Right To Repair Moves Forward
The "right to repair" measure favored by independent automobile repair shops is a step closer to next November's ballot after Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin certified that a petition has received enough signatures to move on to the next step in the ballot referendum process.
The proposal was one of four that Galvin certified. The others would legalize the medical use of marijuana, make teacher evaluations the basis for layoffs and allow physician-assisted suicides in some cases.
The right to repair bill requires auto manufacturers to share information with independent repair shops that propents say would allow them to do work that can sometimes only be performed by dealerships now.
Galvin said that the four measures all received the nearly 68,911 signatures needed to move forward. The proposals now go to the state Legislature, which could pass them as bills. If that doesn't happen, supporters will have the chance to collect another 11,485 signatures to place them on the ballot.
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