CollisionCast: Regulation Changes Coming for California Collision Repairers

June 24, 2025
New regulations take effect July 1 by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair.
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In California, the Bureau of Automotive Repair is implementing new regulations July 1 that will change how collision repairers will do business.

Andrew Batenhorst, body shop manager of Pacific BMW in Glendale, California, Glendale and Foothill chapter president of the California Autobody Association, and FenderBender columnist, joins the CollisionCast to talk about five areas of change, also detailed in the Write it Right guide, that will affect repair shops.


 

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