Please find below a regularly updated list of legislative proposals from every state’s legislature. This list will include industry-specific statutes that fall under the franchise, dealership and distributorship umbrella. Scroll down for more.
AB 230. Concerns recreational vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers; relates to definition of recreational vehicles; provides a penalty; adds extensive regulations for manufacturer-dealer relationship for RVs.
04/06/2023 INTRODUCED; 04/06/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION; 05/18/2023 Public Hearing held.; 10/24/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Amendment No. 1 offered.; 01/10/2024 In ASSEMBLY. Substitute Amendment No. 1 offered; 01/18/2024 In ASSEMBLY. Report introduction and adoption of Assembly Substitute Amendment No. 1. Recommended by Committee; 01/18/2024 From ASSEMBLY Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION: Recommended as amended. Amendment No. 1; 01/18/2024 To ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES; 01/23/2024 Made a Special Order of Business; 01/25/2024 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time.; 01/25/2024 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and committee amendment No. 1 adopted. To third reading; 01/25/2024 In ASSEMBLY. Ordered to a third reading; 01/25/2024 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE; 01/26/2024 To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT; 02/08/2024 passed committee on transportation; 02/19/2024 public hearing requirement waived; 02/20/2024 read a second time, third time, concurred in and messaged to Assembly; 02/20/2024 Received from Senate; 02/21/2024 Enrolled; 03/18/2024 *****To GOVERNOR; 03/21/2024 Signed by GOVERNOR; 03/21/2024 Act No. 164
SB 225. Concerns recreational vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers; relates to definition of recreational vehicles; provides a penalty; adds extensive regulations for manufacturer-dealer relationship for RVs.
Introduced 4/14/23; to senate committee on transportation and local government 4/14/23; Amendment No. 1 offered in Senate 10/23/23; public hearing held 10/24/23
SB 802. Adds certain self propelled vehicles for use in farming under repurchase requirements after three failed fixes.
02/15/2024 INTRODUCED; 02/15/2024 To SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES; 02/20/2024 From SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES: Do pass.; 02/20/2024 In SENATE: Read 1st time; 02/21/2024 In SENATE: Read 2nd time; 02/22/2024 In SENATE: Read 3rd time; 02/22/2024 Passed SENATE. *****To HOUSE; 02/23/2024 To HOUSE Committee on TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE; 02/28/2024 From HOUSE Committee on TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Do pass; 02/29/2024 In HOUSE: Read 1st time; 03/01/2024 In HOUSE: Read 2nd time; 03/04/2024 In HOUSE: Read 3rd time; 03/04/2024 Passed HOUSE; 03/04/2024 *****Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk; 03/11/2024 *****To GOVERNOR; 03/27/2024 Signed by GOVERNOR.
SB 173. Modifies certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Warranty reimbursement is expanded to cover “communicating” time (e.g., on call with Techs); modified labor rates and presumption of reasonableness; Changes timing for approval/denial of dealer submissions of a parts markup; Some changes limiting abilities to mandate facilities upgrades, with interrelationship to dealer sellouts; Adds a term that says a manufacturer cannot require a dealer to agree to any term in a dealer agreement that gives a manufacturer the right to unilaterally amend the dealer agreement; Expands the “full line make” obligation, to allow dealers to purchase and resell all models of a line-make, clarifying an OEM cannot create a separate or add-on “badging” for, e.g., an electric version; expands prohibition against OEM Rights of First Refusal by streamlining that prohibition and its definition; modifies rights of first refusal (ROFRs); there is a new provision that prohibits manufacturer websites that would negotiate sales terms or pricing, or bind orders, while acting like a lead generation service to dealers; new language also limits an OEM’s ability to maintain ownership of vehicles sent to dealers or to sell through consignment, or otherwise treat a dealer as merely a “delivery” agent for a vehicle sold by the OEM.
01/10/2024 INTRODUCED; 01/10/2024 SENATE committee reference dispensed; 01/10/2024 In SENATE: Read 1st time; 01/11/2024 In SENATE: Read 2nd time; 01/12/2024 In SENATE: Read 3rd time; 01/12/2024 Passed SENATE To HOUSE; 01/26/2024 To HOUSE Committee on TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE; 02/28/2024 From HOUSE Committee on TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Do pass; 02/29/2024 In HOUSE: Read 1st time; 03/01/2024 In HOUSE: Read 2nd time; 03/07/2024 In HOUSE. Floor Amendment rejected; 03/07/2024 In HOUSE: Read 3rd time; 03/07/2024 Passed HOUSE; 03/07/2024 *****Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk; 03/12/2024 *****To GOVERNOR; 03/13/2024 Signed by GOVERNOR.
HB 1996. Establishes the specified state Recreational Vehicle Manufacturer and Dealer Law. Creates whole cloth a typical dealer-protectionist motor vehicle dealer law specific to RVs.
