The Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission made it clear at a meeting on Wednesday that it plans on regulating ridesharing companies in the future.

The PTC voted to send a proposed bill to lawmakers that would allow the county to crack down on Uber and Lyft drivers. The proposed plan includes things like requiring drivers to undergo Level II background checks and pass an annual vehicle inspection.

Currently, taxi companies are required by the PTC to do those things. However, ridesharing companies are not.

Dozens of Uber and Lyft supporters filled the board room to rally against regulating the companies.

"We are not your enemy here,” Chairman Victor Crist said. "We want new companies. We want new technologies. We want the future here today. But we need to guarantee the public that the insurance is real, the vehicle’s tires are not bald and the brakes function, and that the drivers aren’t pedophiles and rapists.”

Uber driver Gregory Morgan said from a driver’s standpoint, it sounds like common sense.

“I think they are worried about the safety of the public," he said. "I don’t think it’s too arduous or difficult for the driver at this point."

But the general manager of Uber Tampa Bay, Christine Mitchell, made it clear the company did not support the new plan.

“We want to be regulated," she said. "We just want to be regulated in a way that’s consistent with 20 states who have passed modern ridesharing regulation across the country."

However, Mitchell would not specifically cite which parts of the plan Uber would change, or any negotiations it would be willing to make.

Mitchell said Uber sent the PTC a proposal of new rules last week. Mitchell then ended the interview, saying she had to catch a flight.

Crist says he has not received any indication Uber is willing to negotiate. He says Lyft has agreed to the entire proposal except the Level II background checks.

“All Uber does is show up, tell us who they are, what they do, ask us questions, and leave,” Crist said. “We ask them for information. They write it down, and we never hear from them again.”

In the meantime, the PTC will stop issuing citations to Uber and Lyft drivers as the commission awaits court mediation in October with Uber.