US EditionMaine Senate Sustains Gov. Mills' Veto of Bill About 'Right to Repair'
Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would remove the standardized telematic data system, protecting local repair shops and maintaining voter-backed right-to-repair protections.
- On Tuesday, the Maine Senate voted 24 to 10 to sustain Governor Janet Mills's veto, stopping LD 1228 from becoming law one week after the House voted to override it.
- Mills said she heard from hundreds of independent repair shops warning the bill would restrict routine maintenance and that a provision was added at the urging of auto manufacturers.
- On Jan. 13 the Maine House of Representatives voted 96 to 44 to override the veto, meeting the two-thirds threshold by just three votes; LD 1228 would have eliminated the standardized telematics system requirement and established a Motor Vehicle Right‑To‑Repair Commission.
- The result preserves the existing right-to-repair framework that gives consumers and independent repair shops access to parts, tools and diagnostic systems, preventing proprietary systems and keeping Governor Janet Mills’s veto record intact.
- Mills urged lawmakers to pass LD 292 to enact the Automotive Right to Repair Working Group's unanimous recommendations without the contested provision.
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Maine Senate Sustains Gov. Janet Mills' Veto of Automotive Right to Repair Bill
The Maine State Senate voted 24-10 Tuesday to uphold Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) veto of an automotive right to repair bill approved by lawmakers last year. This comes one week after House lawmakers moved to overturn the veto by a margin of 96-44. Designed to implement recommendations from the Automotive Right to Repair Working Group, [...] The post Maine Senate Sustains Gov. Janet Mills’ Veto of Automotive Right to Repair Bill appeared first on The M…
Maine Senate upholds Gov. Mills’ veto of changes to right to repair law
A Yes on Question 4 sign outside a Napa Auto Parts in Kennebunk, Maine ahead of the November 2023 election. (Photo by Lauren McCauley/Maine Morning Star)In a change from the chamber’s initial posture, lawmakers in the Maine Senate voted Tuesday to sustain a veto from Gov. Janet Mills to keep the state’s right to repair law as it is. The Senate voted 24-10 in favor of Mills’ veto of LD 1228, which sought to clarify certain terms, particularly in …
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