--- title: House Motor Vehicles Committee, April 1, 2026 collection: meetings id: 2026-04-01/house-motor-vehicles cite_as: House Motor Vehicles Committee, April 1, 2026, video https://vimeo.com/1179256671 (machine transcript by Georgia Commons) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-04-01/house-motor-vehicles md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-04-01/house-motor-vehicles.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/meetings/2026-04-01/house-motor-vehicles/text source_url: https://vimeo.com/1179256671 date: 2026-04-01 status: machine transcript corpus_version: meetings-2026-10-23-8c15ead0f18d license: Machine transcript and summaries by Georgia Commons from the General Assembly's public video; the video stays on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Agenda: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/agendas/house/Motor Vehicles%2F4.1.26-Motor Vehicles Meeting Notice.pdf. > This is a machine transcript of the General Assembly's video, made by a speech-recognition model. It is not an official record and can mishear words, names, and numbers. Speakers are not identified. The video is the record: every timestamp links to the moment it plays. ## Summary written by Georgia Commons Written by gpt-6.1-sol from the transcript below. It is not part of the record. Quote the transcript or the video, not the summary. The committee considered a substitute to [HB 239](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb239) concerning auto insurance claims and collision repairs. The sponsor said it would require insurers to inspect vehicles within three business days and disclose financial relationships with recommended repair shops. Discussion focused on repair delays, disputes over payment for manufacturer-required work, pressure on small repair businesses, and how customers would learn about the requirements. Members voiced support during a do-pass vote, with no opposing response recorded. The transcript does not include a vote count or an explicit announcement of the result. ## Bills discussed (1) Each account was written by gpt-6.1-sol from the stretch of the transcript it names. The bill's number is said in that stretch, unless it was the only bill on a committee's agenda. ### HB 239. Motor vehicles; placement of a special identifying sticker on the windshields of alternative fueled vehicles; require [HB 239](https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb239) (2025-2026 Regular Session). From [0:11:31](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=691s), turns 3 to 90. The sponsor presented a substitute requiring insurers to inspect damaged vehicles within three business days and disclose financial relationships with recommended repair shops. The sponsor said insurers currently have up to 60 days and sometimes delay inspections to pressure shops into accepting payment terms. The sponsor said shops may absorb $200 to $300 per repair order for work insurers decline to cover, including manufacturer-required sensor calibration, and warned that financial pressure could force small shops to close or sell. One committee member supported the proposal, describing disputes over labor rates and payment for dealership work. Asked by a second member who would enforce the deadline, the sponsor said customers could complain and repair records would document delays. Asked how customers would learn about the requirements, the sponsor said shops could explain delays and insurers would disclose their contracts. That member said the answer did not resolve the question. A third member confirmed that insurers would have to disclose the relationship without customers asking. Another speaker supported both provisions, citing repair shops’ responsibility to restore vehicles safely. A do-pass motion received a second and audible supporting votes, with no opposing response recorded. No tally or explicit result announcement followed. ## Transcript (92 turns) [0:07:50](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=470s) I got one. All right. [0:07:53](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=473s) I won't. [0:07:57](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=477s) Thanks. [0:11:16](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=676s) Bye. Good afternoon ev- everybody. We, uh, thought we were finished, uh, with our meetings, but, uh, this week being what it is, you know, uh, bills seem to get resurrected this week. So we're gonna have a hearing on a, on a bill, House Bill 239, which is now coming back in, in a different form. So, uh, I'm gonna ask Vance Smith if he'll open in prayer for us. [0:11:40](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=700s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a good week for resurrection. So, uh, if y'all would pray with me. Lord, we thank you for this day. You know each heart in this room. Uh, we appreciate the people in attendance and the committee members. Be with all of us as we try to do the state's business here this l- last day of session coming up tomorrow. Uh, help us to see your will, understand where you want us to go, and just thank you for the many blessings. In Jesus' name. Amen. [0:12:08](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=728s) All right. We do have- [0:12:09](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=729s) Mr. Chairman, can I make a- [0:12:09](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=729s) ... have one bill on the agenda. It's House