The House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development has scheduled a hearing for September 14th on Right to Repair. The hearing will be informational only and does not relate to specific legislation. There are currently two Right to Repair House bills that have been introduced. HB 6566 is a broad-based bill […]
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Today, President Biden signed into law the reconciliation package titled the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The bill is a mix of healthcare, climate, energy, and tax provisions cobbled together. It creates $485 billion in new spending offset by $790 billion in new taxes and savings over the next ten years. Here is a summary of
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We are contacting you to ensure you are aware of a pending Right to Repair amendment proposal in the MA state legislature – redraft amendment 471. This amendment proposes to include what we consider to be an overly broad definition of a “portable wireless device.” We do not, however, believe the amendment is meant to
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The Missouri Legislature adjourned session on May 13th. This year’s legislative session was a somewhat chaotic one, marked by division and inertia. That was also the case when it came to Right to Repair. With two bills introduced, this was the fifth year proponents have tried to pass Right to Repair legislation in Missouri. There
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This late in the session, it was not expected there would be a hearing in first committee on a bill. However, we were notified Friday afternoon that Senate Bill 1086 will be heard in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment at 8:00 a.m. this Wednesday. This is the first time a Right
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Today, the Missouri House Agriculture Policy Committee passed HB 2402 out of committee by a close vote of 9-8. However, the bill is not expected to advance to the next committee this late in session and is considered dead for the year. A poorly crafted last-minute amendment to the bill switched a crucial vote to
Missouri Right to Repair Bill Narrowly Passes Committee, But Dead for Session Read More »
The end of last week marked the crossover deadline in the Oklahoma legislature, the point at which a bill must pass its chamber of origin to continue moving forward. The Right to Repair bill, HB 1011, did not pass the chamber as in dead. As you know, we have had difficulty working with the sponsor
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Yesterday, the Missouri House Agriculture Policy Committee was scheduled to vote on HB 2402, the Right to Repair bill. Instead of moving forward with a vote in executive session, the chairman of the committee postponed the vote at the request of the bill sponsor, Representative Barry Hovis (R-Cape Girardeau). The delay comes on the heels
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