Automobile dealers.
Summary
Amends the remedy procedure to repair a motor vehicle that is subject to a stop sale directive to include new motor vehicles. Requires a purchaser, customer, or transferee of a rebuilt or salvage vehicle to sign a written acknowledgment of receipt of the disclosure for a rebuilt or salvage vehicle. Requires the dealer services division of the secretary of state (secretary) to prescribe the form of the written disclosure for a rebuilt or salvage vehicle. Establishes a required training course that an applicant for a used motor vehicle dealer license must complete in order to obtain a used motor vehicle dealer license. Requires dealers to be able to provide to the secretary dealer records in an electronic format. Provides that a dealer has 10 business days to produce electronic dealer records after an investigating or auditing employee of the secretary requests the records. Requires any item that is not a part of the advertised sale price of a motor vehicle to be a separate line item in the contract for sale or lease. Provides that: (1) the owner, lessor, or operator of a commercial motor vehicle; or (2) a person who leases or rents a commercial motor vehicle to another person; is not civilly liable for a tort claim based on the failure to install optional equipment on a commercial motor vehicle unless certain circumstances exist.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Mar 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2024 · House Mar 4, 2024
How they voted
48–0
Passed
Total votes 48
Jan 30, 2024
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican39
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
11
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Mar 13, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 337: yeas 96, nays 0
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 319: yeas 47, nays 0
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Introduced
Senate dissented from House amendments
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 264: yeas 96, nays 1
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Pressel
RRepublican
P
Michael Crider
RRepublican
Co
Earl Harris
DDemocratic
Co
Shane Lindauer
RRepublican
Co
Steve Bartels
RRepublican
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