LINCOLN, Neb. The Nebraska state Senate filibustered Sen. Tom Brandt’s (Plymouth) Agricultural Equipment Right-To-Repair Act on Thursday, and state lawmakers have no plans to hear the bill again this session. The legislation could have been the first of its kind to reach a governor s desk.
LINCOLN Nebraskans voiced their stance on a bill that would give agriculture equipment owners greater access to tools needed to do their own repairs.
Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth introduced the Agricultural Equipment Right-To-Repair Act, a bill that would give farmers access to all the tools needed to fix their own ag .
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The Nebraska Legislature will once again look at a bill on the Right to Repair.
Introduced by Senator Tom Brandt of the 32nd District on Jan. 19, LB543, entitled the Agricultural Equipment Right-To-Repair Act, will, if passed, offer farmers a way to repair their equipment without having to wait on a dealer.
A similar bill had been introduced in 2017. Lydia Brasch of the 16th District introduced LB67, “Adopt the Fair Repair Act,” but the bill was indefinitely postponed in 2018.
Brandt said he spoke with other senators and decided the previous bill had been too broad.
“The opposition it faced at that time was primarily from consumer electronics, Samsung, Apple, Dell. Our constituents want ag, right to repair, so that’s how we fashioned the bill this time,” Brandt said.