2025 bills / H.B. 516
H.B. 516 Automobile Franchise Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill defines the word "affiliate" in Utah's motor vehicle franchise law and removes some existing rules about what franchisors may do. It also changes who counts as a "franchise holder," adding a manufacturer that acquires or expands its own interests under certain conditions and excluding dealerships from that definition.
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Official description
- defines "affiliate"
- repeals provisions relating to a franchisor's ability to engage in certain activities
- amends the definition of "franchise holder" to include a manufacturer that acquires or expands the manufacturer's interests under certain conditions
- excludes a dealership from the definition of "franchise holder"
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 516 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 516 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 21, 2025Who voted how
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 21, 2025Who voted how
- 65 yes, 0 no, 10 absentFinal House vote · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 1 no, 2 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 3, 2025Who voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how