The measure passed. The fight isn’t over.
In June 2026, California enacted SB 623 — a deal struck by Uber and trial attorneys that caps what providers can recover for lien-based care. It's law now. But it's narrower than what Uber wanted, and what comes next depends on how many of us stand together.
Where things stand
Governor Newsom signed SB 623 on June 25, 2026. Uber spent the better part of a year trying to rewrite how injured Californians recover medical costs and its original ballot measure would have reached far beyond rideshare, into every auto-accident case in the state. That's not what became law.
This could have been far worse
Because providers, patients and advocates pushed back, the final law is a fraction of Uber's original ambition:
Contained to rideshare.The caps apply only to crashes involving a rideshare company or app-based driver — not the millions of ordinary auto-accident cases Uber first targeted.
Nothing takes effect until 2027. The limits apply only to accidents on or after January 1, 2027. Every current case and existing lien is untouched.
A market benchmark, not government rates. Recovery is tied to a market-based charge database rather than the far lower Medicare/Medi-Cal rates Uber initially demanded.
These are real wins. They are also a ceiling we defended, not a door we closed.
Why this still matters
Everything that made SB 623 possible still exists: the money, the template, and the strategy. The mechanism that capped rideshare care in California can be written into any state's law — and the broader, all-accidents version Uber wanted is still sitting on the shelf. California was first. It doesn't have to be last.
That's why we're not standing down. We're building a coalition — provider by provider, state by state — to make sure the next attempt meets organized opposition before it becomes law, not after.
Protect patient care before the next bill drops.
We are a coalition of providers united and fighting back!