Maryland Senate Bill 178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-19 - Referred Economic Matters
Pending: House Economic Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not prohibit a dealer from listing on the dealer's website a vehicle for sale or lease at the purchase price or coerce or require a dealer to list a price different from the purchase price on the dealer's website or take an adverse action against a dealer for listing a vehicle at a particular price on the dealer's website; and defining "purchase price" as the full delivered price of a vehicle, excluding taxes, title fees, and certain other dealer charges.

Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Prices Listed on Dealer Websites

Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Justin Ready [R]	Sen. William Smith [D]
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]

2020-02-18 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-19	House	Referred Economic Matters
2020-02-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2020-02-17	Senate	Motion Special Order until 2/18 (Senator Smith) Adopted
2020-02-13	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-02-13	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Adopted
2020-02-12	Senate	Motion Special Order until 2/13 (Senator Klausmeier) Adopted
2020-02-12	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2020-02-12	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {698673/1
2020-02-11	Senate	Motion Laid Over (Senator Feldman) Adopted
2020-02-11	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {698673/1
2020-02-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2020-01-14	Senate	Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-13	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

SB178 (Carry Over) 2020-02-19 - Referred Economic Matters
SB178 (Carry Over) 2020-02-19 - Referred Economic Matters
HB212 (Crossfiled) 2020-01-24 - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Transportation	15	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Transportation	15	313	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0178?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0178f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0178t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0178_69867301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0178_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0285.pdf