H.R. 2514: Trucker Bathroom Access Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-31 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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Trucker Bathroom Access Act

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Trucker Bathroom Access Act This bill expands access to restroom facilities for certain commercial truck drivers, including drayage truck operators. Drayage truck operator means the driver of any in-use on-road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 33,000 pounds operating on or transgressing through port or intermodal rail yard property for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting cargo, including containerized, bulk, or break-bulk goods. Specifically, the bill requires certain retailers, warehouses, and other establishments to give commercial truck drivers access to existing restroom facilities when they are loading or delivering cargo, or waiting to load or transport cargo. Further, operators of marine terminals, including port authorities, must provide drayage truck operators with (1) access to existing restrooms, (2) additional restrooms if necessary, and (3) parking while accessing such restrooms.

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Trucker Bathroom Access Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] · 18 cosponsors

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Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI), Brian Babin (R-TX), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Riley (D-NY), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] reported raising $429,606 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr2514.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr2514 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills