PRINTER'S NO. 524
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.538
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, KEARNEY, FONTANA, COLLETT AND KANE,
APRIL 2, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
APRIL 2, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network service,
further providing for rates and forms of compensation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2607 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
ยง 2607. Rates and forms of compensation.
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(g) Study.--
(1) The Joint State Government Commission shall conduct
a study on:
(i) Income that drivers derive from operating
personal vehicles for a transportation network company.
(ii) Traffic congestion throughout the service area
of a transportation network company and the extent to
which a company's vehicles contribute to the congestion.
(iii) Traffic safety.
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(v) Access to the transportation network service in
different geographic areas of this Commonwealth.
(vi) The number of hours that drivers make
themselves available to accept dispatches from a
transportation network company by day or week.
(vii) Driver incomes and well-being.
(viii) Other topics that the Joint State Government
Commission deems appropriate.
(2) The Joint State Government Commission may require a
transportation network company to provide the following data:
(i) For each prearranged ride that is provided
through the transportation network company:
(A) The driver's license number of the driver.
(B) The license plate number of the vehicle that
fulfilled the prearranged ride request.
(C) The location where a passenger is picked up
and subsequently dropped off.
(D) The total number of passengers picked up and
dropped off from the location referenced in clause
(C).
(E) The date and time a passenger is picked up
and dropped off.
(F) The total ride mileage of a prearranged
ride.
(G) The date and time a prearranged ride request
was made by a passenger.
(H) The itemized fare for each prearranged ride,
including the amount of the fare, tolls, surcharges,
rates, other deductions, gratuity and a breakdown of
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30 the amount a passenger paid for the prearranged ride.
(I) The payment that a driver received for a
prearranged ride or the hourly rate paid.
(ii) The total amount of time that a vehicle is
connected to the electronic platform of a transportation
network company each day.
(iii) The amount of time spent each day by a driver:
(A) Providing transportation network services.
(B) On the way to a passenger.
(C) Between prearranged rides but not on the way
to a passenger.
(iv) Additional information that the Joint State
Government Commission requires to conduct the study.
(3) Within 12 months of the effective date of this
paragraph, the Joint State Government Commission shall submit
a report on the study to the following entities:
(i) The chairperson of the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission.
(ii) The Secretary of Transportation.
(iii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Committee of the Senate.
(iv) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee
of the House of Representatives.
(v) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Transportation Committee of the Senate.
(vi) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
(h) Minimum payments to drivers.--
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under subsection (g), the commission shall by rule or order
establish a method for determining the minimum payment that
shall be paid to a transportation network company driver for
a prearranged ride. In establishing a minimum payment method,
the commission shall consider:
(i) The duration and distance of the prearranged
ride.
(ii) The expenses of operation to the driver.
(iii) Applicable vehicle utilization standard.
(iv) Rates of fares.
(v) The adequacy of a driver's income considered in
relation to a driver's expenses.
(2) A rule promulgated by the commission under this
subsection shall not prevent payments to transportation
network company drivers from being calculated on an hourly or
weekly basis, or by another method, provided that the actual
payments made to drivers are no less than the minimum
payments determined in accordance with the method established
by the commission under this subsection.
(i) Minimum rates of fares.--
(1) Following issuance of the report under subsection
(g), the commission shall determine if the establishment of a
minimum rate of fare charged by a transportation network
company would substantially alleviate problems identified in
the study.
(2) If the commission determines that a minimum rate of
fare would substantially alleviate problems identified in the
study, the commission shall, by rule or order, establish a
minimum rate of fare for transportation network company
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(3) In setting a minimum rate of fare, the commission
may consider:
(i) The category of vehicle.
(ii) The type of prearranged ride, including
prearranged rides in which the vehicle is available for
the transportation of two or more passengers.
(iii) The rates of fare for other categories of
vehicles carrying passengers for hire, including
taxicabs.
(iv) The location of the prearranged ride.
(v) Other factors that the commission determines to
be appropriate to achieve the intended result.
(4) A minimum rate of fare may not include taxes, fees
or surcharges imposed on prearranged rides made by a
transportation network company.
(5) If the commission establishes a minimum rate of fare
under paragraph (2), the commission shall, on a periodic
basis, but not less than once annually, review minimum rates
of fare to determine whether an amendment of the minimum
rates of fare are warranted or necessary to achieve the
intended result.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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