Ports: truck drivers.

Senator Richardson's port trucking legislation establishes new reporting and documentation requirements for trucking companies and drivers operating at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The measure requires trucking companies to provide worker's compensation insurance details, employee counts, and tax withholding affirmations before port entry and annually thereafter. Independent truck drivers must submit proof of insurance, federal operating authority, and various state and federal registration credentials.

The ports must publish quarterly data about each truck's entry, including ownership, insurance, and registration information on their websites. Trucking companies must notify ports within 30 days if more than half their employees are replaced by independent contractors. The legislation imposes civil penalties of $20,000 for providing false compliance information and $5,000 for failing to report major workforce changes.

The bill's findings cite the high cargo volumes at these ports as necessitating additional oversight processes. While ports are not required to verify third-party information, they must provide supplemental data to the Labor Commissioner upon request. All collected information will be publicly accessible through port websites.