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SB 159 Delaware Senate · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCE AND TRADE.

Summary
The Act made changes to motor vehicle franchising practices, by doing the following: (1) Prohibiting a new motor vehicle manufacturer from recovering its costs for compensating its dealers for recalls or warranty parts and service by reducing the amount due to the dealer or imposing a charge. (2) Establishing the process for and method of compensating a dealer for a recall related to a used motor vehicle. (3) Providing a process by which a dealer may protest a franchise termination with the Public Service Commission. (4) Protecting consumer data. (5) Making technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. This Substitute Act incorporates these changes and makes an additional change to § 4903(b) of Title 6.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2018
Committee Review
Jun 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
House Passage
Jun 2018
Signed into Law
Jun 2018
Introduced May 2, 2018 Signed Jun 30, 2018
Floor votes · House Jun 19, 2018

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jun 30, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 19, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO
lower
Jun 6, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 12 On Its Merits
lower
May 30, 2018
Introduced
Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
lower
May 10, 2018
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
upper
May 2, 2018
Introduced
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 159
upper
3 primary · 19 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
P
DB
David B. McBride
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
BH
Bryon H. Short
DDemocratic
DE
7
Co
CB
Colin Bonini
RRepublican
DE
16
Co
Photo of Danny Short
Danny Short
RRepublican
DE
39
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
Photo of Gerald Hocker
Gerald Hocker
RRepublican
DE
20
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
Co
Photo of Jeff Spiegelman
Jeff Spiegelman
RRepublican
DE
11
Co
Photo of Kevin Hensley
Kevin Hensley
RRepublican
DE
9