2018 Legislation Entry
| billid | sessionyear | categoryid | CATEGORY | ST | BT | BILL TEXT | BILL# | SUMMARY | authorid | AUTHOR | STATUS | LAST ACTION | ISSUE | id | frequency | ACTION | UPDATED |
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| 2017scsb00058i | 2018 | 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. | 88 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2017nysb00340i | 2018 | 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. 01/03/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. 01/03/2018 Failed to advance. |
01/03/2018 Failed to advance. | 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. | 89 | 1 | Carried over from 2017. Companion SB 721. | 1/5/18 | |
| 2018wvsb00250i | 2018 | 147 | Truck Size and Weight | WV | SB | BILL TEXT | 250 | Increases the weight limits for vehicles on highways other than the national system of interstate and defense highways. | 4196 | 02/12/18 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and then to the Senate Committee on Government Organization. | 02/12/18 Introduced in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and then to the Senate Committee on Government Organization. | This bill increases the weight limits for vehicles on certain highways in this state; clarify the commissioner’s authority to increase but not decrease weight limits; and to define certain highways in this state. The maximum gross vehicle weight on any highway other than the national system of interstate and defense highways designated for vehicles with a gross weight not exceeding 90,000 pounds shall have a tolerance of 10 percent. In no case may the commissioner authorize weight limits on any highway other than the national system of interstate and defense highways that would jeopardize or otherwise limit federal highway fund appropriations to this state. | 90 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018utsb00234i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | UT | SB | BILL TEXT | 234 | Creates the Utah Inland Port Authority, and authorizes it to establish an inland port and a foreign trade zone. | 4195 | 02/27/2018 Introduced. First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Services. 03/02/2018 Favorable substitute recommendation from Senate Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Services. Substituted. Placed on 2nd reading in Senate. 03/05/2018 Second and third readings in Senate. Floor amendment 1. Passed Senate. 03/05/2018 To House. 03/06/2018 First reading in House. Second reading suspended. Third reading. 03/07/2018 Third reading of substitute bill in House. Passed House. To Senate. Senate concurs with House amendment. To House. 03/08/2018 Signed by House Speaker and Senate President. 03/13/2018 Enrolled and sent to Governor. 03/16/2018 Signed by Governor. |
03/16/2018 Signed by Governor. | This bill creates the Utah Inland Port Authority; establishes the duties, responsibilities, and powers of the Utah Inland Port Authority; establishes a board to govern the port authority and provides for the board membership, terms, and responsibilities and provides limits on board members; requires the port authority board to hire an executive director; defines land that is under the jurisdiction of the port authority; authorizes the port authority to work to establish an inland port and a foreign trade zone; provides for the port authority to receive tax increment funds; authorizes the port authority board to hear and decide certain appeals related to certain land use actions; requires the port authority to prepare and adopt a budget and provides a process for preparing, adopting, and amending a budget; requires the port authority to comply with certain audit requirements; and modifies tax increment provisions to require port authority board approval under certain circumstances relating to community reinvestment project area plans that include land under the port authority's jurisdiction. | 91 | 1 | Effective immediately. | 3/25/18 | |
| 2018njab01654i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | NJ | AB | BILL TEXT | 1654 | 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 | 01/09/2018 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. | 01/09/2018 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. | 92 | 1 | No further action at this time. Same as last session's AB 1961. | 1/15/18 | |
| 2018njsb00399i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | NJ | SB | BILL TEXT | 399 | Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles. | 939 | 01/09/2018 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. | 01/09/2018 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to 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. | 93 | 1 | No further action at this time. Same as last sessions SB 121. | 1/15/18 | |
| 2018njsb00360i | 2018 | 44 | Containers | NJ | SB | BILL TEXT | 360 | Authorizes certain municipalities to impose a tax on the storage of empty shipping containers to fund redevelopment plan activities. | 983 | 01/09/2018 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Community and Urban Affairs. | 01/09/2018 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Community and Urban Affairs. | This bill would supplement the “Local Tax Authorization Act,7 P.L.1970, c.326 (C.40:48C-1 et seq.) to authorize certain municipalities to impose a tax on empty ISO shipping containers stored within their borders. The bill would authorize a municipality having a population greater than 150,000 persons, according to the latest federal decennial census, by ordinance, to impose a tax on empty ISO shipping containers stored in the municipality. The bill would require that all local ISO container taxes collected by a municipality must be deposited into a trust account established by the municipality and dedicated exclusively to the purpose of funding activities set forth in one or more redevelopment plans adopted by the municipality pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-7). The bill sets the following rates to be imposed by a municipality that enacts an ordinance imposing the tax, which are to be applied to each twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) as is kept in storage: Storage period Maximum tax per TEU per day of storage From day 1 through day 30 $0.00 26 From day 31 through day 60 $0.25 27 From day 61 through day 90 $0.50 28 In excess of 90 days $0.75 29 The bill defines “ISO shipping containers as any standardized shipping container constructed in accordance with the standard sizes promulgated by the International Standards Organization for use in intermodal transportation of goods by ship, rail or truck, which shall include but shall not be limited to containers that are 20 feet in length and 8 feet in width, 40 feet in length and 8 feet in 35 width, 45 feet in length and 8 feet in width, 48 feet in length and 8 36 feet in width, and 53 feet in length and 8 feet in width. The bill 37 defines "Twenty-foot equivalent unit" as a measure of the capacity of ISO shipping containers used to approximate the comparable size of the various types of ISO containers. The bill defines the calculation of the TEU measure for any ISO container as the result of dividing the base area measured in feet of any ISO container, determined by multiplying its external length by its external width, by the number 160. | 94 | 1 | No further action at this time. | 1/15/18 | |
