, or the service is performed outside of all the places of business of the employer for which the service is performed; and 3. The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business. Employers who misclassify individuals in the drayage trucking industry or parcel delivery trucking industry as independent contractors for purposes of avoiding relevant provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," the "unemployment compensation law," the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," the workers? compensation law, or "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," will be, if the misclassification is done knowingly, guilty of a crime of the third degree and be punished by a fine of not more than $15,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year for a first offense, or both, and by a fine of not more than $30,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for a subsequent willful offense, and, if the misclassification is done recklessly, of a crime of the fourth degree and punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than six months for a first offense, or both, and by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for a subsequent offense. The bill also makes it unlawful for an employer or any other party to discriminate in any manner or take adverse action against any person in retaliation for exercising rights protected under the bill. These rights include the right to file a complaint or inform any person about an employer's noncompliance with this act; the right to inform any person of his potential rights; and the right to assist him in asserting such rights.	7	1	Died upon adjournment. Same as AB 1912.	1/15/18
2016njsb00121i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	121	Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.	939		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.01/09/2017 Discussed in Senate Committee on Labor.	01/09/2017 Discussed in Senate Committee on Labor.	This bill provides that services performed by an operator of a motor vehicle are not covered by the unemployment compensation law if the vehicle is licensed for commercial use under federal transportation regulations; the operator owns the vehicle or leases or finances the purchase of the vehicle through an entity which is independent of the entity for which the services were performed; the motor carrier complied with federal Form 1099 reporting requirements with respect to compensation paid to the operator of the motor vehicle; and there is a written lease with a motor carrier, which complies with federal leasing regulations. The bill also makes each individual operator who meets these criteria both ineligible for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and not subject to UI taxes. The bill exemption applies without regard to requirements of the federal UI law. The bill also removes the current exemption from UI coverage for operators of commercially-licensed motor vehicles weighing 18,000 pounds or more used for highway movement of motor freight, who own, or lease or finance the purchase of, the vehicle through an independent entity, and are compensated by a share of gross revenue or according to a schedule of payments based on the distance and weight of shipments.	8	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb02042i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	SB		2042	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.	1598		04/18/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	04/18/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police. In his conditional veto, the Governor states that federal law does not permit one state to unilaterally withdraw from a bi-state compact approved by Congress and that it is premature for New Jersey to contemplate withdrawing from the Waterfront Commission until New York considers similar legislation. The Governor recommends that the bill be amended to direct the Waterfront Commission to promulgate regulations substantially similar to the jurisdictional definitions proposed by the bill. Through this regulatory reform, the Waterfront Commission would expeditiously address one of the major goals of the bill, affording companies doing business in the port region increased regulatory clarity and predictability.	9	1	Died upon adjournment. Identical to AB 2179.	1/15/18
2016njab03694i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	AB	BILL TEXT	3694	Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.	3956		05/19/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. Combined with AB 1912 as committee substitute.	05/19/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. Combined with AB 1912 as committee substitute.	This bill provides that services performed by an operator of a motor vehicle are not covered by the unemployment compensation law, if the vehicle is licensed for commercial use under federal transportation regulations; the operator owns the vehicle or leases or finances the purchase of the vehicle through an entity which is independent of the entity for which the services were performed; the motor carrier complied with federal Form 1099 reporting requirements with respect to compensation paid to the operator of the motor vehicle; and there is a written lease with a motor carrier, which complies with federal leasing regulations. The bill also makes each individual operator who meets these criteria both ineligible for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and not subject to UI taxes. The exemption applies without regard to requirements of the federal UI law. The bill also removes the current exemption from UI coverage for operators of commercially-licensed motor vehicles weighing 18,000 pounds or more used for highway movement of motor freight, who own, or lease or finance the purchase of, the vehicle through an independent entity, and are compensated by a share of gross revenue or according to a schedule of payments based on the distance and weight of shipments.	10	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb02507i	2017	141	Clean Truck Programs CTP	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	2507	Establishes clean truck tariff program to reduce heavy-duty diesel truck emissions from trucks operating in the ports of Bayonne, Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Newark.	1598		09/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Energy.	09/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Energy.	Establishes a clean truck tariff program to be administered by the DEP to address the State health and environmental problems from heavy-duty diesel truck traffic in the ports of Bayonne, Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Newark. Requires the beneficial cargo owner of a container being transported by an owner or operator of a heavy-duty diesel truck registered to operate in the New Jersey portion of the port district to pay a clean truck tariff of not less than $100 nor more than $150 per trip to a port to receive or deliver a shipping container. Also provides that all moneys collected would be deposited in the ï¿½Clean Truck Tariff Fund,ï¿½ established in the bill, and that the moneys would be used to subsidize or reimburse the costs of updating the model years of the trucks. Directs the DEP to apply for and solicit funding for these subsidies or reimbursements from whatever funding sources may be available, for deposit into the ï¿½Clean Truck Tariff Fund.ï¿½ Any owner of a heavy-duty diesel truck registered to operate in the New Jersey portion of the port district with a model year of 2011 or older, or on or after January 2, 2020, with a model year more than eight years old, may apply to the DEP for a subsidy or reimbursement in the manner established by the DEP. Directs the DEP to enter into an agreement with the Port Authority to provide for the collection of the clean truck tariff and the forwarding of the moneys to the DEP. Allows the Port Authority to retain a portion of the collected moneys, not to exceed 2 percent, for administrative expenses connected with its responsibilities pursuant to the agreement. The bill also requires the agreement to establish the dollar amount of the clean truck tariff, how it would be imposed and collected, and any other provisions the DEP and the Port Authority determine to be necessary for the collection of the clean truck tariff.	11	1	Died upon adjournment. Identical to AB 4120.	1/15/17
2016njab04120i	2017	141	Clean Truck Programs CTP	NJ	AB	BILL TEXT	4120	Establishes clean truck tariff to reduce heavy-duty diesel truck emissions from trucks operating in the ports of Bayonne, Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Newark.	4141		09/15/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment and Solid Waste.	09/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Energy.	Establishes a clean truck tariff program to be administered by the DEP to address the State health and environmental problems from heavy-duty diesel truck traffic in the ports of Bayonne, Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Newark. Requires the beneficial cargo owner of a container being transported by an owner or operator of a heavy-duty diesel truck registered to operate in the New Jersey portion of the port district to pay a clean truck tariff of not less than $100 nor more than $150 per trip to a port to receive or deliver a shipping container. Also provides that all moneys collected would be deposited in the ï¿½Clean Truck Tariff Fund,ï¿½ established in the bill, and that the moneys would be used to subsidize or reimburse the costs of updating the model years of the trucks. Directs the DEP to apply for and solicit funding for these subsidies or reimbursements from whatever funding sources may be available, for deposit into the ï¿½Clean Truck Tariff Fund.ï¿½ Any owner of a heavy-duty diesel truck registered to operate in the New Jersey portion of the port district with a model year of 2011 or older, or on or after January 2, 2020, with a model year more than eight years old, may apply to the DEP for a subsidy or reimbursement in the manner established by the DEP. Directs the DEP to enter into an agreement with the Port Authority to provide for the collection of the clean truck tariff and the forwarding of the moneys to the DEP. Allows the Port Authority to retain a portion of the collected moneys, not to exceed 2 percent, for administrative expenses connected with its responsibilities pursuant to the agreement. The bill also requires the agreement to establish the dollar amount of the clean truck tariff, how it would be imposed and collected, and any other provisions the DEP and the Port Authority determine to be necessary for the collection of the clean truck tariff.	12	1	Died upon adjournment. Identical to SB 2507.	1/15/18
2016njab02179i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	AB		2179	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.	3956		01/27/2016 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety. 11/30/2017 Reported from the Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety and referred to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 12/18/2017 Reported out of Assembly Committee on Appropriations. To second reading. 01/08/2018 Substituted by SB 3502.	01/08/2018 Substituted by SB 3502.	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police. In his conditional veto, the Governor states that federal law does not permit one state to unilaterally withdraw from a bi-state compact approved by Congress and that it is premature for New Jersey to contemplate withdrawing from the Waterfront Commission until New York considers similar legislation. The Governor recommends that the bill be amended to direct the Waterfront Commission to promulgate regulations substantially similar to the jurisdictional definitions proposed by the bill. Through this regulatory reform, the Waterfront Commission would expeditiously address one of the major goals of the bill, affording companies doing business in the port region increased regulatory clarity and predictability.	13	1	Substituted by SB 3502.	1/9/18
2016njab03993i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	AB	BILL TEXT	3993	Concerns transfer of PANYNJ contracts related to marine terminals.	3956		06/30/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities.	06/30/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities.	This bill requires the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to include a proviso in its contract ensuring it the right to terminate the contract in the event of an unsatisfactory transfer of its duties and responsibilities. Under the provisions of this bill, the proviso is to specify that the Port Authority must provide written consent prior to the transfer of a contractorï¿½s rights and obligations to another entity if that entity is not based in the United States and does not have a satisfactory record of prior business dealings with the Port Authority. The proviso also must provide that in the absence of written approval by the Port Authority, the Port Authority has the right to terminate the agreement. Finally, the bill provides that the Port Authority may give its written consent to a transfer only after it has conducted its own independent security investigation of the transferee entity, its owners, its officers and managers, and any employees with security-sensitive responsibilities.	14	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb00116i	2017	50	User Fees	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	116	Establishes Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Cargo Facility Charge Act.	939		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation.	01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation.	This bill requires the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to contract with an independent third party collection agency to collect cargo facility charges from all users but prohibits the imposition of such a charge on ocean common carriers and marine terminal operators. The bill defines a user as: any person, company, or other entity that is named as shipper or consignee on the ocean common carrier bill of lading; any other person, company, or entity that is a bona fide holder of the bill of lading or who is entitled to receive delivery of export cargo or import cargo; or any other bailor of export or import cargo. A cargo facility charge is defined as a fee applicable to all cargo and cargo containers discharged from, or loaded onto, vessels at any marine facility owned or operated by the port authority. In addition, the bill requires the port authority to enter into an agreement with a marine terminal operator, to be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission, that requires the marine terminal operator to provide the port authority with information concerning a user?s cargo for the purpose of collecting a cargo facility charge. The port authority is authorized to refuse service to a user?s cargo and impose liens on the cargo of users who are delinquent in paying a cargo facility charge. Finally, the bill provides that users are to waive their right to any damages resulting from the enforcement of any lien or a refusal to provide service related to the imposition of the cargo facility charge, except that if it is determined that the port authority incorrectly enforced a lien or refused service, the user?s cargo facility charge may be waived. A marine terminal operator or an ocean common carrier is immune from any claim for damages resulting from the enforcement of any lien or a refusal to provide service by the port authority related to the imposition of the cargo facility charge. The bill will not take effect until the enactment into law of substantially similar legislation by the State of New York.	15	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njab01961i	2017	151	Fair Business Practices	NJ	AB	BILL TEXT	1961	Supports increased volume of shipping at certain ports and designates the Port Support Zone Act. Imposes tax on empty intermodal shipping containers stored within municipality.	4074		01/27/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.	01/27/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.	This bill establishes a port support zone surrounding the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal. The port support zone will assist with the increase in shipping volume expected upon the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal and the raising of the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate modern container ships. The port support zone includes the area within a five-mile radius of the outermost boundary of the 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 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. Authorizes the Department of Transportation, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the City of Newark, the City of Elizabeth, or both, to 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. Amendment omits the imposition of a tax on empty intermodal shipping containers stored within the municipality, under certain circumstances.	16	1	Died upon adjournment. Same as SB 510.	1/15/18
