Miranda’s Law
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a national employer notification service that notifies employers when an employee with a commercial driver's license (CDL) has certain changes to their driving record or driving privileges. It focuses on drivers with school bus endorsements and sets deadlines and rules for federal and state implementation.
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- School districts, local educational agencies, and schools that organize or pay for student transportation would be treated as employers and must use the service when they employ or hire drivers with a school bus CDL endorsement. If a district hires a private company, both the company and the district count as employers.
- Employers with one or more employees holding a school-bus-endorsed CDL would receive automatic reports about convictions for moving violations, failures to appear, accidents, suspensions, revocations, or other actions affecting driving privileges. Participating employers are exempt from the annual driving-record inquiry requirement.
- Employees who hold CDLs would get simultaneous notification and a copy of any report sent to their employer.
- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would have to write a final regulation within one year and states would have two years after that rule to start using the service. The agency must consider recommendations from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and results from a 2007 pilot. The rule would also let states count the service as an allowable cost in CDL program grant awards.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New national driver-employer notice rule
This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation, through FMCSA, to write a rule within 1 year. The rule would set up a national employer notification service that States can use. The Secretary would have to consider AAMVA recommendations (including on per-driver fees) and a 2007 pilot study before finalizing the rule. States would have two years after the rule to begin using the service, and FMCSA would add the service to CDL program requirements after that period. The Secretary would also allow States to use CDL implementation grant money to pay for putting the service in place.
Automatic employer notices for CDL drivers
This bill would define an employer notification service that automatically sends an employer a report when a worker with a CDL has certain driving events. Reportable events include convictions for moving violations, failures to appear, accidents, license suspensions or revocations, and other actions against driving privileges. Employers who have one or more workers with a CDL school-bus endorsement would have to join the service. When the service sends an employer a report, the worker would get a copy and be notified at the same time. Employers in the service would be exempt from the FMCSA annual driving-record inquiry requirement.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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