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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 7850

Farm Freedom to Repair Act

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Introduced 2026-03-05Topic: agriculture food · technology privacy

Summary

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This bill would change federal copyright law so that people can get around digital locks on farm equipment in order to diagnose, maintain, or repair it without breaking the law. It would also allow people to make, import, offer, or provide tools, devices, products, or services that get around these digital locks, as long as the purpose is diagnosing, maintaining, or repairing farm equipment. The bill defines the covered equipment as any agricultural product that depends, in whole or in part, on attached or built-in digital electronics to work.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-03-05HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2026-03-05Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-03-05Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.