| 2018vahb01106i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | VA | HB | BILL TEXT | 1106 | Concerns investigation of possible wrongful misclassification of employees as independent contractors, and states penalties, etc. | 4176 | 01/10/18 Prefiled and ordered printed. Committee referral pending. | 01/10/18 Prefiled and ordered printed. Committee referral pending. | Authorizes the Attorney General, upon reasonable cause to believe that a person is wrongfully misclassifying employees within the Commonwealth as independent contractors, to conduct an investigation into such possible wrongful misclassification. Upon probable cause that a person has wrongfully misclassified employees within the Commonwealth as independent contractors, the Attorney General shall have the authority to file a complaint in the circuit court where such person is located, seeking recovery of all amounts owed to departments and commissions of Virginia, unpaid wages or overtime for employees, and any other losses of benefits, amounts due under the law, and damages employees suffered due to the wrongful misclassification. The circuit court may award judgment in the amount owed, including prejudgment and post-judgment interest, and assess all costs and reasonable attorney fees against a person who wrongfully misclassified employees as independent contractors. | 95 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018wahb02601i | 2018 | 46 | Emissions | WA | HB | BILL TEXT | 2601 | Reduces air emissions associated with certain port trucking operations. | 4179 | 01/11/2018 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Environment.01/16/2018 Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment. 01/16/2018 Hearing in the House Committee on Environment. 01/25/2018 Executive action take in the House Committee on Environment.; first substitute be substituted and recommend for passage. 01/29/2018 Referred to House Committee on Rules. |
01/29/2018 Referred to House Committee on Rules. | By January 1, 2019, all drayage trucks transporting shipping containers to or from a high-volume port must meet the 2007 truck engine standard adopted by the EPA. High-volume ports are those ports whose total tonnage of domestic and foreign waterborne trade, as measured by the BTS, exceeded 20 million tons during the most recent year statistics were available. By January 1, 2020, high-volume ports must develop and submit to the Legislature a plan that provides a roadmap for transitioning the fleet of drayage trucks serving high-volume ports towards using only zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by January 1, 2035. | 96 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018wahb02812i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | WA | HB | BILL TEXT | 2812 | Establishes the Employee Fair Classification Act. | 4182 | 01/17/2018 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Labor. | 01/17/2018 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Labor. | Clarifies the definition of "employee" and provides a regulatory and benefits structure for non-employee workers to: (1) Provide businesses the necessary legal clarity they require to thrive as companies and employers; and (2) Ensure a basic social safety net is available to all workers, regardless of worker status. Addresses Employee fair classification; wage deductions; the wage payment act; the minimum wage act; unemployment insurance; and industrial insurance. | 97 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018njsb01147i | 2018 | 50 | User Fees | NJ | SB | BILL TEXT | 1147 | Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers. | 4079 | 01/25/2018 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations. | 01/25/2018 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. | 98 | 1 | No further action at this time. | 1/25/18 | |
| 2018oksb01376i | 2018 | 147 | Truck Size and Weight | OK | SB | BILL TEXT | 1376 | Provides penalties for operating certain vehicles or combination of vehicles in excess of certain weight limitations. | 4183 | 01/25/2018 Prefiled. 02/05/2018 First reading in Senate. 02/06/2018 Second reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation. 02/13/2018 Reported for passage as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation. |
02/13/2018 Reported for passage as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation. | 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. | 99 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 5/30/18 | |
| 2018tnsb01673i | 2018 | 147 | Truck Size and Weight | TN | SB | BILL TEXT | 1673 | Increases maximum authorized length, height, and weight of truck-tractor and semitrailer. | 4186 | 01/22/2018 Introduced. Passed on First Consideration. 01/24/2018 Passed on Second Consideration. Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Safety. 02/22/2018 Assigned to General Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Safety. 03/07/2018 Assigned to general subcommittee of Senate Committee on Transportation and Safety. |
03/07/2018 Assigned to general subcommittee of Senate Committee on Transportation and Safety. | This bill increases the maximum authorized truck-tractor and semitrailer length from 53 feet to 57 feet; increases maximum height from 13.5 feet to 14 feet; and increases maximum authorized gross vehicle weight on non-interstate highways from 80,000 pounds to 84,000 pounds. | 100 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Same as HB 1836. | 4/30/18 | |
| 2018vthb00681i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | VT | HB | BILL TEXT | 681 | Concerns the enforcement of employee misclassification. | 4188 | 01/23/2018 Read first time. Referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. | 01/23/2018 Read first time. Referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. | This bill proposes to provide for notice at worksites of the requirements regarding employee classification; permit the Department of Labor to enter an employer’s premises for the purposes of investigating compliance with the workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation laws; permit the Department to obtain an injunction to enforce a stop-work order related to a violation of the workers’ compensation law; clarify the requirements for consultation regarding debarment of employers that have violated the wage and hour, workers’ compensation, or unemployment compensation statutes; clarify the prohibition against retaliation under the workers’ compensation law; clarify the civil enforcement provision of the workers’ compensation law; provide for individual liability of officers and agents that knowingly permit violations of certain provisions of the workers’ compensation law; and require information from the Department of Labor’s online employee misclassification reporting system to be distributed to the Office of the Attorney General. | 101 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2018wasb06478i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | WA | SB | BILL TEXT | 6478 | Excludes from mandatory industrial insurance coverage a person operating a truck, which he or she owns and leases to a motor carrier. | 4148 | 01/19/2018 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Labor | 01/19/2018 First reading. Referred to House Committee on Labor | This bill clarifies the circumstances under which the owner of a truck, who leases the same to a motor carrier licensed under chapter 81.80 RCW or to a motor carrier licensed under chapter 81.80 RCW who contracts to provide motor carrier services to a freight broker licensed under chapter 10 81.80 RCW, are excluded from the scope of mandatory industrial insurance coverage. Also, allows an exempted person to elect coverage under the state industrial insurance act in the manner provided by RCW 51.32.030. | 102 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018wvhb04351i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | WV | HB | BILL TEXT | 4351 | Classifies owner operators and independent contractors as non-employees under workers' compensation law. | 4190 | 01/30/2018 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Industry and Labor, and then the House Committee on Judiciary. 02/08/2018 Recommended for passage by House Committee on Industry and Labor. Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. |