Bill 239. Uh, it's- [0:12:14](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=734s) I got you. I got you. [0:12:15](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=735s) Time out. All right, go ahead. [0:12:16](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=736s) Can I introduce somebody? [0:12:18](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=738s) Absolutely. Wh- who have you got with you? [0:12:20](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=740s) Uh, I'd like to introduce, uh, my beautiful wife, Michelle Smith. [0:12:23](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=743s) Uh, will she stand please? [0:12:24](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=744s) Michelle. [0:12:24](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=744s) Will you stand up? Yeah, yeah. [0:12:29](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=749s) I'll pay for that. I'll pay for that, Mr. Chairman. [0:12:34](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=754s) All right. A- and you out kicked your coverage, right? Isn't that what they want to say? [0:12:38](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=758s) Yeah, yeah. [0:12:39](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=759s) All right. Anyway, I'm gonna ask, uh, Lehman, Representative Franklin if he'll come to the table and tell us about the substitute to House Bill 239. [0:12:52](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=772s) Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman and, and members of the committee. I truly, truly appreciate, um, you allowing me to present this bill and in your committee, I know we're coming to the, the last, uh, we're down to the wire here, so, um, and I know y- everybody here would rather be doing something else than this, but I do appreciate it. Um, so I'm, I am here to present House Bill 239 and, uh, just to give you a, a preface to this, I, I'm a, I'm a businessman. I, I engage in, in different businesses and I've engaged in even more, um, in the past. [0:13:23](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=803s) And one of those that I used to be that, I don't know if you know or not, but I used to own a, an Allstate agency. And I, I ran an Allstate agency for five years. I was the, uh, um, uh, the owner and operator and the agent, and I still currently maintain my insurance license to this day. I still have, um, a P&C in life and health, and I still maintain that. One of the other businesses that I also am engaged with is I'm a minor, um, uh, owner or part owner in a collision center. [0:13:53](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=833s) And, um, this is why I'm here for you today, because engaging in that business, I got to, when I was diving into it, I got to learn of a lot of, um, areas in that business that, that really, um, need some, uh, tweaking, um, within the state of Georgia. We need to, it needs to be addressed, uh, to be able to give the consumer the best, um, customer experience possible. So that is the, the, uh, the genesis of why, uh, th- why we're here, why I'm here, and why this bill was kind of created, um, and how it started. [0:14:24](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=864s) And so in the bill that you have before you, there's, um, there's two main points. Um, and, and, and just also before I go into them, th- this has been, uh, um, we've been, uh, having negotiations and talks throughout this whole session about multiple different points, but these to, in my view, are the most, uh, uh, subtle and most, um, um, uh, um, the highest need that can be addressed at this late hour. So within this bill, um, uh, House Bill 239, you'll see that there's, um, a section addressing, um, the timelines when the insurance ap- um, appraiser can come check out, um, the vehicles. [0:15:07](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=907s) So what happens is basically when you wreck your car, it goes to a body shop, and then the body shop a- assess what needs to be done, and the appraiser comes out to look at it. Now, normally this process only takes 24 hours, and if you, um, interview multiple, uh, collision centers, the average is about 24 hours or less. It's not a big problem, especially if they have a relationship with the collision center or body shop. They know and trust that collision center, and they just do it over the phone. They don't have to really come out. They just, you know, do it. [0:15:38](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=938s) So they look at it within 24 hours. So in that process, though, um, and, uh, when they, when you say, "Okay, you need to do, uh, we need to repair A, B, C, and D," in that process, the c- the, uh, the carriers, the insurance carriers will say, "Well, I'm gonna pay for A, B, and C. I'm not gonna pay for D." Um, and that leaves you at the point, well, who's gonna pay for it? The consumer or the collision center? And the business at that point has the obligation to either go back to the customer and request more money from them or- To get it from the carrier or to pay it themselves. [0:16:13](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=973s) And what happens is if you have a pushback on that at any point, the carrier will go to the customer and say, "Well, they're not performing that, uh, that, um, repair, um, in a timely manner and in the proper way. And either they want you to pay for it, or you need to tell them to go ahead and