Santa Barbara Senator, Hannah-Beth Jackson is proposing a bill that will prohibit automobile dealers from selling, leasing, renting, or loaning used cars that are under recall until the problem can be repaired. Federal law already prohibits new cars from being sold when they have known recall defects, but Jackson’s bill would extend the ban to prevent unsafe automobiles from getting into the hands of unaware used car buyers. According to a poll carried out by Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS), a key supporter of the bill, almost 90% of Californian voters support the legislation.

This bill does not include private sales or prevent rental companies from renting vehicles that are recalled, because lawmakers are already working on a California Automobile Rental Recall Bill as well as a federal law regarding car rental companies. The federal Grow America Act, a four-year, $302-billion transportation plan, includes proposed legislation that would give the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the ability to force used car dealers nationwide to make sure recalled vehicles are repaired before they are sold.

Supporters of the California bill don’t like the chances of the federal legislation because the believe car dealerships hold too much sway in Congress.