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Michigan Legislature Considering Bills that could Impact Auto Repairers
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports Lawmakers in Michigan’s state legislature are considering bills that could impact the operations of automotive repairers in the state. Two of those bills are described below: Senate Bill (SB) 25 passed 37-0 in the state senate. Currently, repair shops with multiple facilities must register the facilities under…
Read MoreHawaii Says Aloha to New Bills that could Impact Auto Repairers
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports Lawmakers in the Hawaii State Legislature have advanced two bills that could impact automotive repair businesses. Senate Bill (SB) 327 passed in an amended version in a House committee on a 6-0 vote. ASA is concerned that the amended version could exclude many repair businesses from benefiting…
Read MoreState Lawmakers in California Consider Bills of Significance to Auto Repairers
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports State lawmakers in California are considering several bills of significance to auto repairers in the state, including the bills listed below: Assembly Bill (AB) 272 would require that the State Air Resources Board submit its first report on the effectiveness (enforcement, operational downtime, and an estimate of…
Read MoreTwo Bills – One Blocked and the other Passed – in Utah with Implications for Auto Repairers
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports Utah’s State Legislature approved one bill and blocked another of relevance to automotive repairers. House Bill (HB) 522 failed to pass. It would have required non-OEM parts to be “substantially equivalent in quality and function to OEM aftermarket crash parts” if the non-OEM part is requested by…
Read MoreTexas Legislature Considering Bills that could Impact Auto Repairers
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports Lawmakers in the Texas State Legislature, which only convenes for 150 days every two years, are considering several bills that could impact automotive repairers. Senate Bill (SB) 1, the state’s budget legislation, instructs state agencies to use the most cost effective means available to maintain and repair…
Read MoreBills Introduced in Rhode Island could Impact Repairers Directly
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports A number of bills introduced in Rhode Island’s state legislature would directly impact independent auto repairers. S. 877/ H. 5572 would define “fair market value” to include a valuation that’s publicly available or accessible via electronic or print by consumer commonly used by the automotive industry and…
Read More11 Bills in MA Legislature with Direct Implications for Auto Repairers Under Consideration
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports At least ten bills introduced this year in the Massachusetts Legislature would have direct implications for auto repairers. Senate Bill (SB) 797 would set a $55/hour minimum labor rate for auto body repairs. It would also create an auto body labor rate advisory board, on which three…
Read MorePresident Trump Places 25 Percent Tariff on Auto and Certain Auto Part Imports
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will impose a 25 percent tariff on automobile and certain automobile-parts imports. The tariff will be assessed on top of all other pre-existing import tariffs. The president argues that such measures are needed to strengthen the United States’ domestic…
Read MoreTexas Bill would Significantly Increase Access to all Vehicle Data
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports Texas State Representative Pat Curry (R-56th District) introduced HB 4555, which stipulates that a “manufacturer shall provide to each owner of a motor vehicle manufactured by the manufacturer access to vehicle-generated data generated by the owner’s vehicle without restriction, limitation, fee, license, or requiring use of a device mandated…
Read MoreU.S. Senate Committee Advances Bill Mandating AM Radio in Vehicles
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on EU Vehicle Imports The United States Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee voted unanimously to advance S. 315, also known as the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The bill, a product of bipartisan collaboration, was sponsored by Senato Ed Markey (D-MA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). It would require…
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