US Congress House Bill 4686 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on July 30 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-07-30 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishes requirements for transportation network companies. A transportation network company (TNC) is an entity that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with the entity to transport the rider using a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the driver to a point chosen by the rider. Each TNC must establish and implement a system and policy within its platform to make available to each passenger a digital method to verify that the driver with whom the passenger has been matched through the platform has been authorized by the TNC to accept the passenger's trip request prior to the beginning of the trip. The Department of Transportation (DOT) must establish the Safety Actions for Matching and Identifying Ride Share Customers' Council (SAMI'S Law Council) that is an advisory council for developing recommended performance standards for successor technology that will protect TNC passengers and drivers. The bill prohibits the sale of any signage that is designed to help a passenger identify a TNC vehicle and contains a TNC's proprietary trademark or logo, or purports to be that of a TNC, unless the sale is authorized by the TNC. DOT may issue penalties to a TNC for noncompliance with this bill, including up to $20,000 each day when such noncompliance is knowing and willful. The Government Accountability Office must conduct a study on the incidence of assault and abuse perpetrated on drivers by passengers of TNC vehicles and on such passengers by drivers of TNC vehicles.

Sami's Law

Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-30	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2020-07-29	House	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2020-07-29	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-07-29	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3921-3923)
2020-07-29	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4686.
2020-07-29	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3921-3927)
2020-07-29	House	Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-10-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
2019-10-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2019-10-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-10-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-10-15	House	Introduced in House

HB3262 (Related) 2019-06-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
SB1871 (Related) 2019-06-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4686/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4686/BILLS-116hr4686ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4686/BILLS-116hr4686eh.pdf