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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio House Bill 840 Establishes Minimum Pay, Workers' Compensation, and Driver Resource Center for Transportation Network Drivers
Last action · May 13, 2026: Referred to Commerce and LaborSponsor: Ismail Mohamed
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What This Bill Would Do
Beginning January 1, 2027, transportation network companies in Ohio must ensure minimum per-minute and per-mile compensation for drivers, contribute to workers' compensation coverage, and adhere to new requirements regarding deductions, earnings receipts, and deactivation appeals.
Transportation network drivers will gain guaranteed minimum pay standards, electronic trip receipts, formal deactivation appeal rights, and access to a designated driver resource center, while transportation network companies will be classified as employers for specific platform times and required to pay corresponding workers' compensation premiums.
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 guaranteed minimum pay rates, mandatory workers' compensation coverage during active platform times, earnings receipts, and access to a deactivation appeals process.
Transportation network companies
Companies must comply with new minimum wage standards, submit quarterly payroll and hours reports, pay workers' compensation premiums, and fund or facilitate contributions to the driver resource center.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When do the minimum pay requirements for ride-share drivers take effect?
Are transportation network company drivers covered by workers' compensation under this bill?
What happens to tips given to drivers?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- May 13, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Commerce and Labor
- Apr 30, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
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Expansion of Worker Protections into Gig Economy
The bill explicitly modifies traditional workers' compensation and labor definitions to cover transportation network drivers during active dispatch and passenger platform times.
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Sources
www.legislature.ohio.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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