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Introduced Session

This bill amends the automotive right to repair law to implement the recommendations of the automotive right to repair working group established pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 171. The bill repeals the provision that established an independent entity and instead establishes the Motor Vehicle Right to Repair Commission, which is charged with, among other things, monitoring and assessing implementation of and motor vehicle manufacturers' compliance with the requirements of the automotive right to repair law. The bill corrects a provision in current law that applies only to motor vehicles with a model year of 2002 by clarifying that the provision applies to motor vehicles with a model year of 2002 or later. The bill replaces a phrase used in current law, “authorized independent repair shop,” with the phrase “owner-authorized independent repair facility,” meaning an independent repair facility that has been authorized by a motor vehicle owner to receive or access diagnostic and repair information or other mechanical data pertaining to the owner’s vehicle in order to repair it. The bill establishes a new deadline of September 1, 2027 for motor vehicle manufacturers to comply with the requirement that vehicles sold in this State be equipped with inter-operable and standardized owner-authorization access platforms. The bill makes changes to the provision in current law governing enforcement by removing language that requires the Attorney General to bring any action or proceeding necessary to enforce the law upon notice from the independent entity that the right to repair law may have been violated and replaces it with language that allows but doesn’t require the Attorney General to bring an action when the Attorney General receives a referral from the Motor Vehicle Right to Repair Commission or otherwise has reason to believe the right to repair law may have been violated. It also provides that the Attorney General may seek injunctive relief and a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per violation. The bill clarifies that in cases when the law requires motor vehicle manufacturers to share data or access to data with motor vehicle owners and owner-authorized independent repair facilities, those manufacturers are required to provide the same data or provide access to the same extent as provided to the manufacturers' authorized repair shops.

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Chip Curry (D)*, 

Hearing (11:30:00 2/19/2026 Cross Building, Room 206) (on 02/19/2026)

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