CaliforniaTransportation network companies: insurance coverage.
What it does
Existing law provides for the regulation of charter-party carriers of passengers by the Public Utilities Commission and includes specific requirements applicable to transportation network companies and their participating drivers. Existing law defines transportation network companies as certain organizations that, using an online-enabled application or platform, connect passengers with drivers using a personal vehicle. Existing law imposes specified requirements for liability insurance coverage on transportation network companies and their drivers, including a requirement that the insurance coverage provide for uninsured motorist coverage and underinsured motorist coverage in the amount of $1,000,000 from the moment a passenger enters the vehicle of a participating driver until the passenger exits the vehicle.
More detail
Under existing law, that coverage may be satisfied by insurance maintained by the participating driver, the transportation network company, or a combination of insurance maintained by the participating driver and transportation network company.
This bill would lower that amount to $60,000 per person and $300,000 per incident. The bill would also make the transportation network company responsible for maintaining the uninsured motorist coverage and underinsured motorist coverage.
The bill would require the commission and the Department of Insurance to collaborate on a study of the impacts of the requirements established for uninsured motorist coverage and underinsured motorist coverage to assess whether those requirements are appropriate to the risk of transportation network company services, and to report the findings of this study to specified committees of the Legislature on or before December 31, 2030.
Existing law requires the commission to develop, publish, and annually update a report containing specified information, including, among other things, the commission's annual work plan and an accounting of the commission's transactions and proceedings from the prior year. Existing law requires the commission to submit that report to the Governor and Legislature no later than February 1 of each year.
This bill would require the report submitted on or before February 1, 2026, to also contain certain information regarding automobile accidents reported to the commission by transportation network companies and uninsured motorist and underinsured motorist claims resulting from those accidents, as specified. The bill would require the report submitted on or before February 1, 2027, to specify the average transportation network company rider fare paid during certain time periods, as provided.
This bill would make the operation of its provisions contingent upon the enactment of AB 1340 of the 2025–26 Regular Session.
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Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Oct 3Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 314, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 3Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 17Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 10Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2835.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB371 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 9From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2753.)Minor
- Vote recorded That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 8From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2628.) Re-referred to Com. on INS.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 371 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Valencia. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 8Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).Minor
- Sep 8In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Sep 8Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2983.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 5Coauthors revised.
- Sep 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 2Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 20August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jul 18Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 18From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 16).Major
- Jul 17Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
- Jul 16From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 14Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- Jul 10Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- Jun 30From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.Major
- Jun 16Referred to Coms. on INS. and C. & C.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1249.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 12From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- May 2Set for hearing May 12.
- Apr 30Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 29From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 919.) (April 28).Major
- Apr 28
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing April 28.
- Apr 23Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and APPR.Minor
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 810.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Apr 21
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 21.
- Mar 26From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.Major
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on E., U & C.Minor
- Feb 14From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- Feb 13Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced