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Lengthy committee hearing on rideshare protections highlights driver safety, pay and deactivation disputes
Summary
Senate Bill 1166 drew extended testimony from drivers, family members and industry representatives on pay, deactivations, paid sick leave and safety; committee testimony closed with no floor vote recorded at the hearing.
Senate Bill 1166 prompted an extended public hearing in the Senate Rules Committee, with dozens of drivers, family members and representatives from rideshare companies offering testimony for and against the measure.
As introduced and amended in the dash‑1 amendment described in committee staff summary, SB 1166 would require transportation network companies (TNCs) to compensate drivers, allow paid sick leave accrual and use, create a driver resource center and fund (the dash‑1 appropriated $4,000,000 to the driver resource fund), require trip and pay transparency reporting to the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), and prohibit retaliatory deactivations without…
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