H.R. 2514 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Mar 31, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRequires bathroom access for truck drivers
The bill requires certain businesses—like retailers and warehouses—to let commercial truck drivers use their existing restrooms while the drivers are loading, unloading, or waiting to transport cargo. It also requires marine terminals and port authorities to provide restroom access to drayage truck operators (drivers hauling cargo at ports or rail yards), and to add more restrooms if needed and provide parking nearby.
How it affects you
If you're a commercial truck driver, you'd have guaranteed access to restrooms during work, which currently isn't always available. For businesses and port operators, this creates a new requirement to open their facilities to drivers. Most other people won't directly notice a change from this bill.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Mar 31, 2025)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2514
A BILL
Trucker Bathroom Access Act
Sponsor: Rep. Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) · Introduced Mar 31, 2025 · Transportation and Public Works · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 31, 2025: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.”