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Supporters and Opponents of Massachusetts Right to Repair Legislation Detail Viewpoints at Hearing

January 24, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Industry members detail concerns over future access to vehicle diagnostics and programming for legislators. Vehicle manufacturers outline opposition.

The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on Monday, January 13 on proposed legislation to update automotive right to repair laws to take into account new technologies such as telematics.

Massachusetts Right to Repair Hearing

Evangelos ‘Lucky’ Papageorge (left), executive director of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts, and Tommy Hickey, executive director of the Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition, during the January 13 hearing on Right to Repair legislation pending in Massachusetts.

As CollisionWeek reported last March

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