Maryland Senate Bill 45 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2025-01-27 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering various provisions governing the compensation that vehicle manufacturers must pay to vehicle dealers in relation to service obligations of the dealers; prohibiting manufacturers from selling vehicle parts directly to retail customers; prohibiting manufacturers from requiring or coercing dealers to engage with third-party manufacturers in the course of the dealers' service obligations; and authorizing a dealer for which the franchise has ceased to exist to begin and complete certain warranty and recall repairs.

Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Alterations

Sen. William Folden [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-27	Senate	Withdrawn by Sponsor
2025-01-21	Senate	Hearing canceled
2025-01-09	Senate	Hearing 1/22 at 10:00 a.m.
2025-01-08	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2024-10-25	Senate	Pre-filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Transportation	15	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Transportation	15	212	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0045?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0045f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0045_jpr.pdf