Prohibiting the consideration of the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement when determining a person’s employment status

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2025
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2025
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202547–0
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 13, 202595–0
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   Done: To the GovernorMarch 28, 2025
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   Done: Signed into lawMarch 28, 2025

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Companies cannot use a driver's safety improvements or equipment to decide if that person is an employee or an independent contractor. This rule applies when state laws are used to determine a worker's employment status.¹

Why it matters. Motor carriers and their workers would be affected by this change. When determining if a person is an employee, independent contractor, or jointly employed employee under state law, companies cannot consider whether a motor carrier safety improvement has been used or implemented.²

Full bill text · What changed before it passed³

Senate subcommittee

Named February 11, 2025 (as SSB 1107). On February 12, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Dan Zumbach REmail
• Sen. Tom Shipley REmail
• Sen. Thomas Townsend DEmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

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