fix it." So what happens is the customer gets ping-ponged back and forth between the, the collision center and the carrier. And, um, and it doesn't give them a good customer experience. I don't know if you've ever wrecked your car before, if you've ever experienced that. [0:16:44](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1004s) But more times than not, what happens at the collision center, because they are the first point of contact with the customer, they end up just paying for it and eating it. So what this does is it shaves off about, you know, $200, $300 per RO, which is a repair order, per ticket, um, that they have to eat with, um, with those repairs. Now, the collision centers can sign up into a contract with the carriers, and if they do that, they become a preferred collision center. When they become a preferred collision center, the carriers, um, basically give you... [0:17:19](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1039s) They, they try to send their customers to that collision center, which is illegal in Georgia. You can't steer. But they try to say, "Well, this is our recommended..." They have language for this. "This is our recommended body shop. They do a good job. It's quick, timely, and they do it for the right way and quality," that kind of thing. Well, if you're under that contract, if you ever read the contract, um, first of all, being in business at all is completely one-sided, as you might agree, you know, as you might, um, assume, but it's a heavy-handed contract, to say the least. But if you do do that, you do get business. [0:17:51](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1071s) But you basically cannot argue to repair those vehicles according to A, B, C, and D. And where that comes into, to question is that this is safety reasons. This is what the OEM says that the car needs to be repaired to, to be a safety level. So you have to do it. If you don't do it, and you send the car out, and it wrecks, the collision center is liable to be sued, not the carrier. So it behooves you to fix it correctly. And all body shops that do, uh, you know, good work do that anyway. [0:18:22](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1102s) But going back to the, um, the preferred dealers, dealer, uh, the preferred, uh, collision centers. When you do that, you get the business, but if you push back at any time in that and say, "Well, I'm not paying, I'm not paying for D. You have to pay for it, or the customer does," if you do that too much, then what they, what will happen, and I know this happens 'cause it's happened to me, is that they, the, the, uh, carrier won't come out within 24 hours to come look at the car to assess it. So now this customer's waiting on their car. [0:18:53](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1133s) You've assessed it. You've turned it in. You haven't got the go, the go-ahead with the carrier to be able to, uh, to do the work, and so you wait. So currently, the carriers have up to 60 days to do this. So what they do to put the thumb on the small business owner is they say, "Well, you either need to behave and get in line and, um, and accept, you know, what the drill is, or we just won't come out." And they may take 60 days to come look at the car. The whole time, the customer's in a rental car. They don't understand why they're having to wait 60 days. [0:19:25](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1165s) Um, the lot's filled up. Like, our guys can't work. The collision center guys can't work. And it adds up. And they do it not for one car, but for every car that they have in there. So if you're a mom and pop and you're a small business, you can't fight that kind of, uh, uh, teeth. You know, you can't fight that argument. You just basically have to fold and say, "Well, I'll pay for it. I'll pay for the D, that part, and, um, I'll go ahead and fix the car 'cause I want the customer to get out, in and out, um, to get it out faster." And so you kind of fall in line. [0:19:57](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1197s) Now, you don't have to go under the contracts with the carriers. You can do it on your own. But if you do do that, and you're in a certain area, then, um, you may, your business may be cut almost in half because when you call for your insurance and you say, "Where do I go for a body shop?" They'll give you a recommendation of three or whatever. You know, they can't just say, "Go to this one." They'll say, "We- you can go to this one, this one, this one, but this is our preferred guy. We have good business with them," whatever. And most of the times, people just go to that one. So therein lies the problem, one of the problems. [0:20:29](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1229s) In this bill, it just requires that the insurance carrier has up to three days to respond. They can't wait 60 days. They, it, it takes that argument out of it. Um, they can still not, not pay for D. That's fine. They can still argue the price, whatever. But they need to come look at the vehicle within three days and assess it and either get the car working or not working to get it out. The other part of the bill is that it re- refers to steering in Georgia, and currently steering in Georgia is illegal. But what this does is that it says that if these, uh, insurance carriers have, um, a financial, um, uh, relationship with the collision center, um, like the contracts that they're in, that they have to