Post by Logan on Jun 16, 2016 16:40:25 GMT -6
A state Senate committee has advanced a bill seeking guidance from the Attorney General on whether drivers working for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft should undergo a finger print-based background check.
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee voted 10-2 with one abstention Thursday to forward the bill to a vote of the full Senate.
The vote came after the committee chairman and bill co-sponsor, Sen. Paul Sarlo, offered a last-minute amendment that throws the fingerprint question to the attorney general.
“Uber and Lyft and other TNC [transportation network companies] are already around. They are already way ahead of government,” Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge said after hearing about an hour of testimony on the bill.
Read more: www.northjersey.com/news/n-j-senate-committee-advances-bill-regulating-uber-lyft-1.1617424
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee voted 10-2 with one abstention Thursday to forward the bill to a vote of the full Senate.
The vote came after the committee chairman and bill co-sponsor, Sen. Paul Sarlo, offered a last-minute amendment that throws the fingerprint question to the attorney general.
“Uber and Lyft and other TNC [transportation network companies] are already around. They are already way ahead of government,” Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge said after hearing about an hour of testimony on the bill.
Read more: www.northjersey.com/news/n-j-senate-committee-advances-bill-regulating-uber-lyft-1.1617424