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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado caps ride-hailing company fare retention at 20 percent and alters reporting rules
Last action · May 12, 2026: Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Postpone IndefinitelySponsors: Meg Froelich and 15 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill prohibiting transportation network companies from keeping more than 20 percent of a consumer fare, requiring pass-through fees and tips to go directly to drivers. The measure also shifts ride-hailing disclosure requirements from semi-annual to annual reporting and applies standard wage-complaint procedures to rule violations and deactivations.
Ride-hailing drivers stand to retain a larger share of rider payments by capping company revenue cuts at 20 percent, while platforms must alter their fee structures and reporting schedules.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
transportation network company drivers
Drivers receive full pass-through payments, benefit from a 20 percent ceiling on company fare retentions, and gain access to wage-complaint procedures for deactivations.
transportation network companies
Companies must limit fare retentions and driver fees to 20 percent, adjust periodic reporting to an annual schedule, and include additional fee disclosures.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
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Procedural history
8 actions- May 12, 2026SenateSenate Committee on Transportation & Energy Postpone Indefinitely
- May 11, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- May 11, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
- May 9, 2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- May 8, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
- May 8, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations
- Feb 19, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
Version history
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View official text →Voting Record
Refer House Bill 26-1273 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Total
9
- Yes
- 3
- No
- 6
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (9)
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Postpone House Bill 26-1273 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely.
Total
9
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 3
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (9)
Refer House Bill 26-1273, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
7
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 2
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Refer House Bill 26-1273, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Total
4
- Yes
- 2
- No
- 2
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Alignment of TNC Disputing with Wage Law
The bill shifts standard dispute processes for ride-hailing deactivations and disclosures into alignment with existing wage-complaint mechanisms.
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Sources
leg.colorado.gov
Analysis Score
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- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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