All Roll Calls
Yes: 97 • No: 7
WyomingSF 1062025 General SessionSenate
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing new vehicle dealers to establish hourly labor rates and retail parts markup rates to be charged for warranty repairs; specifying procedures for establishing and calculating the rates; providing exceptions; requiring mediation; providing a civil cause of action; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored By: Eric Barlow (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Dealers gain warranty claim payment protections
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming dealers can correct and resubmit warranty claims denied for paperwork or processing errors. This applies only when the denial does not question whether the claim is valid. Manufacturers must approve or deny claims within 30 days of receipt; claims not denied in time are treated as approved. Payment is due within 30 days of approval or disapproval. Manufacturers can audit claims for one year after payment, or up to four years when fraud is suspected.
Dealers get defined payments for parts
Beginning July 1, 2025, manufacturers must pay Wyoming new-vehicle dealers cost plus 40% for qualifying complete engine or transmission assemblies. This covers assemblies dealers buy for replacements under an express warranty or another manufacturer-reimbursed repair. Manufacturers also owe a markup payment for parts supplied free for warranty repairs, manufacturer campaigns, or service actions. That payment equals the part’s cost in the manufacturer’s price schedule multiplied by the dealer’s established retail markup rate. Free electric-vehicle propulsion batteries have a separate rule: manufacturers must pay a reasonable handling fee, rather than other warranty reimbursements.
Dealers set warranty rates with limits
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming new-vehicle dealers can set warranty labor and parts rates through manufacturer agreements or repair records. Compensation must cover reasonable diagnostic work, repairs, and labor. Warranty labor rates cannot exceed the dealer’s reasonable nonwarranty rate; parts payments equal dealer cost plus a reasonable retail markup. Record-based submissions use 100 consecutive qualified repair orders or all orders closed during a 90-day period, whichever yields fewer orders. Those orders must fall within the 180 days before submission. The labor rate equals total qualified labor charges divided by total hours worked. The parts markup percentage equals total parts charges divided by total parts cost, minus one, then multiplied by 100. Calculations exclude manufacturer-discounted repairs, dealer-owned vehicles, routine maintenance, accessory installations, reconditioning, safety or emissions inspections, and collision-related repairs. They also exclude damage from nature or operator negligence, parts without individual numbers, internal employee orders, and third-party labor. Record-based rates can change only once every 12 months unless both parties agree otherwise; rates remain scheduled until properly changed. For substantially higher or lower rates, manufacturers have 30 days to request extra records, once per submission. Those records cover a 30-day window before or after the original submission, and dealers must provide them within 30 days. Without a request or contest, the submitted rate takes effect after 45 days. Manufacturers must contest within 30 days, giving reasons, evidence, and proposed adjustments; they cannot later change their grounds. Contested rates require mediation, which ends after 60 days unless both parties agree to extend it. If mediation fails, dealers have 60 days after it ends to sue. The manufacturer must show that the submission was materially incomplete, inaccurate, or unreasonable, using the more-likely-than-not standard of proof.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Eric Barlow
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Landon Brown
Republican • House
Ken Clouston
Republican • House
Rob Geringer
Republican • House
Jeremy Haroldson
Republican • House
Jim Anderson
Republican • Senate
Ed Cooper
Republican • Senate
Gary Crum
Republican • Senate
Stephan Pappas
Republican • Senate
Senator Smith, D
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/26/2025
H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-3-0-0
Yes: 59 • No: 0
House vote • 2/18/2025
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/31/2025
S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0
Yes: 25 • No: 6
Senate vote • 1/28/2025
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
Yes: 4 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 76
2/28/2025Governor Signed SEA No. 0044
2/28/2025GovernorH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0044
2/26/2025HouseS President Signed SEA No. 0044
2/26/2025SenateAssigned Number SEA No. 0044
2/26/2025H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-3-0-0
2/26/2025HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
2/25/2025HouseH COW:Passed
2/24/2025HouseH Placed on General File
2/18/2025HouseH08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2/18/2025HouseH Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
2/13/2025HouseH Received for Introduction
1/31/2025HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0
1/31/2025SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
1/30/2025SenateS COW:Passed
1/29/2025SenateS Placed on General File
1/28/2025SenateS08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
1/28/2025SenateS Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
1/21/2025SenateS Received for Introduction
1/13/2025SenateBill Number Assigned
1/13/2025
Bill Text
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