2016njab01912i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	AB	BILL TEXT	1912	Establishes the Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act.	908		01/27/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. 05/19/2016 Transferred to Assembly Committee on Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities. Reported from Committee as a substitute (combined with AB 3694). To second reading.	05/19/2016 Transferred to Assembly Committee on Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities. Reported from Committee as a substitute (combined with AB 3694). To second reading.	This bill creates a presumption that a work arrangement in the drayage trucking or parcel delivery trucking industry is an employer-employee relationship unless the party receiving the services can overcome the legal presumption of employment by showing to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that: 1. The individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of that service; 2. The service is either outside the usual course of the business for which the service is performed, or the service is performed outside of all the places of business of the employer for which the service is performed; and 3. The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business.Employers who misclassify individuals in the drayage trucking industry or parcel delivery trucking industry as independent contractors for purposes of avoiding relevant provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," the "unemployment compensation law," the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," the workers' compensation law, or "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," will be, if the misclassification is done knowingly, guilty of a crime of the third degree and be punished by a fine of not more than $15,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year for a first offense, or both, and by a fine of not more than $30,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for a subsequent willful offense, and, if the misclassification is done recklessly, of a crime of the fourth degree and punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than six months for a first offense, or both, and by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for a subsequent offense.The bill also makes it unlawful for an employer or any other party to discriminate in any manner or take adverse action against any person in retaliation for exercising rights protected under the bill. These rights include the right to file a complaint or inform any person about an employer's noncompliance with this act; the right to inform any person of his potential rights; and the right to assist him in asserting such rights. By combining the bill with AB 3694, the substitute also removes the current exemption from unemployment insurance coverage for operators of commercially licensed motor vehicles weighing 18,000 or more used for highway movement of motor freight, who own, or lease or finance the purchase of, the vehicle through an independent entity, and are compensated by a share of gross revenue or according to a schedule of payments based on the distance and weight of shipments.	17	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/16/18
2017casb00004i	2017	40	Freight	CA	SB	BILL TEXT	4	Enacts the Goods Movement and Clean Trucks Bond Act.	3799		12/05/2016 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 01/12/2017 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation and Housing, Environmental Quality, and Government and Finance. 03/08/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Environmental Quality. 03/29/2017 Recommended for passage by Senate Committee on Environmental Quality. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Government and Finance. 04/25/2017 Recommended for passage as amended by Senate Committee on Government and Finance. Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 04/26/2017 Read second time in Senate and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee Appropriations. 05/02/2017 May 8 hearing postponed. 05/10/2017 From Senate Committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/15/2017 Hearing in Senate Committee on Appropriations. Placed on Suspense File. 05/25/2017 Passed as amended by the Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/26/2017 Read second time and amended in Senate. Ordered to third reading 06/01/2017 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to Assembly. 06/01/2017 Read first time in Assembly. Held at desk. 06/22/2017 Amended as completely new bill.	06/22/2017 Amended as completely new bill.	Subject to voter approval at the June 5, 2018, statewide primary election, this bill would enact the Goods Movement and Clean Trucks Bond Act to authorize $500,000,000 of state general obligation bonds as follows: $200,000,000 to the State Air Resources Board for projects and programs consistent with the Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program; and $300,000,000 to the State Air Resources Board for projects and programs to expand the use of zero- and near-zero emission trucks in areas of the state that are designated as severe or extreme non-attainment areas for ozone and particulate matter.	18	1	Amended. No longer relevant to IANA.	6/23/17
2017caab00001i	2017	40	Freight	CA	AB	BILL TEXT	1	Allocates funds from increased diesel fuel excise tax for trade corridor improvement projects.	4030		12/05/2016 Read first time in Assembly.	12/05/2016 Read first time in Assembly.	This bill would deposit the revenues attributable to a $0.20 per gallon increase in the diesel fuel excise tax imposed by the bill into the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund. The bill would require revenues apportioned to the state from the National Highway Freight Program established by the federal Fixing Americaâ€™s Surface Transportation Act to be allocated for trade corridor improvement projects approved pursuant to these provisions. This bill would revise the list of plans to be consulted by the California Transportation Commission in prioritizing projects for funding. The bill would also expand eligible projects to include, among others, rail landside access improvements, landside freight access improvements to airports, and certain capital and operational improvements. The bill would identify specific amounts to be allocated from available federal funds to certain categories of projects.	19	1	Carries-over to 2018.	9/20/17
2017casb00001i	2017	40	Freight	CA	SB	BILL TEXT	1	Allocates funds from increased diesel fuel excise tax for trade corridor improvement projects.	4142		12/05/2016 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for Assignment. 01/26/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 01/26/2017 From Committee with author's amendments. 01/26/2017 Read second time in Senate and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 02/15/2017 Passed from Senate Committee on Rules. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Environmental Quality. 02/22/2017 Passed from Senate Committee on Environmental Quality. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Government and Finance. 03/08/2017 Passed from Senate Committee on Government and Finance. Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 03/30/2017 From committee with amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 04/03/2017 Passed from Senate Committee on Appropriations with recommendation for passage. 04/03/2017 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. 04/06/2017 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed Senate. Ordered to Assembly. 04/06/2017 Read first time in Assembly. Held at desk. 04/06/2017 Assembly rule suspended. 04/06/2017 Read third time and passed Assembly. Ordered to Senate. 04/06/2017 In Senate. Held at desk. 04/24/2017 Ordered to engrossing and enrolling in Senate. 04/24/2017 Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. 04/26/2017 Enrolled and presented to Governor. 04/28/2017 Approved by Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State.	04/28/2017 Approved by Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State.	This bill deposits 50% of the revenues attributable to a $0.20 per gallon increase in the diesel fuel excise tax imposed by the bill into the Trade Corridors Enhancement Fund, to be expended on corridor-based freight projects nominated by local agencies and the state.	20	1	Effective immediately.	5/3/17
2017gasb00089i	2017	41	Rail	GA	SB	BILL TEXT	89	Provides that the Commissioner of Transportation may administer a Georgia Freight Railroad Program to enhance the state's investment in freight rail projects.	1721		01/26/2017 Introduced. 01/30/2017 Read and referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/07/2017 Substitute reported favorably by Committee. 02/08/2017 Read second time in Senate. 02/15/2017 Third reading. Adopted in Senate. 02/16/2017 First reading in House. 02/17/2017 Second reading in House.	02/17/2017 Second reading in House.	The purpose of the Georgia Freight Rail program is to increase safety and reduce the number of trucks on state maintained highways, while providing Georgia businesses safe access to national and international markets via the state's rail networks, including state owned railroad facilities and ports. The Georgia Freight Railroad Program is designed to enhance the state's investment in eligible freight rail projects and is not intended to supplant current funding. The Program will be administered, subject to appropriations, at the discretion of the commissioner, in order to enhance the state's investment in freight rail projects for public benefit and to support a safe and balanced transportation system for the state. The Georgia Freight Railroad Program will compose of three subprograms: The Rail Enhancement Plan will acquire, lease, or improve railways or railroad equipment; The Rail Preservation Plan will acquire, lease, or improve short line railways or assist other appropriate entities to acquire, lease, or improve short line railways; and The Rail Industrial Plan will build, construct, restructure, or improve industrial access to railroad tracks and related facilities.	21	1	Carries-over to next session.	4/2/17
2017akhb00079i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	AK	HB	BILL TEXT	79	Defines independent contractor and excludes from workers' compensation coverage, and provides penalty for misclassification of employee.	1920		01/25/2017 Introduced and referred to House Committee on Labor and Commerce.02/20/2017 Public testimony in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 02/20/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/01/2017 Bill hearing cancelled. 03/06/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/08/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/15/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/17/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/18/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/20/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/22/2017 Hearing in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/24/2017 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. 03/31/2017 Heard and held in the House Committee on Judiciary. 04/05/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Judiciary. 04/13/2017 Hearing in House Committee on Judiciary. 04/13/2017 Committee Substitute moved out of House Committee on Judiciary. 04/14/2017 Committee Substitute recommended for passage by House Committee on Judiciary. 04/14/2017 Referred to House Committee on Finance.	04/14/2017 Referred to House Committee on Finance.	This bill, introduced at the request of the Governor to update workers' compensation law, provides a definition of independent contractor and excludes such from workers' compensation coverage. It also provides a penalty of up to $1,000 per day for misclassification of employee.	22	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 40.	4/15/17
2017aksb00040i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	AK	SB	BILL TEXT	40	Defines independent contractor and excludes from workers' compensation coverage, and provides penalty for misclassification of employee.	815		01/25/2017 Introduced and referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. 02/14/2017 Scheduled for hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor but not heard. 02/28/2017 Heard and held in Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.	02/28/2017 Heard and held in Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.	This bill, introduced at the request of the Governor to update workers' compensation law, provides a definition of independent contractor and excludes such from workers' compensation coverage. It also provides a penalty of up to $1,000 per day for misclassification of employee.	23	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to HB 79.	3/1/17
