Automotive Service Association Announces Opposition to Right to Repair Legislation
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has announced its opposition to recently introduced Right to Repair legislation in Maine and Massachusetts. Maine Rep. Bernard L.A. Ayotte (R-3) recently introduced House Bill 539. This bill requires motor vehicle manufacturers to make available to vehicle owners and independent motor vehicle repair facilities diagnostic and repair information and equipment
Rhode Island Senator Introduces Insurance Unfair Claims Practices Legislation
Bill would amend current legislation identifying as an unfair claims practice totaling a car when the cost to repair it is less than 75 percent of its fair market value.
Global Automakers Announces Support of Anti-Counterfeit Airbag Legislation
Maryland House Bill 885 would make it a crime to knowingly sell or install counterfeit or substandard airbags in a vehicle.
Aftermarket Parts Legislation Reintroduced in Oklahoma
Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association says S.B. 1051 will lead motorists to believe that aftermarket parts are inferior to OE parts.
Vehicle Replacement Key Legislation Fails to Pass California Assembly
Senate Bill 750 would have made an exemption from a requirement for motor vehicle manufacturers to provide for the production of replacement keys indefinite.
American Insurance Association Urges Veto of ‘Reckless’ Auto Body Legislation
Association says H.B. 7782A would allow body shops to unilaterally set rates and sue insurers that do not agree to pay a shop’s rates and related repair costs.
Florida Total Loss Legislation Dies in Senate
Florida Senate Bill 540, the companion bill of Florida House Bill 885, has died in the Senate.
Total Loss Threshold Legislation May Move in Florida Senate
Florida H.B. 885 passed with language that eliminates the current 80-percent threshold for a total-loss vehicle to receive a certificate of destruction, and similar language could be added to the Senate version of the bill.
Tennessee Legislation Targets Uninsured Motorists
A bill under consideration by Tennessee lawmakers would improve enforcement of the state’s mandatory liability-insurance law. The bill, effective Jan. 1, 2013, would require insurers to submit confirmation of auto policy sales or renewals to a database.
California Governor Signs Airbag Legislation
California Gov. Edmund Brown has signed into law S.B. 869, legislation that amends the Automotive Repair Act. It provides that an automotive repair dealer who prepares a written estimate for repairs that includes the replacement of a deployed airbag and then fails to restore the airbag, as specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by