News4Jax TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican who has backed statewide rules for ride-sharing companies such as Lyft and Uber, expressed confidence Sunday that lawmakers will move forward during the 2017 session with legislation that supporters say would help the industry expand.
“After years of debating this issue, Florida is finally ready to join more than two dozen states who have embraced ride-sharing,” Brandes, chairman of the Senate Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee, said in a prepared statement. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to adopt policies recognizing that tourists, residents, and business travelers have come to rely on seamless access to ride-share platforms.”
