(The Center Square) – A plan to create new rules that opponents say could put some auto wholesalers out of business in Wisconsin continues on its fast track.
The Wisconsin Assembly approved without debate AB 625, which creates a long list of new rules for auto wholesalers.
Representatives spent a total of 48 seconds moving the plan through the Assembly and on to the Senate.
Critics say the new rules, which includes a ban on sharing an office space, renting that office space by the hour or day, having cubicles or having an office that is virtual or that rotates.
Conservative Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Cedarburg, told the Center Square earlier this month the proposal would create “wedding barn-esque” rules for used cars in the state.
On Thursday, he said he continues to have his doubts.
“While the bill passed easily in the Assembly, I think that the bill may face more of a challenge in the Senate based on concerns that myself and some of my colleagues have raised. I’m hopeful that this legislation will be stalled in the Senate,” Stoebel said.
The proposal is being supported by the state’s Department of Transportation. It’s being opposed by the auto wholesalers and some insurance companies.
The fear, the opponents say, is a raft of new regulations for wholesales will make used car and auto parts much more expensive.
