The Texas Right to Repair bill, HB 2963, was heard in committee this morning and was left pending. With no vote taken, the bill can be amended or brought back up for a vote in a future hearing. The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce does not currently have a future hearing scheduled. The committee […]
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House Bill 2963 is moving forward quickly as time begins to run out on the Texas legislative session. The Right to Repair bill has now passed the House and is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce tomorrow at 8 am. The House bill sponsor initially agreed to include our
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This week, a Right to Repair bill specific to agricultural equipment was introduced. House Bill 4362 sponsored by Representative Brent Money (R-Greenville) was filed and has not been assigned to a committee yet. The bill is being introduced somewhat late in the session. The bill contains many of the problematic provisions we typically see in
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At the end of September, NAEDA received notice from Representative Giovanni Capriglioni (R-District 98) that he was considering introducing Right to Repair legislation in the 2025 Texas legislative session. We were contacted as part of a stakeholder information gathering process to inform potential legislation. This week, NAEDA submitted comments to Representative Capriglioni. You can
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Yesterday morning, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs held a hearing and took up testimony on SB 1654 the Right to Repair bill. Several dealers testified in opposition to the bill as well as NAEDA. Testimony The hearing began with the bill sponsor, Senator Kolkhorst (R), presenting the bill with a lengthy
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Late last night, Senate Bill 1654 was scheduled for a hearing this coming Monday in the Senate Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Committee. Here are the details for the hearing: April 17, 2023 8:00 am in hearing room E1.012. Texas Capitol Building As a refresher, SB 1654 is an agriculture equipment specific Right to Repair bill sponsored by Senator
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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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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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