2017ilsb00051i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	IL	SB	BILL TEXT	51	Increases overall dimension of truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer from 55 to 65 feet.	4143		01/11/2017 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 01/24/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/23/2017 Senate Committee amendment 1 filed. 02/23/2017 Senate Committee amendment 1 referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 02/28/2017 Senate Committee amendment 1 referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/01/2017 Senate Committee on Transportation passes as amended. 03/14/2017 Second reading in Senate. 03/14/2017 Placed on 3/15/17 Senate calendar for 3rd reading. 04/05/2017 Third reading. Passed Senate. Arrived in House. First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules.	05/25/2018 Held under submission in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the maximum length of a truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer may not exceed 65 feet (rather than 55 feet) overall dimension on all non-State highways. Removes the requirement that truck tractor-semitrailer combinations must have no more than a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base on Class III roadways and other non-designated State highways. Provides that the distance between the kingpin and the axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches, unless the trailer or semitrailer is used for the transport of livestock.	24	1	Companion HB 683 passed both Houses.	4/6/17
2017ilhb00683i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	IL	HB	BILL TEXT	683	Increases overall dimension of truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer from 55 to 65 feet.	4119		01/25/2017 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules. 02/08/2017 Assigned to House Committee on Transportation: Vehicles and Safety Committee. 02/21/2017 House Committee amendment 1 filed and referred to House Committee on Rules. 02/22/2017 House Committee on Rules referred amendment 1 to House Committee on Transportation: Vehicles and Safety. 02/23/2017 House Committee amendment 2 filed. 02/23/2017 House committee amendment 2 referred to House Committee on Rules. 03/07/2017 House Committee amendment 2 referred to House Committee on Transportation: Vehicle and Safety. 03/08/2017 House Committee amendment 2 adopted in House Committee on Transportation: Vehicles and Safety. 03/08/2017 Passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation: Vehicles and Safety. 03/08/2017 House Committee amendment 1 tabled. 03/08/2017 Placed on House calendar for second reading. 03/23/2017 Second reading/short debate in House. 03/23/2017 Placed on House calendar for third reading/short debate. 03/29/2017 Third reading. Passed House. Arrived in Senate. 03/30/2017 First reading in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Assignments. 04/25/2017 Approved for consideration by Senate Committee on Assignments. 05/12/2017 Second reading in Senate. 05/29/2017 Third reading. Passed Senate. 05/29/2017 Passed both Houses. 06/27/2017 Sent to the Governor. 08/25/2017 Signed by Governor.	08/25/2017 Signed by Governor.	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the maximum length of a truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer may not exceed 65 feet (rather than 55 feet) overall dimension on all non-State highways. Removes the requirement that truck tractor-semitrailer combinations must have no more than a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base on Class III roadways and other non-designated State highways. Provides that the distance between the kingpin and the axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches, unless the trailer or semitrailer is used for the transport of livestock.	25	1	Effective 1/1/2018.	8/29/17
2017nyab00721i	2017	151	Fair Business Practices	NY	AB	BILL TEXT	721	Requires motor carriers to provide overtime pay to their employees.	4010		01/09/2017 Introduced and referred to the Assembly Committee on Labor.	01/09/2017 Introduced and referred to the Assembly Committee on Labor.	Adds a new provision to the Labor Law to require motor carriers to pay their employees one and a half times their regular hourly wage for hours worked beyond 40 hours in any week.	26	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 340.	12/31/17
2017nyab02223i	2017	41	Rail	NY	AB	BILL TEXT	2223	Authorizes study to determine the feasibility of expanding freight railroad service within the state.	666		01/17/2017 Introduced and referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation.	01/17/2017 Introduced and referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation.	This bill authorizes and directs the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of expanding freight railroad service within the state. The study will include analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of such expansion, the potential for building additional intermodal railroad yards, and the availability of capital grants from the federal government for such projects. Also directs the commissioner to complete and deliver the report to the Governor and leaders of the Assembly and Senate within one year of enactment.	27	1	Carries-over to 2018.	12/31/17
2017nysb03710i	2017	50	User Fees	NY	SB	BILL TEXT	3710	Prohibits charges on import and export cargo leaving any marine facility owned or operated by the port authority.	4063		01/26/2017 Introduced and referred to Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. 05/23/2017 Reported by Senate Committee on Corporations Authorities and Commissions, and referred to Senate Committee on Finance.	05/23/2017 Reported by Senate Committee on Corporations Authorities and Commissions, and referred to Senate Committee on Finance.	Prohibits the port authority from assessing a user, ocean common carrier, marine terminal operator, carrier, or rail carrier a cargo facility charge on import and export cargo leaving any marine facility owned or operated by the port authority, except that the port authority may assess a user, ocean common carrier, marine terminal operator, carrier, or rail carrier a cargo facility charge upon written mutual agreement between the user, ocean common carrier, marine terminal operator, carrier, or rail carrier and the port authority.	28	1	Carries-over to 2018.	12/31/17
2017nyab03270i	2017	151	Fair Business Practices	NY	AB	BILL TEXT	3270	Amends the Waterfront Commission Act. Empowers the Commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's register.	4072		01/27/2017 Introduced and referred to Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.	01/27/2017 Introduced and referred to Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.	The purpose of this legislation is to provide the bistate approval required to amend the Waterfront Commission Compact. The State of New Jersey enacted into law legislation of identical effect in the form of P.L.2007, c.167, on September 10, 2007. Approximately ninety percent of international maritime commerce in the Port of New York.	29	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 3312.	12/31/17
2017nysb03312i	2017	151	Fair Business Practices	NY	SB	BILL TEXT	3312	Amends the Waterfront Commission Act. Empowers the Commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's register.	3738		01/20/2017 Introduced and referred to the Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.	01/20/2017 Introduced and referred to the Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.	The purpose of this legislation is to provide the bistate approval required to amend the Waterfront Commission Compact. The State of New Jersey enacted into law legislation of identical effect in the form of P.L.2007, c.167, on September 10, 2007. Approximately ninety percent of international maritime commerce in the Port of New York.	30	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to AB 3270.	12/31/17
2017iahf00074i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	IA	HF	BILL TEXT	74	Increases certain penalties for employers misclassifying employees for unemployment compensation contribution purposes.	3015		01/23/2017 Introduced and referred to House Committee on Labor. 01/31/2017 Referred to subcommittee in House Committee on Labor.	01/31/2017 Referred to subcommittee in House Committee on Labor.	This bill provides that if the Department of Workforce Development finds that an employer willfully failed to pay any contribution for state unemployment compensation with intent to defraud the Department, and that the failure to pay by the employer involved the misclassification of an employeeâ€™s wages on a federal 1099 record, for any subsequent finding by the Department of such a failure to pay by that employer involving the misclassification of an employeeâ€™s wages on a federal 1099 record, the additional contribution penalty required by Code section 96.14(2)(e) shall equal percent of the amount the employer failed to pay due to misclassification. Current law provides that such an additional contribution penalty equals 50 percent of the amount the employer failed to pay.	31	1	Carries-over to 2018.	4/30/17
2017nhhb00563i	2017	41	Rail	NH	HB	BILL TEXT	563	Makes appropriations for the Carroll and Strafford counties freight rail improvements project and the Coos county freight rail improvements project.	4144		01/05/2017 Introduced and referred to the House Committee on Public Works and Highways. 02/08/2017 Executive session. 02/10/2017 Reported out of House Committee on Public Works and Highways. 02/15/2017 Passed House Committee on Public Works and Highways.	02/15/2017 Passed House Committee on Public Works and Highways.	This bill makes a capital appropriation of $2,000,000 to the department of transportation for the Carroll and Strafford freight rail improvements project. The appropriation is contingent upon the receipt of matching private funds. Also makes a capital appropriation of $2,000,000 to the department of transportation or the Coos county freight rail improvements project. The appropriation is contingent upon the receipt of matching private funds.	32	1	Carries-over to 2018.	7/15/17
2017utsb00025i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	UT	SB	BILL TEXT	25	Allows trucks 53 ft and under to operate anywhere in the state, except where specifically restricted access by law.	4081		01/23/2017 Introduced. Passed second and third readings. 01/23/2017 Passed Senate. To House. 01/24/2017 Received in House from Senate. 01/25/2017 First reading in House. 01/26/2017 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/01/2017 Favorable recommendation by House Committee on Transportation. 02/02/2017 House Committee on Transportation report favorable. Second reading in House. 02/08/2017 Third reading. Passed House. Returned to Senate for enrolling. 02/10/2017 Enrolled. 03/15/2017 Sent to Governor. 03/17/2017 Signed by Governor.	03/17/2017 Signed by Governor.	Under current law, a semitrailer over 48 ft. but under 53 ft. could be operated in the state but it required a permit to be issued by the department designating what routes within the state it could travel on. This legislation would now allow trucks 53 ft and under to operate anywhere in the state, except where they are specifically restricted access by law.	33	1	Effective 60 days following adjournment.	3/22/17
2017orsb00530i	2017	42	Ports	OR	SB		530	For the purpose of enhancing trade in goods, establishes Oregon Shipping Authority as independent public corporation and prescribes authority's purpose, mission and powers.	4145		01/09/2017 Introduced. 01/17/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Business and Transportation, then Ways and Means.	01/17/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Business and Transportation, then Ways and Means.	Establishes Oregon Shipping Authority as independent public corporation and prescribes authorityâ€™s purpose, mission and powers. Provides for county commissioners in each of 12 regions of state to appoint director that represents region to authorityâ€™s board of directors. Directs Port of Portland to transfer right, title, ownership and interest in Terminal 6 in Portland to authority. Specifies duties of authority with respect to authorityâ€™s employees. Permits authority to sell revenue bonds and enter into financing agreements. Subjects authority to annual audit by Secretary of State and requires authority to respond to recommendations in audit report. Directs authority to establish grant program to enhance maritime shipping facilities at ports within state.	34	1	Died upon adjournment.	7/16/17
2017wahb01300i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	WA	HB	BILL TEXT	1300	Establishes the Employee Fair Classification Act.	4066		01/16/2017 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Labor . 02/02/2017 Executive action taken. House Committee on Labor and Workforce Standards passes substitute.	02/02/2017 Executive action taken. House Committee on Labor and Workforce Standards passes substitute.	Creates the Employee Fair Classification Act, which prohibits misclassification of employees as independent contractors and creates remedies, including civil penalties and damages. Defines "independent contractor" for purposes of the Employee Fair Classification Act and establishes the same definition for purposes of the Minimum Wage Act, unemployment insurance, industrial insurance, and other employment laws.	35	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 5527.	2/4/17
2017wasb00000i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	WA	SB	BILL TEXT	5527	Establishes the Employee Fair Classification Act.	3972		01/27/2017 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor 04/24/2017 Reintroduced and retained in present status. 05/23/2017 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. 06/21/2017 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. 06/28/2017 Executive session scheduled but no action taken in Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Sports.	06/28/2017 Executive session scheduled but no action taken in Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Sports.	Prohibits misclassification of employees as independent contractors and creates remedies, including civil penalties and damages. Defines "independent contractor" for purposes of the Employee Fair Classification Act and establishes the same definition for purposes of the Minimum Wage Act, unemployment insurance, industrial insurance, and other employment laws.	36	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to HB 1300.	6/30/17
