Committee advances auto-dealer franchise bill to calendar rules

The House Commerce Committee on its final calendar advanced House Bill 475, an auto dealers franchise and franchise-agreement measure, by unanimous voice-machine vote.

Vice Chairman Bricken asked for consideration of the bill and said an amendment was already attached. After brief sponsor remarks, the clerk reported 19 ayes and no nays; Vice Chairman Bricken declared House Bill 475 passed and sent to the calendar rules.

Committee members did not request further debate. The committee did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript; the clerk recorded the final tally as 19 ayes and 0 nays. No amendments beyond the one already attached were offered during the committee discussion.

The committee moved on to the next calendar items following passage; no implementation details or fiscal notes were discussed on the record during the exchange.