Virginia House Bill 143 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 7 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Heavy Equipment Dealer Act. Provides that, under the Heavy Equipment Dealer Act, a supplier's refusal to continue with a dealer an agreement that is expiring in accordance with its terms constitutes a refusal to continue or renew the agreement even if the supplier offers to enter into a replacement agreement with such dealer. The bill removes the exception to the Act's notification requirements for agreement amendments for cases where the supplier uniformly amends agreements as to all dealers of the supplier in question in all states in which the supplier is marketing its products. The bill also prohibits a supplier from prohibiting a dealer from purchasing equipment manufactured by another supplier for purposes of rental or resale to the dealer's customers or from directly or indirectly discriminating or taking adverse action against, or otherwise penalizing, any dealer that purchases equipment or repair parts manufactured by another supplier for purposes of rental or resale to the dealer's customers.

Heavy Equipment Dealer Act; agreements and exclusivity.

Del. Bill Wiley [R]

Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2022-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
2022-01-18	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102899D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	354	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	359	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB143
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB143+hil