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HB 3178Requires a seller in a motor vehicle transaction that involves a retail installment contract or lease agreement to make a good faith effort to sell the retail installment contract or lease agreement to a lender on the exact terms that the seller and buyer negotiated.

Congress · introduced 2024-12-31

Digest: Sets out rules a seller must follow when making a sale or lease of a motor vehicle that involves installment payments. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires a seller in a motor vehicle transaction that involves a retail installment contract or lease agreement to make a good faith effort to sell the retail installment contract or lease agreement to a lender on the exact terms that the seller and buyer negotiated. Requires the seller to undertake certain actions if the lender does not agree to buy the retail installment contract or lease agreement within 10 calendar days after the buyer takes possession of the motor vehicle. Prohibits the seller from selling or paying off a loan balance for any trade-in vehicle that is part of the transaction before receiving a lender's final approval of funding. Specifies the liabilities a seller has for failing to comply with the prohibitions. Requires the seller to provide the buyer with certain disclosures before concluding the transaction. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

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Inbound (8)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2024-12-31Chotzen, Willycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Grayber, Daciacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Lively, Johncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Sosa, Nathansponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Campos, Wlnsveycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Frederick, Lewcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Patterson, Debcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2024-12-31Taylor, Kathleensponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Sosa, Nathan (D, state_lower OR-30)sponsor05
2Taylor, Kathleen (D, state_upper OR-21)sponsor05
3Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18)cosponsor01
4Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46)cosponsor01
5Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22)cosponsor01
6Grayber, Dacia (D, state_lower OR-28)cosponsor01
7Lively, John (D, state_lower OR-7)cosponsor01
8Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

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  1. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Frederick, Lew (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Grayber, Dacia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Lively, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Campos, Wlnsvey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Sosa, Nathan (sponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Taylor, Kathleen (sponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chotzen, Willy (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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