By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2807     (Curry)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the considerations when determining whether an operator   of a motor vehicle is an employee of a motor carrier or an   independent contractor.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 7, Transportation Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 644A to read as follows:   CHAPTER 644A. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT:  EMPLOYMENT STATUS          Sec. 644A.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Motor carrier" has the meaning assigned by   Section 643.001.                (2)  "Motor carrier safety improvement" means any:                      (A)  device, equipment, software, or technology   that is intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:                            (i)  compliance with traffic safety or motor   carrier safety laws;                            (ii)  safety of a motor vehicle;                            (iii)  safety of an operator of a motor   vehicle; and                            (iv)  safety of third-party users of public   roadways; or                      (B)  procedure, training, policy, program, or   operational practice related to any device, equipment, software, or   technology described by Paragraph (A).          Sec. 644A.002.  EMPLOYMENT STATUS. The deployment,   implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by or   as required by a motor carrier or a related entity, including   through contract, may not be considered when determining whether   the operator of a motor vehicle is an employee or joint employee of   the motor carrier or an independent contractor for purposes of   state law.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.