2017ndhb01255i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	ND	HB	BILL TEXT	1255	Creates large truck primary highway network and gives authority to establish truck axle configuration and weight limits.	2047		01/09/2017 Introduced. First reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 01/27/2017 Hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 02/06/2017 Reported favorably as amended by Committee. 02/07/2017 Amendment adopted by House. Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. 02/14/2017 Reported back to House by Committee. Placed on House calendar. 02/21/2017 Second reading in House. Passed. 02/22/2017 Received in Senate. 02/22/2017 Introduced in Senate. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/16/2017 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/17/2017 Reported by Senate Committee on Transportation with recommendation for passage. Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 03/24/2017 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. Reported to Senate with recommendation for passage. 03/27/2017 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/28/2017 Reported back amended to Senate by Committee on Transportation. Placed on Senate calendar. 03/29/2017 Passed second reading in Senate as amended. 03/30/2017 Returned to House. 04/04/2017 House concurred in Senate amendment. 04/04/2017 Second reading. Passed House. 04/05/2017 Signed by President of the Senate. 04/06/2017 Signed by Speaker of the House. 04/07/2017 Sent to Governor. 04/12/2017 Signed by Governor.	04/12/2017 Signed by Governor.	Directs Department of Transportation to establish a limited transportation network within the state. The initial network consists of selected highways and the interstate system to serve asthe foundation for this system. The department may modify the foundation through a public involvement process established by the department. Establishes advisory committee. The Department of Transportation, in consultation with the advisory committee, may adopt rules to establish the required axle configurations and weight limit requirements for trucks weighing more than one hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [47,854 kilograms] utilizing the network established by this chapter.	37	1	Effective 8/1/2017.	4/13/17
2017vasb01331i	2017	91	Funding	VA	SB	BILL TEXT	1331	Shifts responsibilities for transportation planning to Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation. Promotes transparency and accountability of the programming of transportation funds, including the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program.	2706		01/10/2017 Prefiled and ordered printed. 01/10/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 01/25/2017 Reported from Senate Committee on Transportation with substitute. 01/25/2017 Committee substitute printed. 01/27/2017 Constitutional reading dispensed. 01/30/2017 Read second time. 01/30/2017 Reading of substitute waived. 01/30/2017 Committee substitute agreed to. 01/30/2017 Engrossed by Senate. 01/31/2017 Read third time and passed Senate. 02/03/2017 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 02/09/2017 Reported favorably from House Committee on Transportation. 02/10/2017 Second reading in House. 02/13/2017 Read third time. Passed House. 02/15/2017 Enrolled in Senate. 02/15/2017 Signed by Speaker of the House. 02/17/2017 Signed by President of the Senate. 02/17/2017 Communicated to Governor. 02/23/2017 Approved by Governor.	02/23/2017 Approved by Governor.	Shifts responsibilities for transportation planning activities from the Virginia Department of Transportation to the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation. Promotes transparency and accountability of the programming of transportation funds, including the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program and the statewide prioritization process. Ensures that the Commonwealth has a multimodal transportation system that promotes economic development and all transportation modes, intermodal connectivity, environmental quality, accessibility for people and freight, and transportation safety. Encourages the use of innovation and best practices to improve the efficiency of the Commonwealth's surface transportation network and to enhance the efficacy of strategies to improve efficiency. Promotes the coordination between transportation investments and land use planning.	38	1	Effective 7/1/2017. Companion to HB 2241.	2/25/17
2017txhb01304i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	1304	Creates a rebuttable presumption of employment status for unemployment compensation purposes and imposes penalties for misclassification.	4147		01/26/2017 Introduced. 02/27/2017 Read first time. 02/27/2017 Referred to House Committee on Economic and Small Business Development. 04/20/2017 Considered in public hearing. Testimony taken. Left pending in House Committee on Economic and Small Business Development.	04/20/2017 Considered in public hearing. Testimony taken. Left pending in House Committee on Economic and Small Business Development.	Amends current law so that an individual performing a service for wages or under an express or implied contract of hire is presumed to be an employee of the person for whom the service is performed. Allows that this presumption may be rebutted if the person for whom the service is performed shows to the satisfaction of the commission that the individual's performance of the service has been and will continue to be free from control or direction under the contract. The law is also amended to establish that a person shall properly classify, as an employee or independent contractor, any individual the person directly retains and compensates for the performance of a service. The commission may assess a penalty against a person who fails to properly classify an individual as required in an amount not to exceed $200 for each individual that the person has not properly classified.	39	1	Died upon adjournment. Companion to SB 592.	4/21/17
2017txsb00592i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	TX	SB	BILL TEXT	592	Creates a rebuttable presumption of employment status for unemployment compensation purposes and imposes penalties for misclassification.	1824		01/24/2017 Introduced. 02/08/2017 Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development.	02/08/2017 Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development.	Amends current law so that an individual performing a service for wages or under an express or implied contract of hire is presumed to be an employee of the person for whom the service is performed. Allows that this presumption may be rebutted if the person for whom the service is performed shows to the satisfaction of the commission that the individual's performance of the service has been and will continue to be free from control or direction under the contract. The law is also amended to establish that a person shall properly classify, as an employee or independent contractor, any individual the person directly retains and compensates for the performance of a service. The commission may assess a penalty against a person who fails to properly classify an individual as required in an amount not to exceed $200 for each individual that the person has not properly classified.	40	1	Died upon adjournment. Companion to HB 1304.	2/18/17
2017vthb00148i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	VT	HB	BILL TEXT	148	Increases weight of certain trucks under special annual permit.	137		01/27/2017 Introduced. Read first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation.	01/27/2017 Introduced. Read first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation.	This bill increases from 99,000 pounds to 107,000 pounds the authorized weight of truck combinations with six or more axles that may lawfully operate on Vermont highways under a special annual overweight permit issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and specify a fee of $700.00 for vehicles permitted for a weight above 99,000 pounds and up to 107,000 pounds.	41	1	Carries-over to 2018.	1/30/17
2017wahb01780i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	WA	HB	BILL TEXT	1780	Clarifies that independent owner operators using their own vehicles are exempt from coverage under unemployment compensation laws.	2963		01/30/2017 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Labor 04/24/2017 Reintroduced and retained in present status. 05/23/2017 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. 06/21/2017 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.	06/21/2017 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.	Clarifies current law stipulating that independent owner operators using their own vehicles under contract for a motor carrier are not covered under the unemployment compensation laws required for both regular motor carrier employees and independent contractors (primarily drivers) for motor carriers that do not own their own vehicles for hire.	42	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 5565.	6/22/17
2017wasb05565i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	WA	SB	BILL TEXT	5565	Clarifies that independent owner operators using their own vehicles are exempt from coverage under unemployment compensation laws.	4148		01/27/2017 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor. 02/15/2017 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Sports. 02/16/2017 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Sports. 02/16/2017 First substitute bill passed by Committee. 02/17/2017 Passed to Senate for second reading. 03/21/2017 To Senate Committee on Rules "X" file. 04/24/2017 Reintroduced and retained in present status. 05/23/2017 Reintroduced and retained in present status. 06/21/2017 Reintroduced and retained in present status.	06/21/2017 Reintroduced and retained in present status.	Modifies the exemption for workers' compensation purposes for a transportation contractor to include a person operating a truck which the person owns and leases to a licensed motor carrier, or for which the person provides services as a licensed motor carrier to a licensed freight broker.	43	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to HB 1780.	6/22/17
2017vahb02241i	2017	91	Funding	VA	HB	BILL TEXT	2241	Shifts responsibilities for transportation planning to Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation. Promotes transparency and accountability of the programming of transportation funds, including the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program.	4146		01/11/2017 Prefiled and ordered printed. 01/11/2017 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 01/17/2017 Assigned Transportation Subcommittee 3. 01/19/2017 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. 01/24/2017 Reported from Transportation with substitute. 01/24/2017 Committee substitute printed. 01/25/2017 Read first time in House. 01/26/2017 Read second time in House. 01/26/2017 Committee substitute agreed to. 01/26/2017 Committee substitute engrossed by House. 01/27/2017 Read third time and passed House. 01/30/2017 Constitutional reading dispensed in Senate. 01/30/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/08/2017 Reported favorably from Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/10/2017 Second reading dispensed. 02/13/2017 Amended in Senate. Passed Senate as amended. 02/15/2017 Senate amendment agreed to by House. 02/17/2017 Enrolled by House as passed by House and Senate. 02/20/2017 Signed by President of the Senate. 02/21/2017 Enrolled bill communicated to Governor. 03/03/2017 Approved by Governor.	03/03/2017 Approved by Governor.	Shifts responsibilities for transportation planning activities from the Virginia Department of Transportation to the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation. Promotes transparency and accountability of the programming of transportation funds, including the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program and the statewide prioritization process. Ensures that the Commonwealth has a multimodal transportation system that promotes economic development and all transportation modes, intermodal connectivity, environmental quality, accessibility for people and freight, and transportation safety. Encourages the use of innovation and best practices to improve the efficiency of the Commonwealth's surface transportation network and to enhance the efficacy of strategies to improve efficiency. Promotes the coordination between transportation investments and land use planning.	44	1	Effective 7/1/2017. Companion to SB 1331.	3/8/17
2017risb00167i	2017	38	Indemnity Agreements	RI	SB	BILL TEXT	167	Prohibits indemnity agreement in motor carrier transportation contract.	3068		02/01/2017 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. 02/14/2017 Hearing in Senate Committee on Judiciary. Recommended to be held for further study.	02/14/2017 Hearing in Senate Committee on Judiciary. Recommended to be held for further study.	Renders void and unenforceable any motor transportation contract term indemnifying an indemnitee from or against its own negligence, intentional acts or omissions in contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the chapter.	45	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to HB 5487.	2/21/17
2017rihb05487i	2017	38	Indemnity Agreements	RI	HB	BILL TEXT	5487	Prohibits indemnity agreement in motor carrier transportation contract.	2325		02/15/2017 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Corporations. 02/28/2017 House Committee on Corporations recommended measure be held for further study.	02/28/2017 House Committee on Corporations recommended measure be held for further study.	Renders void and unenforceable any motor transportation contract term indemnifying an indemnitee from or against its own negligence, intentional acts or omissions in contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the chapter.	46	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 167.	3/1/17
2017kssb00134i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	KS	SB	BILL TEXT	134	Enhances penalty for misclassification of employees for purposes of evading taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.	477		02/01/2017 Introduced. 02/02/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.	02/02/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.	Under current law, any person who knowingly and intentionally misclassifies an employee as an independent contractor for the sole or primary purpose of avoiding either state income tax withholding and reporting requirements or state unemployment insurance contribution reporting requirements is subject to a civil penalty for a first violation. For a second violation, a person is subject to a civil penalty and can be prosecuted for a class C nonperson misdemeanor. Upon a third violation, a person is subject to a civil penalty and can be prosecuted for a class A nonperson misdemeanor. This bill amends these classifications to make the second and any subsequent violation a severity level ten, nonperson felony.	47	1	Carries-over to 2018.	6/30/17
2017vthb00223i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	VT	HB	BILL TEXT	223	Concerns classification of employees and independent contractors.	4149		02/09/2017 Read first time. Referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.	02/09/2017 Read first time. Referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.	This bill amends the definitions related to independent contractors in the workersâ€™ compensation and unemployment insurance laws to: provide for notice of the requirements regarding employee classification at worksites; permit the Department of Labor to enter an employerâ€™s premises for the purposes of investigating compliance with the workersâ€™ compensation and unemployment compensation statutes; permit the Department to obtain an injunction to enforce a stop-work order related to a violation of the workersâ€™ compensation statute; clarify the requirements for consultation regarding debarment of employers that have violated the wage and hour, workersâ€™ compensation, or unemployment compensation statutes; create an Employee Classification Task Force and; provide beneficiaries of public assistance programs with transitional assistance once they begin earning income, in order to enable their transition from public assistance to the workforce.	48	1	Carries-over to 2018.	2/20/17
