Trucker Bathroom Access Act

This bill, called the Trucker Bathroom Access Act, makes sure truck drivers can use restrooms while doing their jobs. It requires many retailers, warehouses, and similar places to let commercial truck drivers use their existing bathrooms when drivers are loading or delivering cargo, or waiting to do so. At ports and intermodal rail yards, terminal operators (including port authorities) must let drayage truck drivers use existing restrooms, add more if needed, and allow parking while drivers use them. Drayage drivers are those who drive very heavy trucks in and around ports or rail yards to move cargo.

Key points:

• Who is affected: commercial truck drivers (including drayage drivers), retailers, warehouses, and marine terminals/port authorities.
• What changes: required access to existing restrooms; more restrooms at terminals if needed; parking provided while drivers use the restrooms.
• When: during loading, delivering, or waiting to load or transport cargo.