02/08/2018 Recommended for passage by House Committee on Industry and Labor. Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | Classifies owner operators and independent contractors who contract with licensed and registered trucking companies as non-employees under worker’s compensation law. | 103 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Same as SB 454. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018wvsb00454i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | WV | SB | BILL TEXT | 454 | Classifies owner operators and independent contractors as non-employees under worker’s compensation law. | 4189 | 02/01/2018 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Government Organization. | 02/01/2018 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Government Organization. | Classifies owner operators and independent contractors who contract with licensed and registered trucking companies as non-employees under worker’s compensation law. | 104 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Same as HB 4351. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018njsb01293i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | NJ | SB | BILL TEXT | 1293 | Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws. | 2372 | 02/01/2018 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. | 02/01/2018 Introduced. 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. | 105 | 1 | No further action at this time. Identical to AB 3022. | 2/6/18 | |
| 2018caab03015i | 2018 | 141 | Clean Truck Programs CTP | CA | AB | BILL TEXT | 3015 | Concerns the development of transportation infrastructure to support the introduction of intermodal zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at California seaports and rail yards. | 4191 | 02/16/18 Read first time. 03/19/2018 Referred to Assembly Committees on Transportation, and Natural Resources. From Assembly Committee on Transportation with amendments. Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time and amended. 03/20/2018 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/02/2018 Amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time and amended. 04/03/2018 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/10/2018 Recommended for passage by the Assembly Committee on Transportation. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. 04/26/2018 Amended and recommended for passage by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 04/30/2018 Read second time and amended in Assembly. 05/01/2018 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/08/2018 Amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Read second time and amended. 05/09/2018 Re-referred to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/23/2018 First hearing. Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations suspense file. 05/25/2018 Joint Rule 62(A). Final notice suspended. 05/25/2018 Held under submission in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. |
05/25/2018 Held under submission in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. | Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to prepare a state freight plan that provides a comprehensive plan to govern the immediate and long-range planning activities and capital investments of the state with respect to movement of freight. Existing law requires the agency to establish a freight advisory committee that would assist the agency in the development of the state freight plan, as specified. The bill would require the state freight plan to include certain elements. It requires the state freight plan submitted on or before December 31, 2024, to contain additional specified elements relating to the development of transportation infrastructure to support the introduction of intermodal zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at California seaports and rail yards. The bill would require the agency to undertake certain activities with respect to the development of those additional elements. The bill would require the state board, by June 30, 2023, to develop a technical report with respect to the transition to zero-emission cargo handling equipment, as specified, and to incorporate the findings of the report in subsequent updates of the scoping plan. | 106 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 12/3/18 | |
| 2018gahb01002i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | GA | HB | BILL TEXT | 1002 | Adds criteria for defining a worker as not an employee. Provides that the DOL shall maintain a system for notifying of employment that is improperly reported. | 4192 | 02/23/2018 First reading. 02/26/2018 Second reading. |
02/26/2018 Second reading. | This bill relates to employment security. It changes definition in order to provide that services performed by an individual for wages shall be deemed to be employment unless the Department of Labor makes a contrary determination based upon evidence submitted of certain factors demonstrating that such individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of such services; to provide that the Department of Labor shall maintain a web based system of notifying the department of employment that is improperly reported; to provide for investigation of reports of misclassification. | 107 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 4/20/18 | |
| 2018gahr01076i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | GA | HR | BILL TEXT | 1076 | Urges the federal government to provide port funding. | 4193 | 02/08/2018 First reading. 02/12/2018 Second reading. 02/12/2018 House Committee Favorably Reported. 02/20/2018 Third reading. 02/20/2018 Passed House. |
02/20/2018 Passed House. | Urges the federal government to provide port funding for Georgia's harbor deepening, which will allow for bigger vessels. | 108 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 2/24/18 | |
| 2018lasb00281i | 2018 | 38 | Indemnity Agreements | LA | SB | BILL TEXT | 281 | Provides for definition of "motor carrier" in motor carrier transportation contracts. | 4194 | 03/01/2018 Prefiled and provisionally referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 03/12/2018 Introduced in Senate. Read by title. Read second time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. |
03/12/2018 Introduced in Senate. Read by title. Read second time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. | Adds that "motor carrier"means any person owning, controlling, managing, operating, or causing to be used or operated, any commercial motor vehicle, including but not limited to a railroad engine, train, or railcar, to transport persons, property, or freight on the highways or the rails in this state. | 109 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2018njscr00080i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | NJ | SCR | BILL TEXT | 80 | Provides that Senate and General Assembly support and authorize intervention into federal action filed against Governor by Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. | 1599 | 02/1/2018 Introduced. First reading. Second reading. 02/1/2018 Passed Senate. 02/1/2018 Received in the Assembly. Second reading. 02/15/2018 Substituted for ACR 149. 02/15/2018 Passed Assembly. 02/15/2018 Filed with Secretary of State. |
