House Bill 2535, a Right to Repair bill introduced on August 15th, has been scheduled for a committee hearing tomorrow, October 1st, 2024. As NAEDAÂ previously stated, we assess that this bill is unlikely to threaten dealers’ businesses. In its current form, it contains exemption language that will not place any new mandates on equipment […]
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A Right to Repair bill has been introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Representative Kyle Mullins, a Democrat representing District 112, is the primary sponsor and was joined by 28 co-sponsors (26 Democrats and 2 Republicans). House Bill 2535 was introduced on August 15th and referred to the House Commerce Committee the same day. As of
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The full House Agriculture Committee meets today to begin markup of the recently released Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024. House Agriculture Committee Chairman, G.T. Thompson (R-PA), unveiled the bill last week to much applause from stakeholder groups across agriculture. NAEDA joins in supporting the bill as a strong initial effort to bolster
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This Tuesday, the Missouri House Special Committee on Innovation and Technology held a hearing on HB 2475. The Right to Repair bill specific to Agriculture was introduced by Rep. Barry Hovis, who opened the hearing on the bill with the same general outline he has given the past several years. Proponents of the bill were
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Yesterday the Kansas House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources held an informational hearing on Right to Repair for farm equipment. There is currently no bill that has been introduced so the hearing was intended as more of a fact-finding mission on the issue. Proponents testifying in support of Right to Repair included a representative
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A hearing has been scheduled for HB 2475, an ag-specific Right to Repair bill sponsored by Rep. Barry Hovis. The hearing will take place on March 26th at noon in the House Special Committee on Innovation and Technology. This is the same bill and bill sponsor we have opposed and defeated the last several years.
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SB 2035, introduced by Senator Sara Kyle (D-Memphis), has been scheduled for a Senate Commerce and Labor Committee hearing. That hearing is scheduled for 12 March 2024, starting at 1:00 p.m. It is unclear if this bill will be passed from the Committee, but out of an abundance of caution, NAEDA is asking dealers to
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Yesterday, HB 4673 passed the House Agriculture Committee on a party-line vote of 8-5 with all Democrats on the committee voting in favor. The bill is now referred to a second reading and a potential floor vote in the house. The bill that passed included significant amendments to the original bill introduced. Many of these
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The Biden administration coordinated and hosted a Zoom call to discuss the Right to Repair (R2R) on 24 October 2023—a total of 12 participants delivered prepared remarks. Lael Brainard, Director of the National Economic Council, delivered the opening remarks, saying, “You might ask why we care about the right to repair. President Biden knows kitchen
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House Bill 4673 is scheduled for a vote by the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday, October 25, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 327 of the House Office Building at the Michigan State Capitol. We’ve included the notice of the meeting HERE. The committee is not accepting testimony; however, there is still time to register with
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