Overview

• Assembly Bill 1340 would allow app-based ride-hail drivers to form unions and bargain over pay and working conditions while remaining independent contractors.
• To enable collective bargaining by contractors, the proposal includes exemptions from state and federal antitrust laws that would otherwise bar such coordination.
• Senate Bill 371 would lower uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage requirements from $1 million to $60,000 per person and $300,000 per accident, a change Uber and Lyft say will reduce costs and fares.
• Uber and Lyft, which initially opposed AB 1340, now endorse the package alongside Gov. Gavin Newsom, legislative leaders and SEIU California.
• The measures apply to rideshare drivers only—not food and grocery delivery couriers—and would cover hundreds of thousands of workers statewide if enacted.