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Right to repair is a legal right for owners of devices and equipment to freely modify and repair products such as automobiles, electronics, and farm equipment. Right to repair may also refer to the social movement of citizens putting pressure on their governments to enact laws protecting a right to repair.
The Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act, sometimes also referred to as Right to Repair, is a name for several related proposed bills in the United States Congress and several state legislatures which would require automobile manufacturers to provide the same information to independent repair shops as they do for dealer shops.
A brief history of automotive right to repair laws. The early 2000s saw the first stirrings of right to repair activism in the U.S. automotive industry.
Maine's right to repair law requires automakers to make this telematic data "directly accessible" to the vehicle owner through a mobile-based application. The law also allows owners to authorize ...
The Massachusetts Right to Repair Initiative (2020), also known as Question 1, appeared on the Massachusetts 2020 general election ballot as an initiated state statute. It was approved by voters and the measure will update the state's right to repair laws to include electronic vehicle data.
In order to extract, produce and consume fewer electronics, right to repair laws would require manufacturers to make it easier to fix our everyday devices. Texas right to repair legislation.
The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition has run TV ads and a media campaign discussing the need for a change of the law. [10] On August 6, 2019, the Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition filed paperwork with the Massachusetts Attorney General's office to have a question placed on the 2020 ballot to include telematics. [11]
Yesterday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed into law the newest and toughest right-to-repair act in the U.S. This is the fourth such state law in the country, ...