• Teamsters’ bill package
• SB 338 (Gonzalez): A follow-up to SB 1402 (Lara – 2018) which created a joint liability list for retailers and port drayage companies with unpaid final wage claims. CTA successfully negotiated a number of amendments. As the bill was introduced, it would have created joint liability for a host of minor health and safety laws, including minor OSHA violations. The OSHA elements of the bill were ultimately reduced to a requirement to notify customers of unabated, serious OSHA violations. SB 338 also created a “prior offender” category for port drayage motor carriers with prior final judgements for misclassification. Prior offenders will be listed for subsequent final ODAs even if appeals are pending.
• STATUS: Signed by Governor.

• AB 794 (Carrillo): Requires short-haul and port drayage fleet purchasers to not have unsatisfied final decisions, judgements, decisions or awards for misclassification if applying for state environmental incentives and grants. Fleet purchasers must also attest that they will maintain direction and control over the worker driving the vehicle subject to the grant. This bill will, in effect, prevent state funded vehicles from being utilized in lease-back style arrangements. CTA successfully negotiated extensive amendments to soften this bill.
• STATUS: Signed by Governor.

• SB 700 (Durazo): Would have required the EDD to treat two trucking cases as “precedent decisions” involving “second seat drivers”. CTA opposed this bill.
• STATUS: Held at the desk.

• AB 224 (Daly): CTA and the Teamsters co-sponsored this bill which would have updated California law to reflect the “limited services exclusion” in federal law to California’s household goods moving statutes.
• STATUS: Despite receiving only a single “no” vote throughout the entire year, the bill was held in Senate Appropriations due to high fiscal projections from the Department of Consumer Affairs and made a “two-year bill”. CTA will work with our effected members and the DCA to see if there is a reasonable path forward. 

• AB 426 (Bauer-Kahan): CTA opposed and actively formed a coalition to oppose this bill that would allow air quality management districts the legislative authority to regulate indirect sources of emissions.
• STATUS: Held in Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

• AB 701 (Gonzalez): Requires nonexempt employees who work in a warehouse distribution center to be provided a written description of each quota the employee is expected to fulfill. CTA along with a coalition of business organizations including the California Chamber of Commerce successfully negotiated amendments. Prior to the amendments, the bill would have notably expanded PAGA litigation since each section of the Labor Code could be cited as a cause of action opening the doors to potentially more lawsuits. AB 701 scope was additionally narrowed to apply to only warehouse distribution centers defined under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry code with either 100 employees at a single location or 1,000 employees at one or more warehouse.
• STATUS: Signed by the Governor.

• AB 1003 (Gonzalez): This bill would make the intentional theft of wages in an amount greater than $950 from one employee, or $2,350 in the aggregate from 2 or more employees, by an employer in any 12-month period punishable as grand theft. Formerly on the California Chamber of Commerce’s job killer list, but the business community removed opposition after the author amended the bill.
• STATUS: Signed by the Governor.

• SB 372 (Leyva): This bill would create a zero-emission vehicle loan assistance program to allow operators of medium and heavy-duty vehicle fleets to transition to zero-emission trucks.
• STATUS: Signed by the Governor.

• SB 542 (Limon): CTA supported this measure to exempt zero-emission trucks from incremental sales and registration fees and was co-lead witness with the Coalition for Clean Air in support of the measure.
• STATUS: Unfortunately, due to potential restrictions to tax cuts placed on states via the federal stimulus package, all tax exemptions were placed on hold by the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. Accordingly, Senator Limon has parked the bill until the Committee provides further guidance.

• SB 1547 (Reyes): Would grant the California Air Resources Board authority to regulate indirect sources of emissions such as warehouse facilities.
• STATUS: Held in Assembly Natural Resources Committee.