We often highlight the proactive IADA legislative successes that the Illinois dealership industry achieves through your united grassroots efforts. We actually spend much more time defending our industry by defeating legislative proposals that would place unnecessary burdens on franchised dealers. We’d like to take this opportunity to list just a small sample of bills that were introduced during the most recent legislative session that would have adversely affected our industry, but we were able to keep from becoming law. For this purpose, we’ve just listed the summary description, as each bill may contain pages of details that would have adverse effects on dealerships.

As your IADA Executive Director, and on behalf of our IADA Directors, we appreciate your membership, support and grassroots efforts!

House Bills Defeated

• HB 1006 & SB 2217 — Creates the Family Leave Act: Would require private employers of more than 50 employees to provide six weeks of PAID leave for a variety of issues.
• HB 1381 — Creates the Right Know Act: Would provide that any commercial website that collects personal information shall make burdensome notifications and create a data protection plan.
• HB 1514 — Motor Vehicle Tax Receipts: Would require receipts collected from the sale of motor vehicles to be distributed to the municipality where the motor vehicle is titled or registered. Currently, tax monies are distributed to the municipalities where the dealership is located.
• HB 1527 & SB 1978 — Defines Disablement Technology: Would provide that disablement technology shall NOT be used as an aid to the physical retrieval of a vehicle as part of a repossession. Requires dealers that sell a vehicle containing disablement technology to comply with specified requirements.
• HB 1634 & SB 2050 — California Emissions Standards: Would provide that, by Dec. 1, 2023, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency SHALL ADOPT and implement motor vehicle emissions standards from California.
• HB 2934 — Repeals the Warranty Reimbursement Law for Labor and Parts: Legislation that was passed and signed into law that ensures dealerships and technicians alike receive fair and adequate compensation for all warranty work completed became effective Jan. 1, 2022.

The warranty reimbursement legislation was difficult to pass through the General Assembly, and the vehicle manufacturers and Illinois Manufacturers Association have been trying to repeal this law and go back to their old reimbursement policy before the legislation could take effect.

• HB 3374 — Electric Vehicle Recycling Act: Would provide that, after 60 days of the enactment of this Act, manufacturers of electric vehicles that contain hazardous components and batteries must begin to implement a collection program that facilitates the removal of these items.

Senate Bills Defeated

• SB 1357 — Plate Mounting: Would provide that all dealers shall ensure a registration mount is installed on the front and rear of every motor vehicle that is sold. Dealer must provide for all costs associated with mounting.
• SB 1365 — Creates the Right to Know Act: Would provide that any operator of a commercial website or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet about individual Illinois customers shall notify those customers of certain information pertaining to its personal information sharing practice.
• SB 2090 — Repair of Advanced Driving Assistance Systems: Would provide that service providers, insurance companies and third-party administrators working on advanced driving assistance systems, or assuming responsibility for repairs, be required to undergo additional training and provide additional notices to customers.

Sincerely,

Joe McMahon
IADA – Executive Director