just disclose that to the customer. [0:21:16](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1276s) They say, "Look, you can go to body shop A, B, and C. Um, we prefer you go to C because we have a good relationship with them. But by the way, we do have a contract, contract, con- um, contractual contract with them, uh, so just so you know." And that's all it does. That's what it does here. I hope I've kind of made that clear. It goes, there's a lot more into it, but, um, but that's the gist of these two statements here. Let me go back to the, to the A, B, C, and D part. I'll just give you a practical real-life example if I can. [0:21:46](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1306s) So if you wreck your vehicle and it's just a bumper situation, the A may be the price of the bumper, the part. The B may be the labor to install the bumper. The C may be the price of the sensor in the bumper, and the D may be the, the, the, uh, the cost of the labor to, um, to sink that sensor in, you know, to qualify it. All of these four parts are required by the OEM manufacturer to say that it's safe to be on the road, and you have to do it. Like I said before, the, the, the carrier just may say, "Well, I'll pay for A, B, and C. [0:22:20](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1340s) I'm not gonna pay for the labor for to calibrate the, the, uh, sensor in it." So that's, that gives you a practical real-life example of what I'm talking about. Um, but that's the gist of the bill. I'm happy to answer any questions if there is any. [0:22:36](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1356s) Well, thank you for bringing the bill. We do have, uh, several questions. Number 25, Chairman Ridley. [0:22:41](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1361s) Thank you. Um, I know this has been an issue three or four years. I've had my body shops talking to me, um, and I know this part's not in your bill, but I just kinda wanna explain to the people, uh, 'cause I've been party of these conversations with the insurance companies. I've tried for two to three years to get the insurance commissioners to meet with these guys before. Uh, never even got a response back. Um, and I think you've went, uh, above and beyond to try to, try to sit down with these people and, and get a, get something solved, but it's, it's never followed back up. [0:23:13](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1393s) But, um, I'll tell you, in 1996, '97, I just had graduated high school. I worked at a body shop. And a body shop, the insurance company sets the hourly rate that they're allowed to charge. Back then, it was $45. Now, I think it's, what, 55 maybe-ish. [0:23:29](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1409s) Yeah, I'm not sure. [0:23:30](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1410s) But, but what they do with these preferred, uh, businesses, the preferred shops, they'll come in and say, "Hey, we're gonna pay you $48 instead of the 55 or whatever, but we're gonna send you more business." Well, that gets their average, what they could pay hourly to labor down, so then they can say, "Well, this is what the average is, and that's what we're gonna pay." Um, so it's just always a back-and-forth situation, um, these guys are having to go through. And, and the problem is you, you know, like you're talking about taking the sensor, when you go get it synced, a lot of times you gotta carry it to the dealership. [0:24:03](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1443s) Well, the dealership may charge $150 an hour, and they'll pay that because it's something that's gotta be done at the dealership. But what they'll do a lot of times is just like, uh, what Representative Franklin said there, they'll say, "Well, we'll pay for everything, but we're not gonna pay for that." So you're stuck going, paying the dealership fee because it's a newer vehicle that they've got the programs for to, to sync that stuff up. So I appreciate you bringing this bill, and I know how hard you've worked. And, and I've been, like I said, I've been a part of all these conversations, I think. Um, but it's just s- something that the consumer and, and small businesses are g- getting hammered on. [0:24:35](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1475s) And I, I appreciate your sup- your support. And if I could just say one thing too is that we have to do something here in Georgia about this, even if it's just a small area, because what's gonna happen if we don't is that what you're gonna see, and you're already seeing in Georgia, is that the, the small businesses, the small collision centers are gonna start, um, going bankrupt, or they're gonna start selling out to the conglomerate big collision centers, the national collision centers. It's already taken place, um, because the business models are different. The national collision centers will own, um, thousands of body shops throughout the whole United States, and they, they, they have it built into their business model that they are willing to lose money in certain shops to make it back in other shops. [0:25:19](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1519s) So what that does is it puts the price, it sets the price in a certain geographic area where the other ones can't compete, and they struggle and struggle until they either, um, sell to one of them, or they just decide not to do it anymore and they close up. So when you address or when I've