SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119876

• Record No: CB 119876
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: CB 119876
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/29/2020
• Ordinance No: Ord 126189
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to transportation network company driver labor standards; establishing minimum labor and compensation standards for transportation network company drivers; establishing provision of or reimbursement for personal protective equipment to transportation network company drivers during the civil emergency declared on March 3, 2020; establishing notice, posting, and data requirements for transportation network companies; prescribing remedies and enforcement procedures; amending Section 3.15.000 of the Seattle Municipal Code; amending the title of Chapter 14.31 and Sections 6.208.020 and 14.31.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding a new Chapter 14.33 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
• Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda, Lisa Herbold, M. Lorena González , Andrew Lewis, Tammy J. Morales, Kshama Sawant
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Proposed Substitute Bill D2j, 3. Presentation, 4. Central Staff Memo, 5. Central Staff Memo (updated; added 9/24/20), 6. Signed Ordinance 126189, 7. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/8/2020	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/8/2020	2	Mayor	returned
10/8/2020	2	Mayor	Signed
10/2/2020	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/29/2020	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/24/2020	1	Finance and Housing Committee	pass as amended	Pass
9/15/2020	1	Finance and Housing Committee	discussed
9/8/2020	1	City Council	referred
9/3/2020	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/27/2020	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/26/2020	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to transportation network company driver labor standards; establishing minimum labor and compensation standards for transportation network company drivers; establishing provision of or reimbursement for personal protective equipment to transportation network company drivers during the civil emergency declared on March 3, 2020; establishing notice, posting, and data requirements for transportation network companies; prescribing remedies and enforcement procedures; amending Section 3.15.000 of the Seattle Municipal Code; amending the title of Chapter 14.31 and Sections 6.208.020 and 14.31.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding a new Chapter 14.33 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, the Washington Constitution provides in Article XI, Section 11 that "[a]ny county, city, town or township may make and enforce within its limits all such local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws"; and
WHEREAS, the state of Washington, in Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 46.72.001, has authorized political subdivisions of the state to regulate for-hire drivers and for-hire transportation services, which terms encompass the regulation of transportation network company (TNC) drivers, TNCs, and TNC services, to ensure safe and reliable TNC services; and
WHEREAS, TNCs provide application dispatch services that allow passengers to directly request the dispatch of drivers via the internet using mobile interfaces such as smartphone applications; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, the two largest TNCs accounted for over 26 million trips in the City of Seattle. At their peak in 2012, taxicabs in the City and King County provided about 5.2 million trips; and
WHEREAS, the two largest TNCs are also major hiring entities, accounting for most of the 33,058 TNC drivers issued permits by King County in 2019 as recorded by the King County Departme...