2017vthb00323i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	VT	HB	BILL TEXT	323	Concerns classification of employees and independent contractors.	4150		02/17/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.	02/17/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.	This bill amends definitions related to independent contractors in the workersâ€™ compensation and unemployment compensation statutes, to provide for notice of the requirements regarding employee classification at worksites, to permit the Department of Labor to enter an employerâ€™s premises for the purposes of investigating compliance with the workersâ€™ compensation and unemployment compensation statutes, to permit the Department to obtain an injunction to enforce a stop-work order related to a violation of the workersâ€™ compensation statute, to clarify the requirements for consultation regarding debarment of employers that have violated the wage and hour, workersâ€™ compensation, and unemployment compensation statutes, and to create an Employee Classification Task Force.	49	1	Carries-over to 2018.	2/21/17
2017vtsb00073i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	VT	SB	BILL TEXT	73	Creates the Vermont Commission on Employee Misclassification.	4080		02/07/2017 Read first time, Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs.	02/07/2017 Read first time, Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs.	This bill creates an interagency commission to investigate, evaluate, and address the negative impacts from employee misclassification in Vermont on workersâ€™ compensation rates, unemployment insurance contributions, and State tax revenues, and to recommend changes to Vermontâ€™s workersâ€™ compensation, unemployment insurance, tax, and other laws to improve the clarity and consistency of the laws relating to employee classification. This bill also proposes to permit the Attorney General to enforce complaints of employee misclassification under the workersâ€™ compensation and unemployment insurance laws.	50	1	Carries-over to 2018.	2/15/17
2017ohsb00038i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	OH	SB	BILL TEXT	38	Establishes standards to prevent employee misclassification.	4151		02/07/2017 Introduced in Senate. 02/08/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Commerce and Workforce.	02/08/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Commerce and Workforce.	This bill creates a uniform standard to determine whether an individual performing services for an employer is an employee of that employer. Replaces the definition of â€œemployeeâ€ in the Minimum Fair Wage Standards Law and the Industrial Commission and Bureau of Workersâ€™ Compensation Law. Adds the definition of â€œemployeeâ€ created under the bill to the Bimonthly Pay Law, the Prevailing Wage Law, the Unemployment Compensation Law, and the Income Tax Law. Prohibits any person from requiring or requesting an individual to enter into an agreement or sign a document that does not accurately reflect the individualâ€™s relationship with an employer. Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an individual who seeks employment protection and creates criminal and civil penalties for individuals who violate proposed employment provisions.	51	1	Carries-over to 2018.	12/31/17
2017caab01418i	2017	40	Freight	CA	AB	BILL TEXT	1418	Original bill stated intent to enact legislation ensuring and promoting the competitiveness of Californiaâ€™s statewide and local freight transportation systems. Amended bill is a completely new bill that is no longer relevant to IANA.	4127		02/17/2017 Read first time. To print. 02/19/2017 From printer. 03/27/2017 Referred to Assembly Committee on Public Safety. 03/28/2017 From Assembly Committee on Public Safety with amendments. Amended and re-referred to the Assembly Committee on Public Safety. Read second time and amended. Completely new bill and no longer relevant to IANA.	03/28/2017 From Assembly Committee on Public Safety with amendments. Amended and re-referred to the Assembly Committee on Public Safety. Read second time and amended. Completely new bill and no longer relevant to IANA.	Amended and no longer relevant to IANA. Original bill: The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 1B) created the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund and provided for allocation by the CaliforniaTransportation Commission of $2 billion in bond funds for infrastructure improvements on highway and rail corridors that have a high volume of freight movement and for specified categories of projects eligible to receive these funds. Existing law continues the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund in existence in order to receive revenues from sources other than the bond act for these purposes. Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission, in determining trade corridor improvements eligible for funding with these revenues, to consult various plans, including the State Air Resources Boardâ€™s Sustainable Freight Strategy. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation ensuring and promoting the competitiveness of Californiaâ€™s statewide and local freight transportation systems, including job growth, in a manner consistent with the goals of the Sustainable Freight Strategy.	52	1	Amended and no longer relevant to IANA.	3/31/17
2017kyhb00196i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	KY	HB	BILL TEXT	196	Concerns misclassification of employees, particularly in the construction industry.	4152		02/07/2017 Introduced in House. 02/09/2017 Referred to House Committee on Economic Development.	02/09/2017 Referred to House Committee on Economic Development.	This bill sets forth legislative findings and declarations behind employee misclassification problems; provides definitions; sets forth determination of misclassified workers; sets forth investigation process and violations; establishes court remedies; requires notice by an employer; grants commissioner authority to promulgate administrative regulations; requires agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer to other interested state agencies; establishes penalties for violations; prohibits contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for two years; requires the Department of Revenue to provide copies to three other state agencies; requires the Office of Employment and Training to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; requires the commissioner to provide copies to three other state agencies.	53	1	Died upon adjournment.	4/2/17
2017mnhf00995i	2017	41	Rail	MN	HF	BILL TEXT	1844	Provides for grants for freight railroad preservation and improvement.	4133		03/01/2017 Introduction and first reading. Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy. 03/09/2017 House Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy report recommends adoption and referral to House Committee on Transportation Finance.	03/09/2017 House Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy report recommends adoption and referral to House Committee on Transportation Finance.	This bill authorizes $4.5 million in G.O. bonds and appropriates the funds for a new category of freight railroad rehabilitation and infrastructure improvement grants being established under the Minnesota Rail Service Improvement (MRSI) program. The program requirements consist of: Grant eligibility for class II and class III railroads, local governmental units, and shippers(regardless of rail facility ownership); A grant maximum at 80 percent of project costs; and Prioritization of awards based on capital or rehabilitation projects to improve service, segments experiencing low rail service use, and more than 20 percent of the funding coming from non-state and nonfederal sources.	54	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SF 2093.	3/15/17
2017mnsf00765i	2017	41	Rail	MN	SF	BILL TEXT	2093	Provides for grants for freight railroad preservation and improvement.	4159		03/13/2017 Introduction and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.	03/13/2017 Introduction and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.	This bill authorizes $4.5 million in G.O. bonds and appropriates the funds for a new category of freight railroad rehabilitation and infrastructure improvement grants being established under the Minnesota Rail Service Improvement (MRSI) program. The program requirements consist of: Grant eligibility for class II and class III railroads, local governmental units, and shippers(regardless of rail facility ownership); A grant maximum at 80 percent of project costs; and Prioritization of awards based on capital or rehabilitation projects to improve service, segments experiencing low rail service use, and more than 20 percent of the funding coming from non-state and nonfederal sources.	55	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to HF 1844.	3/15/17
2017flhb01089i	2017	49	Intermodal	FL	HB	BILL TEXT	1089	Authorizes Nassau County Ocean Highway and Port Authority to create and improve intermodal transportation facilities, freight logistics zone and intermodal logistics center.	4154		02/28/2017 Filed in House. 03/06/2017 Referred to House Subcommittee on Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs; House Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and House Committee on Government Accountability. 03/07/2017 Introduced in House. 03/15/2017 Reported favorably by House Subcommittee on Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs. Now in House Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 03/21/2017 Reported favorably by House Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 03/22/2017 In House Committee on Government Accountability. 04/06/2017 Reported favorably by House Committee on Government Accountability. Placed on House calendar. 04/27/2017 Read second and third time in House. Passed House. 04/28/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 05/04/2017 Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Rules. Placed on calendar. Read second and third time. Passed Senate. Ordered enrolled. 05/22/2017 Signed by officers and presented to Governor. 06/06/2017 Vetoed by Governor. 06/07/2017 Governor's veto message received in House.	01/29/2018 Referred to House Committee on Rules.	This bill updates the authority powers of the Ocean Highway and Port Authority of Nassau County, including the authority to create, construct, extend, enlarge, establish, improve, and maintain transportation facilities, intermodal facilities and intermodal facilities infrastructure, and a freight logistics zone and intermodal logistics center.	56	1	The legislature has until the end of the next regular session to override the veto by a two-thirds majority in each house.	6/13/17
2017hihb00725i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	HI	HB	BILL TEXT	725	Requires weigh in motion and axle scale system at harbor facilities for vehicles carrying load of more than 55,000 lbs., and requires report by cargo carriers.	4155		01/20/2017 Pending introduction. 01/23/2017 Passed first reading. 01/25/2017 Referred to House Committees on Transportation and Judiciary. 02/10/2017 House Committee on Transportation recommends measure be passed with amendments. 02/17/2017 Reported from House Committee on Transportation as amended. Passed second reading in House. Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. 03/01/2017 House Committee on Judiciary recommends measure be passed with amendments. 03/03/2017 Reported from House Committee on Judiciary as amended; recommended for passage on third reading. 03/07/2017 Passed third reading in House. Transmitted to Senate. 03/09/2017 Received in Senate. 03/09/2017 Passed first reading in Senate. 03/09/2017 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, and Ways and Means.	03/09/2017 Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, and Ways and Means.	This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a weigh in motion and axle scale system at all harbor facilities that allows the egress and ingress of vehicles carrying a cargo load of fifty-five thousand pounds or more. Requires maritime cargo carriers to report to the Department on every container or load of such gross weight that arrived in a State harbor for transport on state highways.	57	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 1031.	3/10/17
2017hisb01031i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	HI	SB	BILL TEXT	1031	Requires weigh in motion and axle scale system at harbor facilities for vehicles carrying load of more than 55,000 lbs., and requires report by cargo carriers.	3702		01/25/2017 Introduced. 01/25/2017 Passed first reading. Referred to Senate Committees on Transportation, Consumer Protection and Health, and Ways and Means. 02/03/2017 Senate Committees on Transportation, and Consumer Protection and Health have deferred the measure.	02/03/2017 Senate Committees on Transportation, and Consumer Protection and Health have deferred the measure.	This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a weigh in motion and axle scale system at all harbor facilities that allows the egress and ingress of vehicles carrying a cargo load of fifty-five thousand pounds or more. Requires maritime cargo carriers to report to the Department on every container or load of such gross weight that arrived in a State harbor for transport on state highways.	58	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to HB 725.	2/20/17
2017mahb01896i	2017	42	Ports	MA	HB	BILL TEXT	1896	Establishes the Office of Maritime Planning and Policy Development.	1063		01/23/2017 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. Senate concurred. 02/24/2017 Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation. Senate concurred in committee referral. 12/26/2017 Reported favorably by Joint Committee on Transportation. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	12/26/2017 Reported favorably by Joint Committee on Transportation. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	This bill establishes within the Division of Mass Transit an Office of Maritime Planning and Policy Development, which shall perform functions that the administrator and secretary determine in relation to the provision of policy and planning assistance for the development and intermodal connectivity of the Commonwealth's ports, connection to rail, waterways, marine infrastructure and operations, to increase the use of the Commonwealth's waterways and to promote waterborne transportation designed to maintain the Commonwealth's economic competitiveness. The office will be under the supervision and control of the director. The director will be the executive and administrative head of the division and will be responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of law and regulations. The duties given to the director in this chapter and in any other general or special law will be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the administrator and secretary; provided however, that said functions, duties and powers shall not conflict in any way with the functions, administrative duties, powers and jurisdiction granted to the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamship Authority, Steamship Authority of or Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority by any general or special laws.	59	1	Carries-over to 2018.	12/28/17
