2017 FL S.B. 1678, Date introduced: MARCH 3, 2017, Last action APRIL 6, 2017; to Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee. Limits a motor vehicle manufacturer’s ability to require facilities upgrades; provides that a manufacturer may be denied a license if it acts unfairly towards its dealers, which may be found even in the absence of coercion or where the franchisor’s actions are permitted by the express terms of a contract.
2017 FL S.B. 750, Date introduced: FEBRUARY 7, 2017, Last action: APRIL 6, 2017; to Senate Judiciary Committee. Creates the Protect Florida Small Business Act, a full-blown franchise relationship protection statute.
2017 FL H.B. 1175, Date introduced: MARCH 2, 2017, Last action: MARCH 31, 2017; To House Committee on Commerce. Providing that a motor vehicle dealer who constructs or alters sales or service facilities in reliance upon a program offered by a motor vehicle manufacturer is deemed to be in compliance with manufacturer requirements for a specified period; specifying eligibility for benefits under a new or revised program or incentive; authorizing denial, suspension, or revocation of the license of a motor vehicle manufacturer who establishes certain performance measurement criteria that adversely affect motor vehicle dealers and establishes requirements for performance measurement criteria; prohibits discrimination in pricing and promotional programs.
2017 AZ H.B. 2331; Date introduced: January 19, 2017, Last action: APRIL 4, 2017 to Conference Committee. Provides that automobile dealers must be compensated for recall work at the same rate they are compensated for warranty work.
2017 AK H.B. 209; (NEW BILL) Date introduced: APRIL 3, 2017, Last action: APRIL 3, 2017; Referred to HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY., Regulates warranty obligations between manufacturers and distributors of equipment, tools, or motor vehicles if the equipment, tools, or motor vehicles are designed to be used primarily for construction, road building, snow removal, mining, oil projects, gas projects, forestry, resource development, or a similar type of project; regulates the reimbursement and process for reimbursement of warranty work by dealers and distributors.
2017 AL S.B. 178, Date introduced: FEBRUARY 14, 2017, Last action: APRIL 6, 2017; To Governor for signature Requires motor vehicle manufacturers to payment dealers a reasonable rate for recall repairs; 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.
Alabama - Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
2017 AL H.B. 390; Date introduced: MARCH 9, 2017, Last action: APRIL 4, 2017; To Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development. Provides that franchisee employees may not be deemed to be employees of the franchisor of the franchisee.
2017 TX S.B. 2093, Date introduced: MARCH 10, 2017, Last action: MARCH 28, 2017; To Senate Committee on Business and Commerce. Permits a motor vehicle manufacture to own/operate a new vehicle dealership.
2017 OR S.B. 982, Date Introduced: MARCH 2, 2017, Last action: MARCH 29, 2017; Public hearing held. Regulates business relationship between equipment suppliers and equipment dealers; specifies notice requirements and requires good cause for terminating dealer agreement or other aspects of business relationship; specifies actions that constitute good cause and prohibits dealer from taking certain actions; specifies procedure and conditions under which supplier must repurchase equipment upon termination of dealer agreement; specifies requirements for reimbursing dealer for service.
2017 OR S.B. 980, Date Introduced: MARCH 2, 2017, Last action: MARCH 29, 2017, Public hearing held. 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.
