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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 734

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Relating to: liability exemption for motor vehicle sellers after sale.

Crime and criminals Damage personal injury Motor vehicle — Certificate of title Ordinance 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: Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Duchow (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Moses (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Ramthun (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

3 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Nass (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 6, Noes 2

Passed 6–2 Feb 24, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 6, Noes 2

Passed 6–2 Feb 24, 2022 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. Dec 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Loudenbeck, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Horlacher, Knodl, Moses, Ramthun, Spiros, Wichgers, Ortiz-Velez and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Ballweg and Nass

  2. Dec 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow

  4. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 21, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative McGuire

  6. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 6, Noes 2

  8. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 6, Noes 2

  9. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1