Senate revives House version of ride-hailing bill, keeping “sex” amendment alive

After being stripped from a ride-hailing bill, a controversial amendment that would have defined “sex” as “the physical condition of being male or female” was back Thursday after a Senate committee revived the original version of the bill. The bill’s Senate sponsor, state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, had introduced a committee substitute that stripped the “sex” amendment and mandated that ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft implement nondiscrimination policies to ensure drivers don’t discriminate against riders. But on Thursday, Schwertner withdrew the substitute without discussion and the Senate State Affairs Committee instead adopted the House version of the bill, a spokesperson for Schwertner’s office said. Via Texas […]

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