2017 CO S.B. 298, Date introduced: APRIL 21, 2017, Last action: JUNE 5, 2017; Signed by Governor. Makes significant revisions to the state MVDL and imposes numerous new regulations on the manufacturer/dealer relationship.
2017 RI H.B. 5901, Date introduced: MARCH 10, 2017, Last action: MAY 30, 2017; To Senate Committee on Judiciary. Requires that motor vehicle dealers be paid retail rates for warranty labor and parts.
2017 OR S.B. 980, Date Introduced: MARCH 2, 2017, Last action: JUNE 1, 2017; passed House. Requires motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors and importers to reimburse dealers for service related to vehicle recall at same rate as warranty work; specifies that if dealer is subject to prohibition on selling or driving motor vehicle that is subject to recall and manufacturer, distributor or importer does not have remedy for defect that led to recall or parts to remedy defect, manufacturer, distributor or importer must compensate dealer at specified rate.
2017 NH S.B. 89, Date introduced: JANUARY 19, 2017, Last action: JUNE 1, 2017; passed House. Clarifies when a franchisor is an employer of a franchisee.
2017 NV A.B. 410, Date introduced; MARCH 27, 2017, Last action: MAY 27, 2017; to Governor. Requires manufacturers of motor vehicles to compensate new motor vehicle dealers for costs incurred while holding a vehicle for sale but are unable to sell it due to unavailability in parts, remedy or performance of a recall service or repair, when the manufacturer has issued a "Stop-Sale", or "Do-Not-Drive" order on the vehicle.
2017 ME S.B. 509, Date introduced: APRIL 14, 2017, Last action: MAY 30, 2017; work session held. Makes it an unfair and deceptive practice for a motor vehicle manufacturer to use unreasonable performance standards in assessing motor vehicle dealer compliance with franchise agreements, to require a dealer to refrain from selling a new or used motor vehicle when there is no remedy to a recall without the manufacturer's providing compensation or to prohibit a dealer from providing to a consumer information of a defective condition in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is being repaired under a manufacturer's warranty. It clarifies the standard of review in succession planning and in the analysis by a manufacturer of a dealer's sales and incentive performance.
2017 IL S.B. 1687; Date introduced: FEBRUARY 9, 2017, Last action: MAY 31, 2017; passed both houses. Amends the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act; provides that paying manufacturer's and distributor's fees under the Vehicle Code constitutes agreement with the terms of the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act; limits a manufacturer from requiring dealer improvements or requiring that dealers use specific vendors for improvements; imposes conditions on a manufacturer’s exercise of a right of first refusal; prohibits direct sales by manufacturers to consumers; adds to the required factors to be considered in determining whether good cause exists for terminating a dealer agreement.
2017 RI H.B. 5490; Date introduced: FEBRUARY 15, 2017, Last action: MAY 23, 2017. From House Committee on Corporations, recommended as substituted. Requires manufacturers of motor vehicles to compensate its new motor vehicle dealers for costs incurred while holding a vehicle for sale but are unable to sell it due to unavailability in parts, remedy or performance of a recall service or repair, when the manufacturer has issued a "Stop-Sale", or "Do-Not-Drive" order on the vehicle.