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Second Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB26-1273

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS & LABOR
Date Mar 11, 2026       Location HCR 0112

HB26-1273 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations
12:12:51 PM  
Representatives Willford and Froelich, co-prime sponsors, introduced House Bill 26-1273: Transportation Network Company Maximum Percent Fare Retention. The bill prohibits a transportation network company from retaining more than 20 percent of a consumer fare for any transportation task. The bill sponsors answered questions from the committee.
12:51:45 PM  
Mrs. Gabriela Irias Solis, representing Colorado Independent Drivers United (CIDU), testified in support of the bill. Ms. Karla Chavez, representing Colorado Jobs with Justice, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Brendan Marcum, representing CIDU, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Evan Tart, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. The panelists answered questions from the committee.
01:16:07 PM  
Ms. Leslie Oliver, representing the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, testified in opposition to the bill. Lynn Reed, representing Drive Forward, testified in opposition to the bill. Harry Hartfield, representing Uber Technologies, Inc., testified in opposition to the bill. Kouri Marshall, representing the Colorado Chamber of Progress, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Francisco Avalos, representing Lyft, Inc, testified in opposition to the bill. Andrew Wood, representing TechNet, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:31:04 PM  
The panelists answered questions from the committee.
01:52:18 PM  

Mrs. Nina DiSalvo, representing Towards Justice, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Becky Davis, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Kareem Sawadogu, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Kjersten Forseth, representing CO AFL-CIO, testified in support of the bill.
02:03:58 PM  
The panelists answered questions from the committee.
02:19:42 PM  
Bradford Parker, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Chris Bonham, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Moshe ben Yahudah, representing CIDU, testified in support of the bill. Taylor Newson, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. The panelists answered questions from the committee.
02:29:09 PM  

Minsun Jr, representing the Colorado Drivers Co-Op, testified in support of the bill. Ahmed Eluumrani, testified in support of the bill. Pedro Castenera, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Ken O'Donnell, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
02:39:26 PM  
Steven Lustig, representing CIDU, testified in support of the bill. Justin M, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Daniel Gnoumou, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Brian Lasaine, representing CIDU, testified in support of the bill.
02:49:58 PM  
Maria Zhdannikova, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

Witness testimony submitted to the committee may be found in Attachment D.
02:52:32 PM  

The bill sponsors offered and explained Amendment L003 (Attachment E).

02:53:31 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.003
Moved Camacho
Seconded Lieder
Brooks
English
Gonzalez R.
Keltie
Lieder
Mabrey
Marshall
Mauro
Richardson
Rydin
Suckla
Camacho
Ricks
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
02:53:44 PM  
The bill sponsors and members of the committee offered closing comments on the bill.

03:17:29 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 26-1273, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Camacho
Seconded Lieder
Brooks No
English Yes
Gonzalez R. No
Keltie No
Lieder Yes
Mabrey Yes
Marshall Yes
Mauro No
Richardson No
Rydin Yes
Suckla No
Camacho Yes
Ricks Yes
Final YES: 7   NO: 6   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS