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Versions of the bill generally have been supported by independent repair and after-market associations and generally opposed by auto manufacturers and dealerships. It was first considered at the federal level in 2001, but no provisions were adopted until the Massachusetts legislature enacted Right to Repair bill H. 4362 on July 31, 2012.
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 2020, voters in Massachusetts approved a new law requiring automakers to give vehicle owners and independent shops the same access to data and diagnostic and repair information that’s given ...
A ballot measure passed by 75% of voters in Massachusetts has resolved a thorny question that could have widespread implications for the automotive industry: once a person buys a vehicle, they own ...
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]
Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by an automaker-backed trade group remains pending.
The first successful implementation of a right to repair came when Massachusetts passed the United States' first right to repair law for the automotive sector in 2012, which required automobile manufacturers to sell the same service materials and diagnostics directly to consumers or to independent mechanics as they used to provide exclusively ...
Massachusetts voters approved a similar law in 2020, but the coalition of auto manufacturers filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the referendum. ... Maine's right to repair law requires automakers ...