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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 705

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Ballweg (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Nass (R)

13 cosponsors

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)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 11, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Feb 11, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 12

Passed 21–12 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 21, Noes 12

Passed 21–12 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 21–12 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Full history

  1. Nov 19, 2021 · Senate

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

  2. Nov 19, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

  3. Jan 18, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 9, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski

  5. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  8. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  12. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  13. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  15. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  16. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Roys, Bewley, Agard and Johnson

  18. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1