HB 3178 Oregon House · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to conditions for financing a transaction involving a motor vehicle.

Summary
Requires a seller in a motor vehicle transaction that involves a retail installment contract or lease agreement to make a good faith effort to sell the retail installment contract or lease agreement to a lender on the exact terms that the seller and buyer negotiated. Requires the seller to undertake certain actions if the lender does not agree to buy the retail installment contract or lease agreement within 10 calendar days after the buyer takes possession of the motor vehicle. Prohibits the seller from selling or paying off a loan balance for any trade-in vehicle that is part of the transaction before receiving a lender's final approval of funding. Specifies the liabilities a seller has for failing to comply with the prohibitions. Requires the seller to provide the buyer with certain disclosures before concluding the transaction. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed May 14, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

B-Engrossed Enrolled · 4 edits · May 14, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was finalized for signature (Enrolled) from its previous draft version (B-Engrossed), with minor formatting adjustments and the addition of a signature section and multilingual availability notice to the disclosure form. The substantive policy content regarding motor vehicle financing rules remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Added signature lines for both seller and buyer to the disclosure form

Added notice that the disclosure is available in multiple languages upon request

Removed draft version headers and summary section that were not part of the final enacted text

Updated document title from 'B-Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' indicating final passage

Floor votes · Senate May 1, 2025 · House Apr 10, 2025

How they voted

242
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 29
May 1, 2025
D Democratic17
16 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican12
8 Yea 2 Nay 2
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
4
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Governor signed.
lower
May 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed.
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Labor and Business.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection.
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors