HB 1043 CO

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Became Law

Under current law, the public utilities commission (commission) may assess a civil penalty in an amount up to $550 against a transportation network company (TNC) if the TNC had written notice of a TNC driver's violation of certain prohibitions against discriminating against riders and the TNC failed to reasonably address the violation. Additionally, a driver is required to report to the TNC any refusal by the driver to provide services to a rider, and the TNC is required to annually report all such refusals to the commission.     The act removes the condition that a TNC first have written notice of a driver's violation of the discriminatory prohibitions before a civil penalty may be assessed against the TNC, increases the maximum civil penalty to $1,300, and requires the commission to consider certain mitigating and aggravating factors in determining whether to assess a civil penalty and the amount of a penalty assessed. The act also requires:A TNC to mandate and provide education to drivers concerning the transportation of riders with service animals;A TNC to provide monthly, rather than annual, reporting to the commission regarding drivers' refusal to provide services;A TNC to provide a mechanism to allow a consumer to report a driver's refusal to provide transport to the consumer directly on the TNC's digital platform, which information must be included in the TNC's monthly report; andThe commission to aggregate and anonymize the TNCs' monthly reports and make the anonymized reports available to the public.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• A. Paschal Democratic · sponsor
• G. Rydin Democratic · sponsor
• C. Kipp Democratic · sponsor

1. Jun 1, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 20, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 20, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 20, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. May 11, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
6. May 8, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. May 7, 2026 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
8. May 7, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance · upper
9. May 6, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
10. May 5, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
11. May 1, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
12. Mar 12, 2026 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
13. Feb 19, 2026 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance · lower
14. Jan 14, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor · lower