2017mehp00452i	2017	40	Freight	ME	HP	BILL TEXT	452	Authorizes a general fund bond issue for transportation projects.	4156		02/28/2017 Referred to House Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. Senate conferred in committee referral.	02/28/2017 Referred to House Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. Senate conferred in committee referral.	This bill provides a bond issue, in the amount of $50,000,000, to be used for reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, aviation, freight and passenger railroads, transit and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The bond issue matches an estimated $55,000,000 in federal and other funds.	60	1	Carries-over to 2018.	6/23/17
2017arsb00635i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	AR	SB	BILL TEXT	635	Exempts owner-operators and contracted drivers of motor vehicles from the definition of "employment" for the Department of Workforce Services law.	4047		03/06/2017 Filed. Read first time. Rules suspended. Read second time. Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 03/13/2017 Returned to Senate by Committee, with recommendation for passage. 03/14/2017 Read the third time and passed Senate. 03/14/2017 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. 03/14/2017 Received in House. 03/15/2017 Read first time. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor. 03/28/2017 Returned to House by the Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor with recommendation for passage as amended. 03/29/2017 Reported correctly engrossed to House. 03/30/2017 Read third time in House. Passed. Ordered transmitted to Senate. 03/30/2017 Returned to Senate as amended and passed by House. 03/31/2017 Returned to Senate as passed and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. Returned by Committee with recommendation that it pass in concurrence with House Amendment 1. 04/03/2017 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. 04/03/2017 House amendment 1 read first time in Senate. Read second time and concurred in. 04/03/2017 Read third time and passed Senate. 04/03/2017 Ordered enrolled in Senate. 04/03/2017 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. 04/03/2017 Delivered to Governor. 04/10/2017 Notification that bill is now Act 1115.	04/10/2017 Notification that bill is now Act 1115.	Amends the Department of Workforce Services Law by adding an additional subdivision stating that service performed by an owner-operator that provides a motor vehicle and the services of a driver to a motor carrier under a written contract shall not be considered an employee of the motor carrier for purposes of employment security taxation or compensation.	61	1	Effective 1/1/2018.	4/11/17
2017caab01561i	2017	42	Ports	CA	AB	BILL TEXT	1561	Authorizes local agencies to establish an authority for an infrastructure fund and financing inland port infrastructure.	4157		02/17/2017 Read first time. 02/19/2017 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. 03/16/2017 Referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. 03/20/2017 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. Read second time and amended. 03/21/2017 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. 09/11/2017 From Assembly Committee on Local Government with author's amendments. Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. Read second time in Assembly and amended. 09/12/2017 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government.	09/12/2017 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government.	Existing law authorizes 2 or more harbor agencies to establish an authority under the joint powers law, with various powers and duties, for the purpose of establishing an infrastructure fund and financing port or harbor infrastructure. This bill would authorize 2 or more local agencies to establish an authority under the joint powers law for the purpose of establishing an infrastructure fund and financing inland port infrastructure. Also, existing law, the Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act, authorizes the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, governed by a board of directors, to, among other things, make loans, issue bonds, and provide other financial assistance for various types of projects that qualify as public development or economic development facilities. The act defines the term â€œpublic development facilitiesâ€ for these purposes as real and personal property, structures, conveyances, equipment, thoroughfares, buildings, and supporting components thereof that are directly related to providing, among other things, port facilities. This bill would revise the description of port facilities to specifically include inland ports. An â€œinland portâ€ means a logistical hub that is located on a site separate from land, air, and coastal ports of entry and that is designed to facilitate and process international and domestic trade, including, but not limited to, multimodal transportation assets and goods movement value added facilities and services.	62	1	Carries-over to 2018.	9/14/17
2017txhb02319i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	2319	Authorizes TxDMV to issue annual permit for international transportation of intermodal shipping containers moving by truck-tractor and semitrailer combination that has six axles, is equipped with certain safety systems, and is within certain gross weight and axle weight limits. Sets amount of permit fee.	4165		02/23/2017 Filed in House. 03/20/2017 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 03/30/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 03/30/2017 Committee Substitute considered in House Committee on Transportation. Left pending in Committee. 04/13/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 04/13/2017 Committee substitute considered in House Committee on Transportation. 04/13/2017 Recommended to be sent to House Committee on Local and Consent Calendar. 04/13/2017 Reported favorably as substituted. 04/19/2017 Committee report sent to House Committee on Local and Consent Calendar. 05/02/2017 Considered in House Committee on Local and Consent Calendars.05/04/2017 Placed on House Local, Consent, and Resolutions Calendar. 05/04/2017 Read second time in House. Passed to engrossment. Read third time. Passed House. Reported engrossed. 05/05/2017 Received in Senate from House. 05/15/2017 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/16/2017 Posting rule suspended. 05/17/2017 Considered in public hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. Testimony taken. Reported favorably without amendments. Recommended for Senate Local and Uncontested Calendar. 05/19/2017 Placed on Senate Intent Calendar. 05/21/2017 Not again placed on Senate Intent Calendar. 05/23/2017 Placed on Senate Intent Calendar. 05/23/2017 Read second time in Senate. Amendments offered. Amended. Passed to third reading as amended. Three-day rule suspended. 05/23/2017 Read third time. Passed Senate as amended. 05/25/2017 House concurs in Senate amendments. 05/27/2017 Reported enrolled. 05/28/2017 Signed in House. 05/29/2017 Signed in Senate. 05/30/2017 Sent to Governor. 06/09/2017 Signed by the Governor.	06/09/2017 Signed by the Governor.	Amends the Transportation Code to authorize the TxDMV to issue an annual permit for the international transportation of intermodal shipping containers moving by a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination that has has six total axles and is equipped with a roll stability support safety system and truck blind spot systems only if the gross weight of the combination does not exceed 93,000 pounds; the distance between the front axle of the truck-tractor and the last axle of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is approximately 647 inches; the truck -tractor is configured with one single axle that does not exceed 13,000 pounds; one two-axle group that does not exceed 37,000 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 18,500 pounds; and the distance between the individual axles on the two-axle group of the truck-tractor, measured longitudinally, is not less than 51 inches and not more than 52 inches; and the semitrailer is configured with one three-axle group that does not exceed 49,195 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 16,400 pounds; and the distance between the individual axles in the three-axle group of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is 60 inches. Requires TxDMV to restrict vehicles operating under this permit to routes that are located in a county with a population of more than 90,000, on the state highway system, and are not more than five miles from the border between Texas and Arkansas. Requires TxDMV to set the amount of the permit fee in an initial amount not to exceed $2,000; of which 90 percent would be deposited to the State Highway Fund , five percent deposited to the TxDMV Fund, and five percent to the appropriate county road and bridge fund. Beginning in 2022, on September 1 of each even-numbered year, TxDMV would be required to set the permit fee in an amount based on a reasonable estimate of the costs associated with the operation of the permitted vehicles over the authorized routes, including any increase in highway maintenance costs based on a study to be conducted by the TxDOT. Specifies that permit fees deposited to the SHF may only be used for transportation projects in the TxDOT districts designated on the permit applications.	63	1	Effective immediately.	6/14/17
2017pahb00732i	2017	41	Rail	PA	HB	BILL TEXT	732	Expands membership of the Rail Freight Advisory Committee by adding labor representatives.	3822		03/07/2017 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation.	03/07/2017 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Transportation.	Increases the membership of the Rail Advisory Committee by adding four representatives of organized labor, each to represent one of the following areas: coal labor, steel labor, intermodal labor, and railway labor. And to add one representative from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce.	64	1	Carries-over to 2018.	12/31/17
2017txhb03511i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	3511	Allows annual permit in certain circumstances for movement of intermodal shipping containers that exceed weight limits.	4160		03/09/2017 Filed in House. 03/31/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Transportation.	03/31/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Transportation.	Amends current law to specify that the Texas DMV may issue an annual permit to allow on a state highway the movement of equipment transporting an intermodal shipping container for international that exceeds weight and size limits provided by law if the issuance of the permit is not inconsistent with federal rules, regulations, or interpretations defining a non-divisible load; and the equipment is operated only on a portion of a county road or state highway, including a frontage road adjacent to a federal interstate highway, that is within a 15-mile radius of a port authority.	65	1	Died upon adjournment.	3/31/17
2017txhb03854i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	3854	Limits local municipalities ability to place restrictions on truck weights. Increases truck weights for tractor-trailers hauling intermodal shipping containers under certain conditions. Establishes permit fee. Creates offenses.	4161		03/10/2016 Filed in House. 03/30/2017 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 04/12/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 04/12/2017 Committee substitute considered in House Committee on Transportation. Left pending in committee. 04/20/2017 Reported favorably as substituted by the House Committee on Transportation. 04/20/2017 Committee substitute considered in hearing in House Committee on Transportation. 04/28/2017 Report from House Committee on Transportation filed with committee coordinator. 04/30/2017 Committee report distributed. 05/01/2017 House Committee on Transportation sent to House calendars. 05/04/2017 Considered in House Calendars. 05/06/2017 Placed on General State Calendar. 05/10/2017 Companion considered in lieu of. Laid on table subject to call.	05/10/2017 Companion considered in lieu of. Laid on table subject to call.	Provides limitations on the ability of local municipalities to place restrictions on the vehicle weights of trucks transporting intermodal shipping containers on state highways and local roads. Allows the TX Department of Transportation to issue annual permits authorizing intermodal transportation via a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination at weights with at least six axles up to 93,000 pounds GVW. Trucks with a minimum of 7 total axles may be authorized at weights up to 100,000 pounds. Such a truck receiving the temporary increased weight authorization must be equipped with Roll Stability Support Safety System and truck Blind Spot Systems. Additionally, an annual permit fee of $5,000 is due at the time the permit is received and transportation is limited to a 30-mile radius from the port of entry. The weight authorization permit does not allow transportation on federal highways.	66	1	Companion SB 1524 passed and approved by Governor.	5/11/17
2017txsb01524i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	TX	SB	BILL TEXT	1524	Limits local municipalities ability to place restrictions on truck weights. Increases truck weights for tractor-trailers hauling intermodal shipping containers under certain conditions. Establishes permit fee. Creates offenses.	4162		03/08/2017 Filed in Senate. 03/20/2017 Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/29/2017 Considered in hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. Testimony taken. 04/03/2017 Reported favorably as substituted by Senate Committee on Transportation. 04/04/2017 Placed on intent calendar in Senate. 04/05/2017 Not again placed on intent calendar. 04/10/2017 Passed Senate. Reported engrossed. 04/11/2017 Received in House from Senate. 04/18/2017 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 05/04/2017 Committee substitute considered in House Committee on Transportation. Reported favorably by committee as substituted. 05/05/2017 Committee report filed with committee coordinator. 05/06/2017 Committee report distributed and sent to House calendars. 05/11/2017 Passed House as amended. 05/12/2017 Reported to Senate as passed as amended in House. 05/16/2017 House amendments laid before Senate. Read in Senate. Senate concurs in House amendments. Report enrolled. 05/17/2017 Signed in Senate. Signed in House. Sent to Governor. 05/23/2017 Signed by Governor.	05/23/2017 Signed by Governor.	Provides limitations on the ability of local municipalities to place restrictions on the vehicle weights of trucks transporting intermodal shipping containers on state highways and local roads. Allows the TX Department of Transportation to issue annual permits authorizing intermodal transportation via a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination at weights with at least six axles up to 93,000 pounds GVW. Trucks with a minimum of 7 total axles may be authorized at weights up to 100,000 pounds. Such a truck receiving the temporary increased weight authorization must be equipped with Roll Stability Support Safety System and truck Blind Spot Systems. Additionally, an annual permit fee of $5,000 is due at the time the permit is received and transportation is limited to a 30-mile radius from the port of entry. The weight authorization permit does not allow transportation on federal highways.	67	1	Effective 1/1/2018. Companion to HB 3854.	5/25/17
