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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 119

AN ACT CONCERNING USED MOTOR VEHICLE WARRANTIES.

In the Senate since February 10, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To provide that (1) a dealer selling a used motor vehicle that is less than ten years of age shall not exclude, modify, disclaim or limit an implied warranty on the vehicle, (2) each contract entered into by a dealer for the sale of any such used motor vehicle to a consumer shall include an express warranty that the vehicle is mechanically sound and will remain so for at least sixty days or three thousand miles of operation, whichever occurs first, and (3) a used motor vehicle may be sold "as is" by a dealer only if the vehicle is ten years of age or older.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 10 to March 25, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFrom Feb 10

General Law CommitteeFeb 10 to Mar 1129 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 11

  1. Feb 10Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
  2. Feb 13Heard in General Law Committee
  3. Mar 11General Law Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Feb 10REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 11Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 12FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 19REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 25RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 25FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Mar 25SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Mar 25FILE NO.Both houses