North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S295: Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws.
Status: Signed into law, July 1, 2025
What the bill says
An act to clarify various motor vehicle dealer laws.
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT TO CLARIFY VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LAWS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PREVENT UNFAIR DEALER FRANCHISE TERMINATIONS AND CLARIFY RV DEALER TERMINATION ASSISTANCE RIGHTS SECTION 1. G.S. 20-305 reads as threatening to cancel franchise; preventing transfer of ownership; granting additional franchises; terminating franchises without good cause; preventing family succession. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch, or any field representative, officer, agent, or any representative whatsoever of any of them: ... (4) Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise agreement, to prevent or refuse to approve the sale or transfer of the ownership of a dealership by the sale of the business, stock transfer, or otherwise, or the transfer, sale or assignment of a dealer franchise, or a change in the executive management or principal operator of the dealership, change in use of an existing facility to provide for the sales or service of one or more additional line-makes of new motor vehicles, or relocation of the dealership to another site within the dealership's relevant market area, if the Commissioner has determined, if requested in writing by the dealer within 30 days after receipt of an objection to the proposed transfer, sale, assignment, relocation, or change, and after a hearing on the matter, that the failure to permit or honor the …
Sponsors
- Jackson, Brent (R, 9) · primary sponsor
- Lazzara, Michael A. (R, 6) · primary sponsor
- Sawyer, Vickie (R, 37) · primary sponsor
- Barnes, Lisa S. (R, 11)
- Britt, Danny Earl (R, 24)
- Daniel, Warren (R, 46)
- Galey, Amy S. (R, 25)
- Hanig, Bobby (R, 1)
- Johnson, Todd (R, 35)
- Moffitt, Timothy D. (R, 48)
- Newton, Buck (R, 4)
- Overcash, Brad (R, 43)
Latest actions
- : Ch. SL 2025-41
- : Signed by Gov. 7/1/2025
- : Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2025
- : Ratified
- : Ordered Enrolled
- : Concurred In H Com Sub
- : Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
Votes
- Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws. Motion 9 To Concur (June 23, 2025): 46 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws. Second Reading (June 18, 2025): 109 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws. Second Reading (May 6, 2025): 43 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: RETAILING, RATIFIED, COMMERCE, PUBLIC, TRANSPORTATION, FRANCHISES, PRESENTED, CORPORATIONS, FOR-PROFIT
Common questions
- What is S295?
- S295 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws.
- What does S295 do?
- In its own words: An act to clarify various motor vehicle dealer laws.
- What is the status of S295?
- Signed into law as of July 1, 2025. Latest action: Ch. SL 2025-41 (July 1, 2025).
- Who sponsored S295?
- Jackson, Brent (R, 9), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S295?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S295
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