Vehicle Safety
State Lawmakers in California Consider Bills of Significance to Auto Repairers
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 emissions reduced…
Read MoreTwo Bills – One Blocked and the other Passed – in Utah with Implications for Auto Repairers
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 the insurer.…
Read MoreTexas Legislature Considering Bills that could Impact Auto Repairers
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 state vehicles,…
Read MoreBills Introduced in Rhode Island could Impact Repairers Directly
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 car-buying public…
Read More11 Bills in MA Legislature with Direct Implications for Auto Repairers Under Consideration
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 auto repairers…
Read MorePresident Trump Places 25 Percent Tariff on Auto and Certain Auto Part Imports
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 industrial base…
Read MoreTexas Bill would Significantly Increase Access to all Vehicle Data
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 by the…
Read MoreBills Introduced in New Hampshire, New York, and Virginia would Loosen Vehicle Safety Inspection Requirements
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Bills were recently introduced in New Hampshire, New York, and Virginia that would loosen requirements around those states’ vehicle safety inspection programs. New Hampshire House Bill (HB) 209 would exempt a vehicle, purchased from a licensed dealer prior to or during the vehicle’s model year, from the state’s vehicle…
Read MoreMissouri Bills Pre-Filed Ahead of Legislative Session would Impact Auto Repairers
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall State legislative lawmakers in Missouri have already introduced a number of bills that could impact automotive repair shops directly or indirectly if they become law. Missouri’s next legislative session doesn’t start until January 8, 2025, but the state allows their legislators to “pre-file” bills before the session begins, which…
Read MoreMaine Right to Repair Working Group Debates Suggestions it should Provide to the Legislature
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall The Maine Right to Repair Working Group met this week to review a draft report with legislative suggestions that the Maine attorney general would send to elected officials in the state legislature. The attorney general is required by law to submit the report to the legislature by February 28,…
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