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Right to Repair

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Signed into Law Massachusetts · 2020 Question 1

Motor Vehicle Right to Repair (Telematics Data Access)

Summary

Voter-approved expansion of Massachusetts' automotive right-to-repair law (which began in 2013). Requires automakers selling telematics-equipped vehicles to provide owners and independent shops access to mechanical and telematics data through a standardized, owner-authorized open platform, starting with model year 2022. Implementation has been contested in federal court, and NHTSA initially urged automakers not to comply over cybersecurity concerns.

Status timeline

  1. Introduced —
  2. Approved by ~75% of voters November 2020; applies to model year 2022+; implementation contested in federal litigation. 11/3/2020

Timeline from our tracked bill record, through 11/3/2020; official status linked under Sources. Changes are append-only and reviewed before appearing here.