Colorado Approves Right-to-Repair Law So Farmers Can Fix Their Own Equipment
Colorado farmers will be able to legally fix their own equipment next year, with manufacturers including Deere & Co. obliged to provide them with manuals for diagnostic software and other aids, under a measure passed by legislators in the first U.S. state to approve such a law.
The Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural Equipment bill was approved on April 11. Failure to comply with the law will be considered a deceptive trade practice, the bill states (pdf).
Gov. Jared Polis is expected to sign the bill, a spokesperson said.
Once the law is enacted, agricultural equipment manufacturers like Deere & Co. will be required to provide parts, embedded software, firmware, tools, and other documentation to Colorado farmers who own equipment manufactured by the company, the bill states….