Congress Introduces Federal Right to Repair

The Equipment Dealers Assn., along with Far West Equipment Dealers Assn., Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Assn., Midwest-SouthEastern Equipment Dealers Assn., United Equipment Dealers Assn., Deep Southern Equipment Dealers Assn., Montana Equipment Dealers Assn., Northeast Equipment Dealers Assn., Pioneer Equipment Dealers Assn. and Western Equipment Dealers Assn., recently released the following letter to their members about important Right to Repair legislation that was recently introduced in Congress.  Dear EDA Member, For the past few years, EDA and other industry stakeholders have been hard at work fighting “Right to Repair” legislation. These very broad bills have been introduced in 30+ U.S. states and lump ag and construction equipment in with consumer electronics in an effort to give end-users the right to modify equipment. Unlike cell phones, modifying heavy equipment creates safety and environment violations that pose an inherent risk to those who operate, repair and sell it. READ FULL ARTICLE>>