addressed this and others in the industry address this in Georgia, they say, "Well, how come you're, you're not paying for this bid on the RO, the repair order, in this area for this, but you are paying it in a different part of the state?" And they do do that. [0:25:51](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1551s) They will pay in diff- different things for different areas. The standard line is, is that it is not the industr- um, industry standard in this geographic area. They say it like talking points. It's not the industry standard in this geographic area. So in Albany, they may pay it for only A, B and not C and D. And in Atlanta, they'll pay for all of it, and it's exactly the same repair, same RO. We've actually done studies where I've gotten other collision centers to write the same RO, and, and there's differences in it. [0:26:23](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1583s) So that's a whole nother issue that probably needs to be addressed because it's not, um, it's not standard. The reason why they're having to pay it in a certain other geographic area is because there's other shops that say, "Well, you know, this isn't fair," whatever, and the small towns can't, they can't fight for themselves. They can't afford it. And they gotta pay their guys. They gotta pay their workers, so they just have to deal with it and, and accept what they're given. [0:26:48](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1608s) I do have a couple more questions. Number 17, Representative Alexander. [0:26:53](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1613s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, if you go to, um, line 24 for the three business days, who is going to make sure that the insurer is in compliance of those three days? [0:27:06](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1626s) Well, so we have this in the, um... The way that it works is that whenever you bring your car in or the car gets to the collision center and it's reported, um, or a claim is made, then they have those three days to come to the collision center and, and that starts the work. That starts the, okay. All that is documented within the, uh, the claim that they have and also with the collision centers that, that they're working with. So we go in and assess it and say, "Well, the bumper needs to be repaired, and, and this needs to happen." They come in and look at it and give us an agreement, or, or they say, "Well, I don't really agree with that. [0:27:40](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1660s) I think it needs to be this, that," and then we do that. So it's all documented within the RO, in paperwork, emails, all of that. [0:27:48](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1668s) Right. No, I understand. [0:27:49](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1669s) Okay. [0:27:49](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1669s) I, I understand that part. I'm asking who will make sure that the insurer is gonna be in compliance of those three days. [0:27:56](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1676s) Well, if they don't do it, then, um, if they've not in compliant and they go excessively over that time, then the, the customer themselves can make a complaint. [0:28:04](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1684s) Okay, further question. [0:28:05](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1685s) Mm-hmm. [0:28:05](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1685s) How will the individual know that this is a requirement? Is there gonna, something gonna be posted? How will that person, how will individuals know that this is now a requirement? [0:28:14](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1694s) The customer? [0:28:15](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1695s) The customer. [0:28:16](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1696s) Well, they, they won't necessarily know there's a requirement unless the collision center tells them, but if their, if their repair takes, um, two weeks or it takes a long time- Then I, I guarantee you the collision center will be like, "Well, I can't get your insurance company to come out here to inspect the car. I'm waiting on them to come look at it, and that's what's holding it up." So they would know. They would tell them instantly. [0:28:34](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1714s) Not that it's gonna be repaired, that now that this is, um, this is required by the insurer, that they have to identify and let individuals know that this is somebody who they are used to doing business with or they're on their list of doing business with. How will that customer know that? [0:28:52](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1732s) The, I'm sorry, say that again. [0:28:53](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1733s) I- I'm trying to understand from the standpoint of you're saying that these, um, facilities that the insurance company is recommending. [0:29:02](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1742s) Yes. [0:29:02](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1742s) So what I'm asking you is how will that be conveyed out to a customer that now that this bill, if this bill passes? [0:29:09](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1749s) So nothing would change as to, of what is currently happening. So when you, when you call into your in carrier