Farm Freedom to Repair Act
Rep. Spartz Introduces Farm Freedom to Repair Act to Help Farmers Fix Their Own Tractors
Legislative Progress
Key Points
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
Independent repair shops and small tool-making businesses would be legally allowed to create, sell, and use tools and software that bypass digital locks on farm equipment. This opens up a new market for local mechanics and tech shops in rural areas, enabling them to compete with manufacturer-authorized service centers that currently have a near-monopoly on farm equipment repairs.
“it is not a violation of that subsection for a person, for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital electronic agricultural equipment, to manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof described in that subsection.”
Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Farm Freedom to Repair Act
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