AB 147 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Assembly Bill 147 establishes a "right to repair" for agricultural equipment, directly affecting manufacturers, owners, and independent repair providers of farm machinery like tractors and combines. The bill mandates that manufacturers must make available documentation, diagnostic data, embedded software, replacement parts, and repair tools. These resources must be provided to equipment owners and independent repair providers upon request. This access must be offered under "fair terms" and "fair costs," which includes providing digital documentation and embedded software for free, without requiring specific authorizations or affiliations.
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Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Representatives J. Jacobson, Billings, Johnson, Roe, Cruz, Emerson, Goodwin, Miresse, Joers, Phelps, Madison, Stubbs, Clancy, Subeck, Palmeri, McCarville, DeSmidt, Tenorio, Fitzgerald, Brown and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Roys, Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Larson, Dassler-Alfheim and Wall
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