and you say, "I need to take my car and get it fixed," your carrier could give you three or four different options of where to take it. Or you could know yourself of somebody that you'd wanna take it to as well. But in those three or four they can say, "Well, you know, you can send it to them, but we have a preferred collision center that we do a lot of business with." Um, but if they do do that, they have to dis- they have to disclose that they have a financial contract with that one, and that's it. So they just let the customer know. [0:29:39](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1779s) It's more, being more transparent that they have a business contract with that, uh, collision center and they don't have a business contract with the other ones. Does that answer your question or does that- [0:29:48](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1788s) No, it don't, but I'm good. Thank you. [0:29:50](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1790s) Okay. I'm sorry. [0:29:52](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1792s) All right, number 19. [0:29:54](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1794s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [0:29:55](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1795s) Representative Blackmon. [0:29:55](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1795s) And I guess my, guess mine is almost a little simpler, you know, on the same scale on, uh, 17 and 18 and you said that, or I heard you say that, uh, when an insurer come, when a company is, um, is, you know, like they need to let, uh, the customer know that if they've got any financial, uh, with the repair shop. So is that a question that I would have to ask, I mean, or is that something that the insurer is gonna say w- as he makes this bill, or would I, as a, the customer say, uh, "Do you have any..." W- which I wouldn't know. [0:30:31](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1831s) Yeah, the, the insuring, insurance carrier would have to disclose that. [0:30:34](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1834s) So that would be part of the conversation is- [0:30:38](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1838s) Exactly [0:30:38](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1838s) ... to, to the insurer is, is that, you know, "This is a shop, but we have financial..." And so that's part of the speech. [0:30:46](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1846s) Yes, sir. [0:30:47](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1847s) Okay. That's, you know. Thank you. [0:30:48](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1848s) Mm-hmm. [0:30:51](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1851s) All right, I think we do have somebody that'd like to speak to the, to the measure. If, um... [0:30:57](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1857s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, I commend the representative for bringing this. I'll tell you a little story. Back where I live in Paulding County, had some work done on my F-150, and these cars are built out, the new cars, as you know, well know, with sensors. And I was, I was picking up my vehicle and the collision center at the dealership that I normally go to said, "Is there anything y'all can do to help us in this regard?" And I believe the representative has brought this. It's, it's a, these contracts are a double-edged sword, a lot of times cutting, representative confirm or not, or correct me if I'm wrong, with the sharpest edge on the collision center. [0:31:35](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1895s) And, you know, they, they are responsible for bringing these cars back to the OEM. I mean, this is, you know, the standard that getting it back out on the road and getting it, and these, these carriers sometimes just won't pay for that or the entire job of it. So it puts the onus back on a collision center, a dealer, somebody like that. So I think this is a good bill. I think it's a good measure. Um, the disclosure part is a good measure as well. Uh, taking the accountability day of the response time is a good measure, and I commend the representative for bringing the measure. [0:32:06](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1926s) Thank you. [0:32:09](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1929s) All right. It's about time, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. And, and I think, I, I told you when I read the bill, looking at it last night, I told you it reminded me of, you know, the d- is- issue we had with, with PBMs, these pharmacy business managers steering- Steering them ... and that's probably the conversation y- y'all had when you read. That, that's what reminded me of. You- It's not that bad. You... It's about time, Mr. Chairman. But, uh, now would be the time. The program do pass. Uh, we, we got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. [0:32:38](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1958s) Aye. [0:32:39](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1959s) Aye. [0:32:39](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1959s) All opposed, like sign. [0:32:42](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1962s) Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Committee. I appreciate it. Thank you. [0:32:48](https://vimeo.com/1179256671#t=1968s) This, this is our last meeting for the year.