For the past several years, a farm equipment lemon law has been introduced in the Wisconsin legislature. This year, Senate Bill 8 was introduced by Senator Andre Jacque (R) and Senator Cory Tomczyk (R). The bill was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Local Government back in January and has sat there since. The […]
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We are very pleased to announce Governor Stitt has signed Senate Bill 377 into law. The signed legislation will become effective November 1, 2025. You can read our letter of support sent to Governor Stitt below. This legislation is a significant update to the protections dealers have in the state of Oklahoma to ensure equipment
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Earlier today, SB 377 passed out of the House Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee with a unanimous vote in favor of the bill. This follows another unanimous vote in the House Business Committee last week. The bill now heads to the House Floor for a final vote before being sent to the Governor for
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Thank you to all the Arkansas dealers who appeared to testify against HB 1852. The Senate Agriculture Committee chairman said he wanted to see local dealers show up to testify, and I believe he got more than he counted on. Ultimately, that is what made the difference in defeating this legislation. With nobody showing up
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As you know, we have been working over the past few months on Right to Repair legislation. Our efforts have been focused on HB 4673, which is a bill specific to farm equipment and was referred to the House Agriculture Committee. However, there have been six other Right to Repair bills introduced this session in
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The Michigan legislature will soon reconvene at the beginning of September. When they do, we fully expect the House Committee on Agriculture to pick up where they left off with the Right to Repair bill, HB 4673. The bill did not receive a vote before the summer recess and will be taken back up in
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There are now six individual Right to Repair bills that have been introduced in Michigan in the last two weeks since we alerted you to the first bills dropped in the legislature. Of these, House Bill 4673 is the first to be scheduled for a hearing in the House Agriculture Committee. The hearing is set for next
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Late last week, three Right to Repair bills were introduced in the Michigan legislature. Both chambers had bills introduced, although they were not identical bills. House Bill 4562 is a broad-based bill applying to all electronic equipment, however the definition of a product covered under the legislation specifically singles out agricultural equipment. The bill has
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The Missouri legislature adjourned with somewhat of a fracas late last week. The good news is that the pair of Right to Repair bills introduced this year did not advance past their chamber of origin before the final gavel fell, sealing the fate of these bills for the fifth year in a row. To recap,
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House Bill 698, otherwise known as the agricultural equipment Right to Repair bill, was heard by the House Committee on Rural Community Development on Monday, April 24 at 11:00 a.m. The industry had a strong turnout with in-person testimony made by Heritage Tractor, Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners, and NAEDA. The MOUs between Deere-AFBF and Case-AFBF were
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