2017txsb01939i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	TX	SB	BILL TEXT	1939	Authorizes issuance of annual overweight permits for intermodal cargo containers up to 97,000 lbs.	4163		03/10/2017 Filed in Senate. 03/27/2017 Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/17/2017 Considered in public hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/18/2017 Reported favorably as substituted by Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/19/2017 Reported engrossed in Senate. Received in House from Senate. 05/20/2017 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 05/20/2017 Considered in formal meeting in House Committee on Transportation. Reported favorably without amendments. Committee report sent to calendars.	05/20/2017 Considered in formal meeting in House Committee on Transportation. Reported favorably without amendments. Committee report sent to calendars.	This bill authorizes the Texas DOT to issue an annual permit for the movement of a sealed ocean cargo shipping container moving in overseas international commerce on a trailer or semitrailer with three axles if the combination of vehicles transporting the container has: a single axle weight of not more than 20,000 pounds; a tandem axle weight of not more than 34,000 pounds; a tri-axle weight of not more than 51,000 pounds; and a gross weight of not more than 97,000 pounds. The department shall restrict vehicles operating under a permit issued under this section to routes that are on highways in the state highway system and are not more than five miles from any border between this state and another state. An applicant for a permit under this section must designate each Texas Department of Transportation district in which the permit will be used. The department shall set the amount of the fee for a permit issued under this section in an amount not to exceed $2,000.	68	1	Died upon adjournment. Companion to HB 3460.	5/22/17
2017txhb03460i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	3460	Authorizes issuance of annual overweight permits for intermodal cargo containers up to 97,000 lbs.	4164		03/08/2017 Filed in House. 04/04/2017 Referred to House Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs. 04/10/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs. Committee substitute considered in committee. Left pending in committee. 04/24/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs. Reported favorably as substituted. Recommended to be sent to House Committee on Local and Consent. 05/02/2017 Committee report filed with committee coordinator. Committee report distributed. 05/03/2017 Committee report sent to House Committee on Local and Consent Calendar. 05/08/2017 Considered in House Committee on Local and Consent Calendar. 05/09/2017 Place on House Local, Consent, and Resolutions calendar. 05/09/2017 Withdrawn from calendar. Returned to House Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. 05/11/2017 Considered in House Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. 05/12/2017 Placed on House Committee on Local, Consent, and Resolutions Calendar. 05/12/2017 Withdrawn from calendar. 05/12/2017 Returned to House Committee on Calendars.	05/12/2017 Returned to House Committee on Calendars.	This bill authorizes the Texas DOT to issue an annual permit for the movement of a sealed ocean cargo shipping container moving in overseas international commerce on a trailer or semitrailer with three axles if the combination of vehicles transporting the container has: a single axle weight of not more than 20,000 pounds; a tandem axle weight of not more than 34,000 pounds; a tri-axle weight of not more than 51,000 pounds; and a gross weight of not more than 97,000 pounds. The department shall restrict vehicles operating under a permit issued under this section to routes that are on highways in the state highway system and are not more than five miles from any border between this state and another state. An applicant for a permit under this section must designate each Texas Department of Transportation district in which the permit will be used. The department shall set the amount of the fee for a permit issued under this section in an amount not to exceed $2,000.	69	1	Died upon adjournment. Companion to SB 1939.	5/15/17
2017txsb00028i	2017	42	Ports	TX	SB	BILL TEXT	28	Amends current law relating to the financing of ports in the state.	4165		03/03/2017 Filed in Senate. 03/06/2017 Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/22/2017 Hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/27/2017 Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Transportation. 03/28/2017 Placed on intent calendar in Senate. 03/30/2017 Read second time in Senate. Amended. Passed to engrossment as amended. Read third time. 03/30/2017 Passed Senate. 04/03/2017 Received in House from Senate. 04/13/2017 Read first time. 04/13/2017 Referred to House Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure. 04/20/2017 Considered in formal meeting in House Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure. Recommended to be sent to House Committee on Local and Consent. Reported favorably without amendments. 04/24/2017 House Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure report sent to House Committee on Local and Consent calendar. 04/28/2017 Considered in House Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. 05/01/2017 Report from House Committee on Local and Consent Calendars sent to House calendars. 05/10/2017 Considered in House Committee on Calendars. 05/15/2017 Read second time. Passed to third reading. 05/16/2017 Passed House. 05/17/2017 Reported enrolled. 05/18/2017 Signed in Senate. Signed in House. Sent to Governor. 05/26/2017 Signed by Governor.	05/26/2017 Signed by Governor.	This bill clarifies that Texas Mobility Funds can only be used for construction or improvements of public roadways that will enhance connectivity to ports. Creates a ship channel improvement revolving fund to assist local sponsors in deepening and widening projects.	70	1	Effective immediately. Companion to HB 4021.	5/28/17
2017txhb04021i	2017	42	Ports	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	4021	Amends current law relating to the financing of ports in the state.	1897		03/10/2017 Filed in House. 04/04/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure. 04/12/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure. Committee substitute considered in committee. Left pending in committee. 04/25/2017 Considered in formal meeting in House Committee on Texas Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure. Committee substitute considered in committee. Reported favorably as substituted. Recommended to be sent to House Committee on Local and Consent. 04/28/2017 Considered in House Committee on Local and Consent Calendar. Transferred to House Committee on Calendars. 05/01/2017 Report from House Committee on Local and Consent Calendar sent to House calendars. 05/03/2017 Considered in House Calendars.	05/03/2017 Considered in House Calendars.	This bill clarifies that Texas Mobility Funds can only be used for construction or improvements of public roadways that will enhance connectivity to ports. Creates a ship channel improvement revolving fund to assist local sponsors in deepening and widening projects.	71	1	Companion SB 28 passed and approved by Governor.	5/4/17
2017caab00734i	2017	41	Rail	CA	AB	BILL TEXT	734	Authorizes an infrastructure financing district within the City of Oakland to finance public capital facilities or projects that include freight rail.	4055		03/23/2017 Referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. 03/23/2017 From Assembly Committee on Local Government with amendments. Read second time and amended in Assembly. 03/27/2017 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. 03/23/2017 Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. Read second time. 03/27/2017 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. 05/04/2017 Recommended for passage from Assembly Committee on Local Government. 05/08/2017 Read second time i n Assembly. Ordered to third reading. 05/11/2017 Read third time. Passed House. Ordered to Senate. 05/11/2017 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for Assignment. 05/24/2017 Referred to Senate Committees on Government and Finance, and Transportation and Housing. 06/13/2017 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.	06/13/2017 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.	Existing law authorizes an infrastructure financing district to finance only public capital facilities of community wide significance which provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the district, including, among others, highways, interchanges, ramps and bridges, arterial streets, parking facilities, transit facilities, facilities for the collection and treatment of water for urban uses, child care facilities, libraries, and facilities for the transfer and disposal of solid waste. This bill would additionally authorize an infrastructure financing district within the City of Oakland to finance public capital facilities or projects that include freight rail. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Oakland.	72	1	Carries-over to 2018.	9/20/17
2017txhb02682i	2017	46	Emissions	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	2682	Modifies and updates the requirements used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Policy for ozone reduction attainment to include â€œCargo Handling Equipmentâ€ under the program available for incentives.	4167		03/02/2017 Filed. 03/23/2017 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Environmental Regulation. 04/18/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Committee substitute considered. Left pending in committee.	04/18/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Committee substitute considered. Left pending in committee.	Modifies and updates the requirements used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Policy for ozone reduction attainment to include â€œCargo Handling Equipmentâ€ under the program available for incentives. "Cargo handling equipment" means any heavy-duty non-road, self-propelled vehicle or land-based equipment used at a seaport or rail yard to lift or move cargo, such as containerized, bulk, or break-bulk goods. Modifies existing â€œDrayageâ€ truck incentives defined as a heavy-duty on-road or non-road vehicle that is used for drayage activities and that operates in or transgresses through [truck that transports a load to or from] a seaport or rail yard for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting cargo, including transporting empty containers and chassis. The incentives are directed to drayage trucks and cargo handling equipment with pre-2007 model year engines, to encourage replacement with newer drayage trucks and cargo handling equipment. The drayage truck or cargo handling equipment must operate in a non-attainment area of the state for not less than 50 percent of the truck â€™s or equipment â€™s [vehicle â€™s] annual mileage or hours of operation. The incentive provided may be used to fund not more than 80 percent of the purchase price of the drayage truck or cargo handling equipment.	73	1	Died upon adjournment.	4/20/17
2017txhb03479i	2017	46	Emissions	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	3479	Establishes purchase incentive program to achieve EPA ozone reduction standards. Encourages replacing older drayage trucks and cargo handling equipment with newer equipment.	4168		03/08/2017 Filed in House. 04/03/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Environmental Regulation. 04/18/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Committee substitute considered. Left pending in committee.	04/18/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Committee substitute considered. Left pending in committee.	Establishes a purchase incentive program pursuant to achieving attainment of EPA ozone reduction standards, to encourage owners to replace older drayage trucks and cargo handling equipment [with pre-2007 model year engines] with newer drayage trucks and cargo handling equipment using natural gas. Alternative fuel" means a fuel other than gasoline or diesel fuel, including electricity, compressed natural gas, liquefied [liquified] natural gas, hydrogen, propane, or a mixture of fuels containing at least 85 percent methanol by volume. The incentive provided under this subchapter may be used to fund not more than 80 percent of the purchase price of the drayage truck or cargo handling equipment.	74	1	Died upon adjournment.	4/20/17
2017txsb00026i	2017	46	Emissions	TX	SB	BILL TEXT	26	Extends purchase incentive program to include land-based equipment that transports a load to or from a seaport or rail yard. Program is available to truck and equipment owners who replace drayage trucks with pre-2007 model year engines.	3272		01/18/2017 Received by the Secretary of the Senate. 01/18/2017 Filed. 01/24/2017 Read first time in Senate. 01/24/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources. 03/06/2017 Reported favorably by Senate Committee on Natural Resources. 03/14/2017 Read second time. Amended. Read third time. Passed Senate. 03/15/2017 Received in House. 04/18/2017 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Environmental Regulation. 05/04/2017 Committee Substitute considered in House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Reported favorably by committee as substituted. 05/08/2017 House Committee on Environmental Regulation report filed and distributed. Sent to House Calendars. 05/21/2017 Considered in House Committee on Calendars.	05/21/2017 Considered in House Committee on Calendars.	Extends the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) for lowering ozone emissions to bring Texas into compliance with the federal Clean Air Act. Provides incentive grant programs designed to encourage the use of vehicles fueled by alternative fuels like natural gas. Current alternative fuel programs will expire in 2017 and 2018 if they are not renewed. Specific to the intermodal transportation industry, Section 10 of the legislation extends a purchase incentive program beyond trucks to include land-based equipment that transports a load to, [or] from, or in a seaport or rail yard. The purchase incentive program is available to truck and equipment owners who replace drayage trucks with pre-2007 model year engines or engines certified to an emission rate equivalent to a pre-2007 model year engine. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will be responsible for determining the final guidelines and purchase incentives offered under the program.	75	1	Died upon adjournment. Companion to HB 1979.	5/22/17
