Warehouses and other businesses that close their bathrooms to truckers could be opening themselves to penalties of proposed federal rules.
U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, a Fort Bend County Republican, has refiled a bipartisan bill aimed at requiring businesses that ship or receive goods to open their bathrooms to truck drivers carrying those shipments, if the business has a restroom for workers or the public.
“Do we want to treat our truckers like cats and dogs,” Nehls said during a May 10 hearing in Washington to discuss supply chain issues, prior to filing the Trucker Bathroom Access Act on June 6.
Nehl’s bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., would require to allow truck drivers access to a restroom where they are delivering or waiting to deliver a truckload. In a news release, Nehls said the rule “would not require businesses to construct new restrooms,” but rather gives drivers an explicit right to use the facilities while at the loading dock.
Source: Nehls bill opens door to bathrooms for truck drivers
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