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SB 886

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Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Incentives

Sponsor: Senator LeeCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and RegulationStatus: Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring an affiliate of a vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch to offer certain incentives to all dealers of the same line make under certain circumstances; requiring a vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch or affiliate to offer certain incentives to all purchasers of vehicles of the same line make under certain circumstances; requiring that any system operated by a vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch or affiliate for allocating new vehicles to dealers be reasonable and fair; etc.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVShull, AlexandralobbyistCompass Management PartnersOral
FAVSchneiderman, FranzlobbyistConsumer AutoOral + Written (PDF)
FAVStraughn, KarenConsumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVKitzmiller, J PeterMaryland Automobile Dealers AssocationOral
FAVJohansen, MichaellobbyistRWLOral
FAVLee, SusanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Lee, Senator LeelegislatorIndividualOral
UNFTiburzi, PaullobbyistDLA Piper US LLPOral
UNFKress, WilliamlobbyistKress HammenOral
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVShull, AlexandraCompass Management PartnersRegistered for: American Fidelity; Bamboo Health; CFG Health Network; Coalition for Community Solar Access, Inc.; Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.; Guidehouse
FAVSchneiderman, FranzConsumer AutoRegistered for: Auto Consumer Alliance; Consumer Auto
FAVJohansen, MichaelRWLRegistered for: 1/ST Racing MD LLC; ASC Engineered Solutions; Access Holdings Management Company, LLC; Alterwood Health, Inc.; Ashley, Inc.; Baltimore Streetcar Museum
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
UNFKress, WilliamKress HammenRegistered for: Alliance for Automotive Innovation; Amazon.com Services, LLC; Apple Inc.; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC; Coalition of Maryland Title Insurers