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Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Prices Listed on Dealer Websites

Sponsor: Senator HoughCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and RegistrationStatus: Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not prohibit a dealer from listing on the dealer's website a vehicle for sale or lease at the purchase price, coerce or require a dealer to list a price different from the purchase price on the dealer's website, or take an adverse action against a dealer for listing a vehicle at a particular price on the dealer's website; and defining 'purchase price' as the full delivered price of a vehicle, excluding taxes, title fees, and certain other dealer charges.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGaragiola, RobCompass AdvocacyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSchneiderman, FranzlobbyistConsumer AutoPosition only
FAVSmith, RobFitzgerald Auto MallsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSakamoto-Wengel, StevenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Hough, Senator HoughlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFFisher, JoshualobbyistAlliance for Automotive InnovationOral + Written (PDF)
UNFTiburzi, PaullobbyistDLA Piper US LLPOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSchneiderman, FranzConsumer AutoRegistered for: Auto Consumer Alliance; Consumer Auto
UNFFisher, JoshuaAlliance for Automotive InnovationRegistered for: Alliance for Automotive Innovation
UNFTiburzi, PaulDLA Piper US LLPRegistered for: Commercial Auctioneers of Maryland; Columbia Association, Inc., The; Hughes Network Systems, LLC; Maryland Coalition of Title Insurers; General Motors LLC; Maryland Employers for Civil Justice Reform Coalition