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Sami’s Law

Introduced: October 29, 2019 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 30, 2020

Received in the Senate.

Jul 29, 2020

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4686.

Jul 29, 2020

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3921-3927)

Jul 29, 2020

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Jul 29, 2020

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jul 29, 2020

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3921-3923)

Jul 29, 2020

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3921-3923)

Jul 29, 2020

Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Oct 17, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Oct 16, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Oct 15, 2019

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.

Oct 15, 2019

Introduced in House

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Sami's Law

This bill 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.

What's happening now July 30, 2020

Received in the Senate.

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