02/15/2018 Filed with Secretary of State. | This resolution expresses support for intervention by the Senate and General Assembly in the federal action brought by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor against Philip Murphy, in his official capacity as Governor of New Jersey, challenging duly enacted New Jersey legislation that withdraws from the compact establishing the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. The resolution also authorizes the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly to take any actions that may be necessary for their respective Houses to participate in any legal action relating to any challenge by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to duly enacted New Jersey legislation, and may pay, as those presiding officers may deem appropriate, attorneys’ fees and other fees or costs associated with such legal action. | 110 | 1 | 2/20/18 | ||
| 2018njsb01919i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | NJ | SB | BILL TEXT | 1919 | Supports increased volume of shipping at certain ports and designates the Port Support Zone Act. Imposes a tax on empty intermodal shipping. | 4079 | 02/22/2018 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth. | 02/22/2018 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. | 111 | 1 | No further action at this time. | 2/28/18 | |
| 2017caab00001i | 2018 | 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. 01/19/2018 Referred to Assembly Committees on Transportation and Natural Resources. 01/31/2018 Died. |
01/31/2018 Died. | 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 America’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. | 112 | 1 | Died. | 2/3/18 | |
| 2018mesp00682i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | ME | SP | BILL TEXT | 682 | Authorizes a general fund bond Issue to improve multimodal facilities, highways and bridges, including facilities and equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, and freight railroads. | 4103 | 02/01/2018 Senate Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered reference to the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. Ordered sent to House for concurrence. House in concurrence with Senate. | 02/01/2018 Senate Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered reference to the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. Ordered sent to House for concurrence. House in concurrence with Senate. | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $100,000,000, will be used for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, matching an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds. | 113 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 5/18/18 | |
| 2018njab03022i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | NJ | AB | BILL TEXT | 3022 | Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws. | 4173 | 02/08/2018 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. | 02/08/2018 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. | 114 | 1 | No further action at this time. Identical to SB 1293. | 2/12/18 | |
| 2017akhb00079i | 2018 | 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.02/05/2018 Heard and held in House Committee on Finance.02/15/2018 Heard and held in the House Committee on Finance.02/19/2018 Hearing in House Committee on Finance. Committee Substitute moved out of Committee.02/20/2018 Finance report received in House with committee substitute. Awaiting transmittal.02/21/2018 Referred to House Committee on Rules.03/05/2018 Read second time. Finance Committee Substitute adopted. Advanced to third reading on 3/7/2018.03/07/2018 Held-over to 3/9/2018 for third reading in House.03/09/2018 Held-over to 3/12/2018 for third reading in House.03/12/2018 House Finance Committee Substitute adopted by House. Transmitted to Senate.03/14/2018 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce.04/02/2018 Hearing in Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce. Moved committee substitute out of committee. 04/04/2018 Committee report received in Senate.04/04/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.04/12/2018 Heard and held in Senate Committee on Finance.04/13/2018 Heard and held in Senate Committee on Finance.05/11/2018 Senate Committee on Finance recommends passage.05/11/2018 Read second time in Senate. Committee substitute adopted.05/11/2018 Advanced to third reading in Senate.05/11/2018 Read third time in Senate.05/11/2018 Passed Senate.05/11/2018 Transmitted to House as amended.05/12/2018 House concurs.06/27/2018 Manifest errors.11/07/2018 Transmitted to Governor.11/07/2018 Signed into law by Governor. | 11/07/2018 Signed into law by Governor. | 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. | 115 | 1 | Effective immediately. | 8/29/18 | |
| 2017aksb00040i | 2018 | 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. | 116 | 1 | Companion HB 79 passed legislature. | 5/18/18 | |
| 2017nyab00721i | 2018 | 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. 01/03/2018 Referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. 01/03/2018 Failed to advance. |
01/03/2018 Failed to advance. | 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. | 117 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. Companion to SB 340. | 1/5/18 | |
| 2017nyab02223i | 2018 | 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. 01/03/2018 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 01/03/2018 Failed to advance. |
01/03/2018 Failed to advance. | 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. | 118 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. | 1/5/18 | |
| 2017nysb03710i | 2018 | 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. 01/03/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Corporations and Commissions. 01/03/2018 Failed to advance. |
01/03/2018 Failed to advance. | 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. | 119 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. | 1/5/18 | |
| 2017nyab03270i | 2018 | 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. 01/03/2018 Referred to Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. 01/03/2018 Failed to advance. |
01/03/2018 Failed to advance. | 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. | 120 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. Companion to SB 3312. | 1/5/18 | |
| 2017nysb03312i | 2018 | 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. 01/03/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. 01/03/2018 Failed to advance. |
01/03/2018 Failed to advance. | 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. | 121 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. Companion to AB 3270. | 1/5/18 | |
| 2017iahf00074i | 2018 | 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 employee’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 employee’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. | 122 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 5/18/18 | |
| 2017nhhb00563i | 2018 | 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 | 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. | Died upon adjournment. | 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. | 123 | 1 | 7/30/18 | 7/30/18 |
| 2017wahb01300i | 2018 | 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. | 124 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Companion to SB 5527. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2017wasb00000i | 2018 | 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. 01/08/2018 Reintroduced and retained in present status. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. |
