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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 345

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: immunity for motor vehicle sellers.

Damage personal injury Motor vehicle Motor vehicle — Certificate of title Motor vehicle — Drivers license Sales

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a seller of a motor vehicle who holds legal title to the motor

vehicle and has transferred possession of the motor vehicle to a buyer is immune

from civil and criminal liability and is not responsible for local ordinance violations

committed involving the motor vehicle after the seller has signed the motor vehicle

title and given it to the buyer. The immunity provided under the bill does not apply

if death or injury was caused by the seller's willful or wanton acts or omissions. The

immunity under the bill also does not apply to motor vehicle or wholesale dealers.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Taylor (D) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Milroy (D) , Plumer (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

5 cosponsors

Edming (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Smith (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Mar 26, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jul 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Skowronski, Milroy, Tusler, Quinn, Sortwell, Kitchens, Tittl, Kulp, Kuglitsch, Horlacher, Sanfelippo, Hutton, Dittrich, Spiros, Wichgers, Felzkowski, Kurtz, Ramthun, C. Taylor, James, Stafsholt, Plumer and Rodriguez; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Olsen, Nass and Smith

  2. Jul 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Oct 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 26, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  7. Mar 26, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1