Senate panel OKs business license bill for rideshare drivers
Riders prepare to load their luggage into an Uber and Lyft car at McCarran International Airport. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Updated April 14, 2017 - 12:59 pm
CARSON CITY — Drivers for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft will have to verify they have a state business license under a bill approved Friday by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy.
Senate Bill 226, sponsored by Sen Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, now goes to the full Senate.
New drivers would be given six months to obtain a state business license and provide annual verification.
A general state business license costs $200 a year.
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