01/08/2018 Reintroduced and retained in present status. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. | 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. | 125 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2018casb01402i | 2018 | 153 | Drayage Truck Operator | CA | SB | BILL TEXT | 1402 | Requires joint and several liability for customers who contract with port drayage services who have unpaid wage, tax and workers’ compensation liability. | 3990 | 02/16/2018 Introduced in Senate. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for assignment. 02/20/2018 May be acted upon on or after March 22. 03/08/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 03/22/2018 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 04/04/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. 04/09/2018 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. 04/10/2018 Withdrawn from committee. 04/10/2018 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules. 04/19/2018 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Judiciary, and Labor and Industrial Relations. 04/25/2018 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. 04/25/2018 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. 04/25/2018 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 05/05/2018 Placed on Senate Appropriations suspense file. 05/25/2018 From committee: Do pass as amended. 05/25/2018 Read second time and amended. 05/29/2018 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 05/30/2018 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to the Assembly. 05/31/2018 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. 06/14/2018 Referred to Assembly Committees on Labor and Employment, and Judiciary. 06/21/2018 From Assembly Committee on Judiciary with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary. 06/26/2018 From Assembly Committee on Judiciary with recommendation for passage. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 08/16/2018 Recommended by Assembly Committee on Appropriations for passage as amended . 08/20/2018 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. 08/21/2018 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 08/30/2018 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to Senate. 08/30/2018 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. 08/31/2018 Assembly amendments concurred in by Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. 09/12/2018 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. 09/22/2018 Approved by Governor. |
09/22/2018 Approved by Governor. | This bill would require a customer that, as part of its business, engages or uses to perform port drayage services a port drayage motor carrier, as defined, that is on a list established by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and posted on its Internet Web site pursuant to the bill, to share with the motor carrier all civil legal responsibility and civil liability for port drayage services obtained after the date the motor carrier appeared on the list, as specified. The bill would require the division to notify a port drayage motor carrier at least 15 business days before adding the port drayage motor carrier to its Internet Web site and would require a port drayage motor carrier who provides port drayage services to a customer, prior to providing those services, and within 30 business days of entry of the judgment, to furnish prescribed notice to the customer concerning unsatisfied judgments against the motor carrier for unpaid wages, damages, unreimbursed expenses, and penalties. The bill would define terms for its purposes, including defining “customer,†with certain exceptions, to mean a business entity, regardless of its form, that engages or uses a port drayage motor carrier to perform port drayage services on the customer’s behalf, as described. The bill would prohibit a customer and a port drayage motor carrier from taking any adverse action against a commercial driver for providing notification of violations or filing a claim or civil action. The bill would require a customer or port drayage motor carrier to provide to the Labor Commissioner, and make available for copying, information within its possession, custody, or control required to verify compliance with applicable state laws. The bill would authorize the Labor Commissioner and the Employment Development Department to adopt necessary regulations and rules to administer and enforce the bill’s provisions. The bill would provide that waiver of its provisions is contrary to public policy, void, and unenforceable. The bill would provide that its provisions are severable. | 126 | 1 | Effective 1/1/2019. | 9/26/18 | |
| 2017vthb00148i | 2018 | 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. | 127 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2017wahb01780i | 2018 | 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. 01/08/2018 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. |
01/08/2018 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. | 128 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Companion to SB 5565. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2017wasb05565i | 2018 | 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. 01/08/2018 Reintroduced and retained in present status. |
01/08/2018 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. | 129 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Companion to HB 1780. | 3/20/18 | |
| 2017caab00734i | 2018 | 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. | 130 | 1 | This bill has been amended and is no longer relevant to IANA. Carried-over from 2017. | 6/5/18 | |
| 2018mahb01896i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | MA | HB | BILL TEXT | 1896 | Establishes the Office of Maritime Planning and 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. | 131 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. | 12/28/17 | |
| 2017kssb00134i | 2018 | 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. 05/04/2018 Died in Committee. |
05/04/2018 Died in Committee. | 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. | 132 | 1 | Died in Committee. | 5/10/18 | |
| 2017vthb00223i | 2018 | 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 workers’ 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 employer’s premises for the purposes of investigating compliance with the workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation statutes; permit the Department to obtain an injunction to enforce a stop-work order related to a violation of the workers’ compensation statute; clarify the requirements for consultation regarding debarment of employers that have violated the wage and hour, workers’ 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. | 133 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2017vthb00323i | 2018 | 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 workers’ 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 employer’s premises for the purposes of investigating compliance with the workers’ 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 workers’ compensation statute, to clarify the requirements for consultation regarding debarment of employers that have violated the wage and hour, workers’ compensation, and unemployment compensation statutes, and to create an Employee Classification Task Force. | 134 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2017vtsb00073i | 2018 | 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 workers’ compensation rates, unemployment insurance contributions, and State tax revenues, and to recommend changes to Vermont’s workers’ 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 workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance laws. | 135 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2017ohsb00038i | 2018 | 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 “employee†in the Minimum Fair Wage Standards Law and the Industrial Commission and Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Law. Adds the definition of “employee†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 individual’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. | 136 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. | 2/15/17 | |
| 2017mnhf00995i | 2018 | 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. | 137 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 5/30/18 | |
