The legislation is intended to increase safety for passengers and drivers, but the companies say it would be ineffective and unworkable.
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Uber and Lyft are putting pressure on Democratic Gov. Jared Polis to veto House Bill 1291. The bill aims to improve safety for rideshare passengers, but the companies complain it would add costly, vague and unworkable burdens without achieving its goals.
Uber continues to say it will stop operating in Colorado if the bill becomes law. Lyft has not gone quite that far, but said the bill harms those it seeks to protect and would leave “the future of Lyft’s operations in Colorado uncertain.”
