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 […]
PA Right to Repair Bill HB2535 Committee Hearing October 1, 2024 Read More »
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
Ag Specific Right to Repair Bill Scheduled for Hearing in Tennessee Read More »
February 8, 2024 Late last week, an agricultural specific Right to Repair bill was introduced by Senator Sara Kyle (D-Memphis). The bill, SB 2035, was quickly referred to the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. The bill would add a new section of law to the Tennessee Unfair and Deceptive Acts. It would mandate that OEMs make
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February 6, 2024 Oregon began its short session yesterday, and as expected, a Right to Repair bill was introduced. The bill’s primary sponsor is once again Senator Janeen Sollman (D-Hillsboro). However, SB 1596 contains our industry exemption language that was inserted in last year’s bill. Even with the exemption language covering our members, we will be closely
Oregon Right to Repair Bill Introduced with Industry Exemption Read More »
January 23, 2024 Senate Bill 306, Equipment Right to Repair Act, has been scheduled for a hearing with the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee tomorrow morning – 24 January 2024 – at 10:00 am EST. We recently sent out a legislative alert covering this and a similar House Bill introduced in West Virginia. S.B. 306
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