| 2017mnsf00765i | 2018 | 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. | 138 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 5/30/18 | |
| 2017hihb00725i | 2018 | 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. 03/19/2018 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Transportation and Energy, and Ways and Means. |
03/19/2018 Re-referred to Senate Committees on Transportation and Energy, 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. | 139 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Companion to SB 1031. | 5/18/18 | |
| 2017hisb01031i | 2018 | 147 | Truck Size and Weight | HI | HB | 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. | 140 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Companion to HB 725. | 3/18/18 | |
| 2017mehp00452i | 2018 | 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. 05/02/2018 Carried over to any special session pursuant to Joint order SP 748. |
05/02/2018 Carried over to any special session pursuant to Joint order SP 748. | 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. | 141 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 5/18/18 | |
| 2018njab03910i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | NJ | AB | BILL TEXT | 3910 | Provides exemption from “unemployment compensation law†for operators of certain motor vehicles licensed for commercial use; eliminates current exemption for operators of commercially licensed vehicles weighing 18,000 pounds or more. | 3956 | 05/07/2018 Introduced and referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. | 05/07/2018 Introduced and referred to Assembly Committee on Labor. | This bill provides that services performed by an operator of a motor vehicle are not covered by the “unemployment compensation law,†R.S.43:21-1 et seq., if: 1. The vehicle is licensed for commercial use under federal transportation regulations; 2. 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; 3. The motor carrier complies with federal Form 1099 reporting requirements with respect to compensation paid to the operator of the motor vehicle; 4. There is a written lease with a motor carrier which complies with federal leasing regulations; and 5. The operator of the motor vehicle is able to refuse to work without consequence and to accept work from multiple entities in compliance with statutory and regulatory limitations without consequence, provided that an operator shall not be considered an employee of the entity for which services are performed solely because that operator chooses to perform services only for that entity. The bill makes each individual operator who meets these criteria both ineligible for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and not subject to UI taxes. The bill provides the exemption to all such individuals categorically without requiring a demonstration that particular individuals are self-employed under the standards provided by either the State UI statute or federal tax rules. The bill’s 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. | 142 | 1 | This bill is not getting enough support to move forward at this time. The NJ DOL has adopted an amended regulation (50 N.J.R. 1026(a) that eliminates the 20 Factor Test as proof that independent contractors are exempt from Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) in order to utilize the exemption from unemployment insurance. In addition, the Governor has formed a Task Force on Employee Misclassification. Companion to SB 2548. | 10/5/18 | |
| 2017caab01561i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | CA | HB | 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. 01/03/2018 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government. Read second time and amended. 01/03/2018 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Rules. 01/04/2018 From Assembly Committee on Rules. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy. 01/10/2018 From Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy. Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Assembly Committee on Appropriations, with recommendation. To Consent Calendar. 01/11/2018 Read second time in Assembly and amended. 01/12/2018 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 01/18/2018 From Assembly Committee on Appropriations with recommendation for passage. To Consent Calendar. 01/22/2018 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. 01/29/2018 Read third time. Passed House. Ordered to Senate. 01/29/2018 Read first time in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules for Assignment. 04/19/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. 04/30/2018 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. 05/07/2018 Recommended for passage by the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 06/25/2018 From Committee and ordered to second reading in the Senate. 06/26/2018 Read second time in the Senate. Ordered to third reading. 06/28/2018 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hill. 08/14/2018 From inactive file. 08/14/2018 Ordered to second reading in Senate. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. 08/15/2018 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 08/21/2018 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to Assembly. 08/22/2018 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. 08/27/2018 Senate amendments concurred in by Assembly. To engrossing and enrolling. 09/04/2018 Enrolled and presented to the Governor. 09/10/2018 Approved by the Governor. | 09/10/2018 Approved by the Governor. | Existing law requires the Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to provide to the Legislature, not later than February 1, 2019, a strategy for international trade and investment that includes, at minimum, specified components. Existing law requires that this strategy include a framework that enables the office to evaluate on an ongoing basis, as appropriate, current workforce, infrastructure, research and development, and other needs of small and large firms, including, among other things, airports. The bill extends to July 1, 2019, the date by which the director is required to provide that strategy to the Legislature, and instead requires that the strategy identify the process the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development will use to complete that evaluation, and requires that the strategy also evaluate logistic hubs. Existing law requires the director to submit the international trade and investment strategy to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly and the Secretary of the Senate and to provide a copy of the strategy to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of specified committees of the Legislature. This bill requires the director to provide to the specified members of the Legislature a notice of the submittal of the strategy to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly and Secretary of the Senate. This bill also revises the description of port facilities to specifically include inland ports. | 143 | 1 | Effective 1/1/2019. | 9/12/18 | ||
| 2018nysb08917i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | NY | SB | BILL TEXT | 8917 | Empowers state police to patrol the Port of New York waterfront and dissolves the waterfront commission. | 3738 | 06/04/2018 Introduced and referred to Senate Committee on Rules. | 06/04/2018 Introduced and referred to Senate Committee on Rules. | Empowers the division of state police to patrol the port of New York waterfront; provides for rules, registration and violations in regards to the waterfront of the Port of New York; dissolves the waterfront commission. | 144 | 1 | No further action at this time. | 6/15/18 | |
| 2017pahb00732i | 2018 | 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. | 145 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 12/3/18 | |
