Bill opposed by ride-sharing firms dies in Nev. Legislature
By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — An amended version of a bill that ride sharing companies Uber and Lyft said would run them out of business in Nevada is dead.
Senate Bill 226, which had language amended into it increasing insurance requirements for the independent contractors who work for the companies, won’t move out of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
Instead, the original version of SB226, which required evidence that drivers had obtained state business licenses, will go forward in a separate measure.