12/20/2023 PREFILED; 01/08/2024 INTRODUCED; 01/08/2024 To HOUSE Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & BUSINESS; 01/17/2024 Public hearing scheduled; 01/23/2024 Executive session scheduled; 01/24/2024 Executive action taken by committee; 01/24/2024 From HOUSE Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & BUSINESS: Do pass as substituted; 01/26/2024 To HOUSE Committee on RULES; 02/10/2024 Withdrawn from HOUSE Committee on RULES: Placed on 2nd Reading; 02/13/2024 Committee substitute adopted on HOUSE floor; 02/13/2024 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading; 02/13/2024 Passed HOUSE. *****To SENATE; 02/15/2024 To SENATE Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE; 02/20/2024 Public hearing scheduled; 02/20/2024 Executive action taken by committee; 02/27/2024 Placed on 2nd Reading by RULES Committee; 02/29/2024 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading; 02/29/2024 Passed SENATE; 03/05/2024 *****To GOVERNOR; 03/14/2024 Signed by GOVERNOR; 03/14/2024 Chapter No. 87
SB 534. Changes the deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealership from 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transfer to 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposed sale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from the dealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transfer based on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experience is a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based on other applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld. Finally, the bill entitles dealers and applicants for sale or transfer to damages if a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch willfully engages in prohibited conduct.
01/10/2024 INTRODUCED; 01/10/2024 To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION; 01/25/2024 From SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Reported with substitute; 01/25/2024 Committee substitute printed; 01/30/2024 Committee substitute adopted on SENATE floor; 01/30/2024 Engrossed by SENATE as substituted; 01/31/2024 Passed SENATE. *****To HOUSE; 02/13/2024 To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION; 02/22/2024 From HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Reported favorably; 02/27/2024 Passed HOUSE; 03/04/2024 Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk; 04/05/2024 *****Returned to SENATE with GOVERNOR'S recommendations.
HB 191. Changes the deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealership from 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transfer to 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposed sale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from the dealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transfer based on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experience is a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based on other applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld. Finally, the bill entitles dealers and applicants for sale or transfer to damages if a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch willfully engages in prohibited conduct.
HB: 01/03/2024 PREFILED; 01/10/2024 INTRODUCED; 01/18/2024 To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION; 01/30/2024 subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute; 02/01/2024 reported from Transportation as substituted; 02/06/2024 read second time, substitute agreed, engrossed by house; 02/07/2024 passed house to Senate; 02/08/2024 to Senate Transportation Committee; 02/15/2024 passed committee; 02/20/2024 read third time and passed senate; 02/26/2024 enrolled; 02/26/2024 signed by House Speaker; 02/28/2024 singed by Senate President; 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024; 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024; 2024-04-05 Governor's recommendation received by House
SB 2035. Requires a manufacturer of agricultural equipment or agricultural equipment parts to provide an owner or independent repair shop access to tools, software, and documentation to allow the provision of services for the equipment.
01/25/2024 INTRODUCED; 01/31/2024 To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE AND LABOR; 03/13/2024 In SENATE Committee on COMMERCE AND LABOR: Referred to General Subcommittee.
HB 2029. Requires a manufacturer of agricultural equipment or agricultural equipment parts to provide an owner or independent repair shop access to tools, software, and documentation to allow the provision of services for the equipment.
01/23/2024 INTRODUCED; 01/25/2024 To HOUSE Committee on COMMERCE; 01/30/2024 In HOUSE Committee on COMMERCE: Referred to Subcommittee on BANKING & CONSUMER AFFAIRS.
Oklahoma - Utility; Equipment; Heavy Machinery; Ag Equipment; Outdoor Power Equipment; Lawn and Garden; Industrial; Construction
HB 3970. Generally an OEM-friendly change to clarify permanent fixtures are not “equipment” under the dealer law. Relates to contracts; relates to the defined terms within the Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Dealers Act; modifies equipment definition to exclude fixtures and related repair parts; relates to all-terrain vehicles, utility task vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles, in each case, regardless of how used, and other machinery, equipment, implements or attachments.
01/18/2024 PREFILED; 02/05/2024 INTRODUCED; 02/06/2024 To HOUSE Committee on RULES; 02/15/2024 Withdrawn from HOUSE Committee on RULES; 02/15/2024 To HOUSE Committee on BUSINESS AND COMMERCE; 02/22/2024 From HOUSE Committee on BUSINESS AND COMMERCE: Do pass as substituted; 03/07/2024 Passed HOUSE. *****To SENATE; 03/19/2024 To SENATE Committee on BUSINESS AND COMMERCE; 04/01/2024 From SENATE Committee on BUSINESS AND COMMERCE: Do pass.