| 2018risb02592i | 2018 | 38 | Indemnity Agreements | RI | SB | BILL TEXT | 2592 | Prohibits indemnity agreement in motor carrier transportation contract. | 3068 | 03/01/2018 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. 04/05/2018 Hearing in Senate Committee on Judiciary. Committee recommended measure be held for further study. 05/29/2018 Senate Committee on Judiciary recommends passage. 06/05/2018 Passed Senate. 06/06/2018 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. 06/16/2018 Transferred to House Committee on Corporations. 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A. 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A. 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence. 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor. 06/28/2018 Signed by Governor. |
06/28/2018 Signed by Governor. | 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. | 146 | 1 | Effective immediately. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2018njsb02548i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | NJ | SB | BILL TEXT | 2548 | Provides exemption from “unemployment compensation law†for operators of certain motor vehicles licensed for commercial use; eliminates current exemption for operators of commercially licensed vehicles weighing 18,000 pounds or more. | 320 | 05/14/2018 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor. | 05/14/2018 Introduced. Referred to 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,†R.S.43:21-1 et seq., if: 1. The vehicle is licensed for commercial use under federal transportation regulations; 2. 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; 3. The motor carrier complies with federal Form 1099 reporting requirements with respect to compensation paid to the operator of the motor vehicle; 4. There is a written lease with a motor carrier which complies with federal leasing regulations; and 5. The operator of the motor vehicle is able to refuse to work without consequence and to accept work from multiple entities in compliance with statutory and regulatory limitations without consequence, provided that an operator shall not be considered an employee of the entity for which services are performed solely because that operator chooses to perform services only for that entity. The bill makes each individual operator who meets these criteria both ineligible for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and not subject to UI taxes. The bill provides the exemption to all such individuals categorically without requiring a demonstration that particular individuals are self-employed under the standards provided by either the State UI statute or federal tax rules. The bill’s 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. | 147 | 1 | This bill is not getting enough support to move forward at this time. The NJ DOL has adopted an amended regulation (50 N.J.R. 1026(a) that eliminates the 20 Factor Test as proof that independent contractors are exempt from Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) in order to utilize the exemption from unemployment insurance. In addition, the Governor has formed a Task Force on Employee Misclassification. Companion to AB 3910. | 10/5/18 | |
| 2018njeo00025i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | NJ | EO | BILL TEXT | 25 | Establishes Task Force to study employee misclassification. | 938 | 05/03/2018 Governor signed Executive Order. | 05/03/2018 Governor signed Executive Order. | Responsibilities of the Task Force include:Examining and evaluating existing misclassification enforcement by executive departments and agencies;Developing best practices by departments and agencies to increase coordination of information and efficient enforcement; Developing recommendations to foster compliance with the law, including by educating employers, workers, and the public about misclassification; andConducting a review of existing law and applicable procedures related to misclassification.The Task Force is to consist of at least twelve members, including three representatives from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, three representatives from the Department of the Treasury, and one representative each from the Department of Law and Public Safety, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Banking and Insurance, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Economic Development Authority. | 148 | 1 | Effective immediately. | 5/18/18 | |
| 2017nchb00830i | 2018 | 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. | 149 | 1 | Carried-over from 2017. | 10/15/17 | |
| 2018caab03079i | 2018 | 40 | Freight | CA | AB | BILL TEXT | 3079 | Creates the California Port Efficiency Program (CPEP) to improve efficiency of port operations. | 4127 | 02/16/2018 Read first time. 02/17/2018 May be heard in committee March 19. 03/22/2018 Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 03/22/2018 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amended and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time and amended. 04/02/2018 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/17/2018 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amended, and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. Read second time and amended. 04/18/2018 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 04/24/2018 Recommended for passage by Assembly Committee on Transportation. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 05/09/2018 Hearing in Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations Suspense File. 05/25/2018 Held under submission in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. |
05/25/2018 Held under submission in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. | Creates the CPEP to fund projects that improve velocity, throughput, and reliability of port operations, as defined. Requires the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to select projects for the CPEP that most effectively result in the program’s objectives. Defines eligible projects for the CPEP to include, but not be limited to: deployment of digital industrial infrastructure to facilitate and streamline the exchange of data between supply chain participants; and, projects designed to reduce truck visit times including, but not limited to, appointment systems and truck parking facilities. Restricts eligible applicants to regional transportation agencies or port authorities. Requires projects proposed for the CPEP to comply with the requirements for the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program. | 150 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 12/3/18 | |
| 2018rihb07308i | 2018 | 38 | Indemnity Agreements | RI | HB | BILL TEXT | 7308 | Prohibits indemnity agreement in motor carrier transportation contract. | 2325 | 01/25/2018 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on Corporations. 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration on 2/13/18 in the House Committee on Corporations. 02/12/2018 Committee hearing postponed at request of sponsor. 02/27/2018 House Committee on Corporations recommended measure be held for further study. 06/19/2018 House Committee on Corporations recommends passage of Substitute A. 06/19/2018 Placed on House calendar for 6/20/2018. 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A. 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence. 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor. 06/28/2018 Signed by Governor. |
06/28/2018 Signed by Governor. | 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. | 151 | 1 | Effective immediately. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2018scsb00950i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | SC | SB | BILL TEXT | 950 | Enacts the Savannah River Port Enhancement Zone Act. | 4185 | 01/31/2018 Introduced. Read first time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | 01/31/2018 Introduced. Read first time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | 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. | 152 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. | 6/30/18 | |
