There are currently three Right to Repair bills introduced in the Missouri legislature. One of them, Senate Bill 554, has been scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Progress and Development. We confirmed this morning the hearing will be held next Wednesday the 12th at 11:00 am. SB 554 is sponsored by Senator Tracy McCreery (D) […]
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Yesterday, Governor Huckabee Sanders signed into law Senate Bill 263. This was priority legislation for the association that updated equipment lien laws to benefit dealers by making enforcement of liens less burdensome. The legislation eliminates the requirement to file litigation in Circuit Court in order to enforce a repairman’s lien. The change in law modifies the
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It’s been three weeks since we alerted you to House Bill 4810, legislation designed to gut existing statutory provisions relating to agreements between dealers and manufacturers. After being introduced, the bill was referred to the House Business & Industry Committee on March 23rd. The bill has not been scheduled for a hearing as of yet. With
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As we previously alerted you to, a hearing was held last Tuesday for SB 73 in the Ohio Senate Financial Institutions and Technology Committee. The hearing was for opponents to the legislation only and there were several dealers that attended the hearing to testify. The hearing went very well with the dealers doing a tremendous job of
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Senate Bill 73 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Financial Institutions and Technology Committee on Tuesday, March 28, at 9:30 am in the North Hearing Room at the Ohio State Capitol. This is the third hearing on the bill and the committee will only be taking opponent testimony. Written and in-person testimony will be allowed,
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Senate Bill 73 has been scheduled for a 2nd hearing in the Senate Financial Institutions and Technology Committee at 9:30 a.m. on March 21st. The hearing will ONLY allow proponent in-person testimony. As a refresher, SB 73 is a broad-based Right to Repair bill meaning that it applies to all digital electronic devices unless there is an exemption.
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Friday was the bill introduction deadline for the Texas legislature. On Friday, Representative Leach (R-District 67) introduced House Bill 4810. The bill relates to agreements between equipment dealers and manufacturers. The bill would drastically change existing law by excluding nearly all equipment dealers from coverage under the existing statute. For those dealers remaining, the bill undermines
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At the beginning of this week, a second Right to Repair bill was introduced prior to the bill introduction deadline at the end of this week. Senate Bill 1654 is sponsored by Senator Lois Kolkhorst (R, Senate District 18). The bill is specific to farm equipment and contains all of the worst elements of Right
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Late last week, Senate Bill 73 was introduced by Senator Bill Blessing (R). The bill, known as the Digital Fair Repair Act, was referred to the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Technology. A first hearing as been scheduled in the committee for Tuesday the 7th at 9:30. The bill is a re-introduction of the
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Maryland House Bill 712 was introduced and referred to committee on Feb 7th. It has since been scheduled for a hearing on the 22nd of February. This bill is a farm equipment specific bill that would require manufacturers to provide parts – among other things – to independent repair providers at the most favorable cost
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