2017txhb01979i	2017	46	Emissions	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	1979	Extends purchase incentive program to include land-based equipment that transports a load to or from a seaport or rail yard. Program is available to truck and equipment owners who replace drayage trucks with pre-2007 model year engines.	4169		02/16/2017 Filed. 03/20/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Environmental Regulation. 04/18/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Left pending in committee.	04/18/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Environmental Regulation. Left pending in committee.	Extends the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) for lowering ozone emissions to bring Texas into compliance with the federal Clean Air Act. Provides incentive grant programs designed to encourage the use of vehicles fueled by alternative fuels like natural gas. Current alternative fuel programs will expire in 2017 and 2018 if they are not renewed. Specific to the intermodal transportation industry, Section 10 of the legislation extends a purchase incentive program beyond trucks to include land-based equipment that transports a load to, [or] from, or in a seaport or rail yard. The purchase incentive program is available to truck and equipment owners who replace drayage trucks with pre-2007 model year engines or engines certified to an emission rate equivalent to a pre-2007 model year engine. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will be responsible for determining the final guidelines and purchase incentives offered under the program.	76	1	Died upon adjournment. Companion to SB 26.	4/20/16
2017txhb02557i	2017	49	Intermodal	TX	HB	BILL TEXT	2557	Amends Regional Mobility Authority to define â€œIntelligent Transportation Systemsâ€ available for favorable tax treatment to include a transportation facility or system that increases truck freight efficiencies in the boundaries of an intermodal facility or hub.	4170		02/28/2017 Filed. 03/27/2017 Read first time. Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 04/20/2017 Considered in public hearing in House Committee on Transportation. Committee substitute considered. Left pending in committee. 04/28/2017 Committee substitute considered in House Committee on Transportation. Reported favorably as substituted. 05/03/2017 Committee report filed with committee coordinator. 05/04/2017 Committee report distributed. 05/04/2017 Committee report sent to House calendars. 05/05/2017 Considered in House Calendars. 05/12/2017 Passed House. Reported engrossed. 05/15/2017 Received in Senate. 05/15/2017 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/16/2017 Posting rule suspended in Senate. 05/17/2017 Considered in public hearing in Senate Committee on Transportation. Testimony taken. 05/17/2017 Reported favorably without amendments by the Senate Committee on Transportation. 05/17/2017 Recommended for Senate Local and Uncontested Calendar. 05/24/2017 Placed on Local and Uncontested Calendar in the Senate. 05/24/2017 Read second time in Senate and passed to third reading. 05/24/2017 Read third time. Passed Senate. 05/25/2017 Senate passage reported. 05/27/2017 Reported enrolled by Senate. 05/28/2017 Signed in the House. 05/29/2017 Signed in the Senate. 05/30/2017 Sent to Governor. 06/15/2017 Became law without Governor's signature.	06/15/2017 Became law without Governor's signature.	Amends the Regional Mobility Authority to define â€œIntelligent Transportation Systemsâ€ available for favorable tax treatment to include a transportation facility or system that increases truck freight efficiencies in the boundaries of an intermodal facility or hub. Allows a county to enter into comprehensive development agreements for transportation projects and issue bonds for transportation projects secured by a pledge of the revenues of the project, including contract revenue, grant revenue, or other revenue collected in connection with the project.	77	1	Effective immediately.	6/23/17
2017njsb03087i	2017	46	Emissions	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	3087	Establishes DEP Statewide program to reduce heavy-duty diesel truck emissions.	1598		03/13/2017 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Energy.	03/13/2017 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Energy.	Directs NJ DEP, within three years after enactment of the bill into law, to require all heavy-duty diesel trucks operating in the State to comply with the California Air Resources Board emissions and exhaust standards for model year 2007 and later, and to incorporate the implementation and enforcement of these standards and the relevant testing.	78	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2017ncsb00407i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NC	SB	BILL TEXT	407	Enacts the Employee Fair Classification Act.	4171		03/28/2017 Filed in Senate. 03/29/2017 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 04/06/2017 Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 04/06/2017 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Finance. If favorable, with be re-referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 04/25/2017 Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Finance. Re-referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. 04/26/2017 Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. Placed on supplemental calendar in the Senate. Passed second and third readings in the Senate. 04/27/2017 Received in House. Passed first reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. 06/19/2017 Withdrawn from House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. 06/19/2017 Re-referred to House Committee on Judiciary III. 06/28/2017 House amendment adopted. Passed second reading in House. 06/29/2017 Passed third reading. Ordered engrossed. 06/30/2017 Special message sent to Senate. 08/03/2017 Conference report adopted in House and Senate. Ordered enrolled. Ratified in Senate. 08/04/2017 Presented to Governor. 08/11/2017 Signed by Governor.	08/11/2017 Signed by Governor.	This bill enacts the Employee Fair Classification Act. It establishes the Employee Misclassification Task Force and its powers and duties, prohibits employee misclassification and adds penalties, and defines an independent contractor. It includes an appropriation and a provision that would allow officials to issue a stop work order when misclassification is evident on a job-site.	79	1	Effective 12/31/2017.	8/12/17
2017mesp00543i	2017	40	Freight	ME	SP	BILL TEXT	543	Authorizes multiple General Fund bond Issues to improve highways, bridges and multimodal facilities.	1556		4/27/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. 07/20/2017 Senate passed to be engrossed as amended by committee amendment A. Ordered sent down for concurrence. 07/20/2017 Passed by House in concurrence as amended. To Governor. 08/02/2017 Passed without Governor's signature.	08/02/2017 Passed without Governor's signature.	Amendment changes the amount of funds provided by the bond issue to $105,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 and adds funds for a competitive grant program that matches local funding for the upgrade of municipal culverts at stream crossings. The amendment removes Part B of the bill. The funds provided by these bond issues, in the amount of $100,000,000 in both 2017 and 2018, will be used for the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, matching an estimated $137,000,000 per year in federal and other funds.	80	1	Effectively immediately.	8/4/17
2017nchb00830i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NC	HB	BILL TEXT	830	Amends Workers' Compensation Act concerning the status of truck drivers as employees or independent contractors.	4172		04/11/2017 Filed. 04/13/2017 Passed first reading in House. 04/13/2017 Referred to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	04/13/2017 Referred to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	Establishes the criteria for determining whether a truck driver contracted for interstate or intrastate transportation for hire, is deemed to be an employee" or an "independent contractor" of the contracting motor carrier for purposes of maintaining accident insurance. The contracting party is deemed financially responsible for maintenance of an accident insurance policy for the non-employee independent motor carrier unless the independent operator is covered under an occupational accident policy. In addition, for purposes of worker's compensation coverage only, the contracting party and independent contractor may mutually agree in writing that the independent contractor may be covered by the employer as if the independent contractor was an employee of the contracting motor carrier but this will not affect the independent contractor status. The contracting motor carrier may charge and be reimbursed by the independent contractor for the cost of the worker's compensation insurance.	81	1	Carries-over to 2018.	10/15/17
2017njsb03321i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	3321	Revises test for employment or independent contractor status.	2372		06/19/2017 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	06/19/2017 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	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.	82	1	Died upon adjournment. Identical to AB 5012.	1/15/18
2017njab05012i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	AB	BILL TEXT	5012	Revises test for employment or independent contractor status.	4173		06/15/2017 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor.	06/15/2017 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor.	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.	83	1	Died upon adjournment. Identical to SB 3321.	1/15/18
2017orsjr00048i	2017	40	Freight	OR	SJR		48	Concerns use of motor vehicle tax revenue for construction, reconstruction and improvement of ports and rail, and related infrastructure, for purpose of transporting freight.	3326		06/26/2017 Introduction and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules.	06/26/2017 Introduction and first reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules.	Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution authorizing use of revenue from certain taxes or excises imposed with respect to motor vehicle fuel and motor vehicles to be used for costs related to construction, reconstruction and improvement of ports and rail, and related infrastructure, in this state for purpose of transporting freight, in order to reduce congestion on public highways, roads and streets in this state.	84	1	Died upon adjournment.	6/29/17
2017oksb00004i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	OK	SB	BILL TEXT	4	Provides penalties for operating vehicles or combination of vehicles in excess of weight limitations.	4174		09/25/2017 First reading in Senate. 09/26/2017 Second reading. Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget. Withdrawn from Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget. 09/26/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules.	05/12/2017 Returned to House Committee on Calendars.	Any person convicted of operating a vehicle or combination of vehicles 750 lbs or more in excess of the gross or axle weight limitations shall be punished by a fine to be calculated from the amount of weight in excess of the top weight limitation authorized as follows: 1. $100.00 if overweight by 750-3,000 lbs; 2. $200.00 if overweight by 3,001-6,000 lbs; 3. $450.00 if overweight by 6,001-10,000 lbs; and 4. $0.10 per pound overweight, if overweight by 10,001 lbs or more. Also establishes fine for multiple offenses in a calendar year.	85	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to HB 1062.	9/30/17
2017okhb01062i	2017	147	Truck Size and Weight	OK	HB	BILL TEXT	1062	Provides penalties for operating vehicles or combination of vehicles in excess of weight limitations.	4175		09/25/2017 First reading. 09/26/2017 Second reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules.	09/26/2017 Second reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules.	Any person convicted of operating a vehicle or combination of vehicles 750 lbs or more in excess of the gross or axle weight limitations shall be punished by a fine to be calculated from the amount of weight in excess of the top weight limitation authorized as follows: 1. $100.00 if overweight by 750-3,000 lbs; 2. $200.00 if overweight by 3,001-6,000 lbs; 3. $450.00 if overweight by 6,001-10,000 lbs; and 4. $0.10 per pound overweight, if overweight by 10,001 lbs or more. Also establishes fine for multiple offenses in a calendar year.	86	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 4.	9/30/17
2017njsb03502i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	3502	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commissionâ€™s NJ operations to State Police.	1599		11/09/2017 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations. 11/20/2017 To be reported for preliminary committee action. 11/30/2017 Reported from Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations. To 2nd reading. 12/07/2017 Passed by the Senate. Received in the Assembly. Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 12/18/2017 Reported out of Assembly Committee on Appropriations. To second reading. 01/08/2018 Substituted for AB 2179. 01/08/2018 Passed Assembly. (Passed both houses.) 01/16/2018 Approved.	01/16/2018 Approved.	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police. In his conditional veto, the Governor states that federal law does not permit one state to unilaterally withdraw from a bi-state compact approved by Congress and that it is premature for New Jersey to contemplate withdrawing from the Waterfront Commission until New York considers similar legislation. The Governor recommends that the bill be amended to direct the Waterfront Commission to promulgate regulations substantially similar to the jurisdictional definitions proposed by the bill. Through this regulatory reform, the Waterfront Commission would expeditiously address one of the major goals of the bill, affording companies doing business in the port region increased regulatory clarity and predictability.	87	1	Effective immediately.	1/17/18
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Authors

authorid	authlastname	authfirstname	authtitle	authstate	authparty	authaddress	authcity	authstateaddress	authzip	authphone	authfax	authemail	authurl
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
authorid	authlastname	authfirstname	authtitle	authstate	authparty	authaddress	authcity	authstateaddress	authzip	authphone	authfax	authemail	authurl