Adds port drayage motor carrier to the list of services where a person or entity is prohibited from entering into a contract or agreement for labor or services if the person or entity knows or should know that the contract or agreement does not include funds sufficient to allow the contractor to comply with all applicable local, state, and federal laws or regulations governing the labor or services to be provided.

Addresses the issue of worker misclassification in the port drayage industry by prohibiting port drayage motor carriers from entering into contracts for services if they know or should have known that the contract was insufficient to comply with labor laws, as specified; and requiring on or after January 1, 2025, a customer that uses a port drayage motor carrier to share all civil legal responsibility and civil liability, as specified, regardless of whether or not the port drayage motor carrier is on the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement�s (DLSE) list of carriers that have engaged in illegal conduct.

Pending delivery to Governor.

02/15/2024 Read first time in Assembly.
03/04/2024 Referred to Assembly Committees on Labor and Employment, and Judiciary.
04/09/2024 From Committee as amended. Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment. Read second time and amended.
04/10/2024 Re-referred to Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment.
04/18/2024 From committee: Do pass and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
04/23/2024 From committee: Do pass and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
05/08/2024 Referred to Assembly Appropriation's Committee suspense file.
05/20/2024 Amend, and do pass as amended.
05/20/2024 Read second time and amended in Assembly. Ordered returned to second reading.
05/21/2024 Read second time in Assembly. Ordered to third reading.
05/22/2024 Read third time. Passed Assembly. Ordered to the Senate.
05/23/2024 In Senate. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for committee assignment.
06/05/24 Referred to Assembly Committees on Labor, Public Employment and Labor, and Judiciary.
06/26/2024 From committee: Do pass and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
07/03/2024 From committee: Do pass and re-referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
08/05/2024 Referred to Assembly Appropriation's Committee suspense file.
08/15/2024 Passed from committee.
08/19/2024 Read second time in Senate. Ordered to third reading.
08/27/2024 Read third time in Senate. Passed Senate. Ordered to the Assembly for engrossing and enrolling.