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HB305 • 2026

TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVER PAY

An Act relating to compensation of transportation network company drivers.

Labor Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
(H) L&C
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Transportation Network Company Driver Pay Act

This act sets minimum payment requirements for transportation network company drivers in Alaska.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires transportation network companies to pay drivers at least 90% of the fare charged to riders.
  • Compensates drivers for travel expenses when they drive more than 10 miles from where they accepted a ride request to pick up or drop off a rider, based on IRS mileage rates and state minimum wage.
  • Ensures that gratuities paid by riders do not count towards the required compensation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Transportation network company drivers in Alaska
  • Transportation network companies operating in Alaska

Terms To Know

transportation network company driver
A person who uses a transportation network company's platform to provide rides for passengers.
IRS mileage rate
The standard rate set by the Internal Revenue Service for deducting business use of automobiles, used here as a basis for compensating drivers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify an effective date.
  • Only applies to transportation network companies operating in Alaska.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 Text

    (H) Heard & Held -- Meeting Postponed from 3:15 pm 4/13/2026--

  2. 2026-04-15 Text

    (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM BARNES 124

  3. 2026-04-13 Text

    (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- Meeting Postponed to 8:00 am 4/15/2026--

  4. 2026-04-13 Text

    (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  5. 2026-04-08 Text

    (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --

  6. 2026-04-08 Text

    (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  7. 2026-03-25 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  8. 2026-03-25 Text

    (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  9. 2026-03-16 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  10. 2026-03-16 Text

    (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  11. 2026-03-11 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  12. 2026-03-11 Text

    (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124

  13. 2026-02-13 1613

    (H) REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE

  14. 2026-02-13 1613

    (H) L&C, FIN

  15. 2026-02-13 1613

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVER PAY
An Act relating to compensation of transportation network company drivers.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 305

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS

Introduced: 2/13/26
Referred: Labor and Commerce, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to compensation of transportation network company drivers." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 28.23 is amended by adding a new section to read: 3
Sec. 28.23.150. Transportation network company driver fees; minimum 4
compensation. (a) A transportation network driver is entitled to payment from the 5
transportation network company of at least 90 percent of the fare charged by the 6
transportation network company to a rider for a prearranged ride. 7
(b) When a transportation network driver drives more than 10 miles from the 8
location at which the transportation network driver accepts a prearranged ride request 9
to the location at which the rider enters the driver's personal vehicle, the transportation 10
network company shall compensate the driver for the distance traveled at a rate for 11
each mile that is equal to the optional standard mileage rate for business use of 12
automobiles set by the United States Internal Revenue Service and for the time spent 13
traveling at a rate at least equal to the state minimum wage established in 14
AS 23.10.065. Additionally, the transportation network company shall, in the same 15
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manner, compensate the driver for the distance traveled and the time spent traveling 1
from the location where the rider exits the driver's personal vehicle 2
(1) to the location where the driver received the ride request; or 3
(2) to the location of an accepted prearranged ride if that location is 4
more than 10 miles away. 5
(c) A transportation network company may not count a gratuity paid to a 6
transportation network company driver by a rider toward the compensation that the 7
company is required to pay the driver under (b) of this section. 8