The State Assembly will most likely not address a bill that would classify drayage truck drivers at California ports and intermodal rail yards as employees, although it could be taken up next year.
John Perez, co-author of Assembly Bill 950 and speaker of the California Assembly, placed the bill in the inactive file. Barring extraordinary circumstances, the Assembly will not consider it during this legislative session. However, since it is a two-year bill, it could be taken up as early as January 2012.
Labor and trucking interests will watch developments closely as the bill, if passed, could significantly change the nature of port and intermodal drayage in California.