| 2018tnhb01836i | 2018 | 147 | Truck Size and Weight | TN | HB | BILL TEXT | 1836 | Increases maximum authorized length, height, and weight of truck-tractor and semitrailer. | 4187 | 01/24/2018 Introduced. 01/25/2018 Referred to House Committee on Transportation. 01/30/2018 Assigned to House Transportation Subcommittee. |
01/30/2018 Assigned to House Transportation Subcommittee. | This bill increases the maximum authorized truck-tractor and semitrailer length from 53 feet to 57 feet; increases maximum height from 13.5 feet to 14 feet; and increases maximum authorized gross vehicle weight on non-interstate highways from 80,000 pounds to 84,000 pounds. | 153 | 1 | Died upon adjournment. Same as SB 1673. | 4/30/18 | |
| 2018njab01740i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | NJ | AB | BILL TEXT | 1740 | 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 | 01/09/2018 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety. | 01/09/2018 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety. | 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. | 154 | 1 | No further action at this time. Same as last session's SB 3502. | 1/15/18 | |
| 2018njacr00090i | 2018 | 42 | Ports | NJ | ACR | BILL TEXT | 90 | Memorializes U.S. Congress to repeal compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and dissolve commission. | 3714 | 01/09/2018 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety. | 01/09/2018 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. | 155 | 1 | No further action at this time. Same as last session's ACR 68. | 1/9/18 | |
| 2018misb01237i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | MI | SB | BILL TEXT | 1237 | Establishes uniform criteria for determining employee-employer relationship; prohibits misclassification of employees in state-required reports. | 4107 | 11/29/2018 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | 11/29/2018 Introduced. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Establishes uniform criteria for determining an employee-employer relationship for purposes of the laws of this state; and prohibits misclassification of employees in reports required of employers by this state. | 156 | 1 | No further action at this time. | 12/1/18 | |
| 2018casb01236i | 2018 | 154 | CDL | CA | SB | BILL TEXT | 1236 | Requires entry-level truck drivers to spend at least 15 hours training behind the wheel to be eligible for a commercial driver license. | 4198 | 02/15/2018 Introduced. Read first time. To Senate Committee on Rules for Assignment 02/16/2018 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. 03/01/2018 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing. 03/13/2018 Set for hearing March 20. 03/20/2018 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Senate Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To consent calendar. (March 20). Re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations. 04/09/2018 Set for hearing April 16. 04/16/2018 From committee: Do pass. 04/17/2018 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 04/23/2018 Read third time. Passed Senate. Ordered to the Assembly. 04/23/2018 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.04/30/18Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/11/2018 Set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. 06/19/2018 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation. 06/26/2018 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Assembly Committee on Appropriations (June 25). Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations. 08/08/2018 From committee: Do pass. 08/09/2018 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 08/23/2018 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to the Senate. 08/23/2018 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. 08/24/2018 Assembly amendments concurred in. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. 08/30/2018 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. 09/30/2018 Approved by the Governor. 09/30/2018 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 984, Statutes of 2018. |
09/30/2018 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 984, Statutes of 2018. | This bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to, no later than June 5, 2020, adopt regulations related to entry-level driver training requirements for drivers of commercial motor vehicles in compliance with the requirements of Parts 380, 383, and 384 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The department will require the course of instruction for entry-level drivers to require an applicant for a class A or B commercial driver’s license to complete a minimum of 15 hours of behind-the-wheel training, at least 10 hours of which shall be on a public road. For the purpose of meeting this requirement, every 50 minutes of driving time is deemed to be an hour of training. | 157 | 1 | Effective immediately. | 11/18/18 | |
| 2018caab00005i | 2018 | 149 | Employee Misclassification | CA | AB | BILL TEXT | 5 | Codifies and clarifies the CA Supreme Court decision to establish the “ABC test†to classify workers as independent contractors. | 4199 | 12/03/2018 Pre-filed. | 12/03/2018 Pre-filed. | It adds to state law the “ABC test†adopted by the California Supreme Court this past spring in its decision involving Dynamex, a package and documents delivery company that converted all of its drivers to independent contractors. In April, the Supreme Court established an “ABC test†to classify workers as independent contractors. This bill would state the intent of the legislature to include provisions in the bill that would codify the decision in the Dynamex case and clarify its application. | 158 | 1 | Pre-filed for 2019. Pending committee assignment. Can be heard as of 1/3/2019. | 12/7/18 | |
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| 1 | Thomson | Helen | Assemblyman | CA | D | 555 Mason St., Ste. 275 | Vacaville | CA | 95688 | 707-455-8025 | 707-455-0490 | helen.Thomson@assembly.ca.gov | |
| 2 | Barrios | Jarrett | Representative | MA | D | 134 State House | Boston | MA | 02133 | 617-722-2130 | Rep.JarrettBarrios@hou.state.ma.us | http://www.barrios.org | |
| 4 | Neumann | Andy | Representative | MI | D | 937 S. Third Ave | Alpena | MI | 49707 | 517-373-0833 | aneumann@house.state.mi.us | ||
| 5 | Dixon | Roscoe | Senator | TN | D | 3592 Huckleberry | Memphis | TN | 38116 | 615-741-4158 | sen.roscoe.dixon@legislature.state.tn.us | ||
| 6 | Karnette | Betty | Senator | CA | D | 3711 Long Beach Blvd., Ste. 801 | Long Beach | CA | 90807 | 916-445-6447 | 562-997-0799 | Senator.Karnette@sen.ca.gov | |
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| 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 | |
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| 29 | Madigan | Robert | Senator | IL | R | 618 N. Chicago St. | Lincoln | IL | 62656 | 217-782-6597 | 217-735-4319 | ||
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| 32 | Norelli | Terie | Representative | NH | D | 35 Middle Rd. | Portsmouth | NH | 03801-4802 | 603-436-9169 | ###-###-#### | norelli@nh.ultranet.com | |
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| 34 | Grannis | Alexander | Assemblyman | NY | D | 1672 First Ave. | New York | NY | 10128 | 518-455-5676 | 518-455-5282 | grannia@assembly.state.ny.us | |
| 35 | Marcellino | Carl | Senator | NY | R | 250 Townsend Square | Oyster Bay | NY | 11771 | 518-455-2390 | ###-###-#### | marcelli@senate.state.ny.us | |
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