The Florida House Transportation Committee canceled a hearing May 1 on HB1371, a bill that would shift the responsibility for container chassis from truckdrivers to the ports that supply the chassis.

The hearing has not yet been rescheduled.

The bill, which was unanimously approved by the Subcommittee on Transportation Systems April 9, requires regular inspections of the chassis by the supplier, and prohibits marine terminal operators from providing a motor carrier with a chassis that fails to pass inspection.

That panel added six amendments, including one that calls for drivers who are dissatisfied with the chassis provided to them to contact FDOT officers.