HB 1494: Motor vehicles; require ride share network services to provide ride share drivers with certain information on a monthly basis

Under current Georgia law, ride share network services must meet certain licensing, insurance, and safety requirements, but they are not required to disclose detailed pay information to drivers or follow a set process before cutting drivers off from the platform. This bill would add a new Code section, O.C.G.A. § 40-1-202, spelling out what companies must tell drivers before and after each trip, on a monthly basis, and when deactivating a driver's account. Before a driver accepts a trip, the company must estimate mileage, time, and pay. Within 24 hours after a trip, drivers must get an electronic receipt breaking down time, mileage, pay rates, tips, gross pay, and deductions. Each month, companies must report a driver's effective hourly rate, average pay per mile and minute, and explanations for any algorithm-driven pay changes. If a company deactivates or terminates a driver's account, it must give written notice within 24 hours explaining the reason, describing the evidence (with passenger information redacted), and outlining an appeal process. The bill also declares it state policy to protect ride share drivers regardless of employment status.

• Adds a new requirement that ride share network services give drivers estimated mileage, time, and pay before a trip and an itemized electronic receipt within 24 hours after.
• Requires monthly reports to each driver showing effective hourly rate, average pay per mile and minute, and explanations for algorithmic pay adjustments, bonuses, or penalties.
• Creates a 24-hour written notice requirement when a company deactivates or terminates a driver's account, including specific reasons and, except in sexual assault or harassment cases, the date and time of the incident.
• Requires companies to let drivers review evidence used against them, with passenger and witness identifying information redacted, and to provide an appeal process.
• Adds compliance with this new notice and pay-transparency section to the existing list of requirements ride share companies must follow under O.C.G.A. § 40-1-193.
• States it is Georgia's public policy to protect ride share drivers regardless of whether they are classified as employees or independent contractors.

Ride share drivers working for companies such as Uber and Lyft in Georgia, whether classified as employees or independent contractors; the ride share network services themselves, which must build new reporting and notice systems; and passengers, whose complaint and rating information may be shared with drivers in redacted form during deactivation disputes.

Drivers would gain regular, detailed information about their pay and mileage, plus a defined process and right to appeal before losing access to the platform they rely on for income. Ride share companies would face new administrative and disclosure obligations they do not currently have under Georgia law.

• Section 1 declares it Georgia's public policy to protect ride share drivers regardless of their employment classification.
• Section 2 amends O.C.G.A. § 40-1-193(c) to add compliance with the new Code Section 40-1-202 to the list of requirements ride share companies must meet.
• Section 3 creates new Code Section 40-1-202, defining terms like 'account deactivation,' 'compensation,' 'dispatch platform time,' and 'shared ride.'
• Section 3(b) requires pre-trip pay and mileage estimates, a post-trip itemized receipt within 24 hours, and a monthly pay-transparency report to each driver.
• Section 3(c) requires 24-hour written notice of account deactivation or termination, including reasons, evidence access (with personal information redacted), and an appeal process.
• Section 4 repeals conflicting laws.

1. 2026-03-06House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-04House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-03House Hopper (House)

• Gabriel Sanchez (D, HD-042)Primary sponsor
• Lydia Glaize (D, HD-067)
• Dewey McClain (D, HD-109)
• Solomon Adesanya (D, HD-043)
• Akbar Ali (D, HD-106)
• El-Mahdi Holly (D, HD-116)

• ride share drivers
• gig worker pay
• Uber and Lyft regulation
• driver deactivation rights
• transportation law