Proposed Ride Share Pricing Bill Pulled By Author

Wednesday, February 6th 2019, 11:30 am

By: Grant Hermes

A bill filed in the Oklahoma House that would increase prices on rideshare customers to fund new programs to end drinking and driving has been pulled.

House Bill 1143 was asking rideshare companies like Uber or Lyft to create a new charge during “surge pricing” hours.

According to the bill’s text, added cost would have been a 20 percent increase on surge pricing. Surge pricing normally happens on the weekends or during peak times, like sporting events or concerts.

The bill's author, Representative Merelyn Bell, House District 45, released the following statement after pulling it: