Minnesota SF 2484: Digital Fair Repair Act addition of motorcycles provision

Status: Author added Putnam (as of 2026-04-07)
State: Minnesota · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: SF 2484
Subjects: Commerce and Commerce Department, Liability, Motor Vehicles-Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, and ATV's
Sponsors: Seeberger, Kupec, Putnam, Rarick, Wesenberg
Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to commerce; adding motorcycles to the Digital Fair Repair Act; amending
1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325E.72, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, 8.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325E.72, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 2.Definitions.(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
1.7 meanings given.
1.8 (b) "Authorized repair provider" means an individual or business who is unaffiliated
1.9 with an original equipment manufacturer and who has: (1) an arrangement with the original
1.10 equipment manufacturer, for a definite or indefinite period, under which the original
1.11 equipment manufacturer grants to the individual or business a license to use a trade name,
1.12 service mark, or other proprietary identifier to offer diagnostic, maintenance, or repair
1.13 services for digital electronic equipment or motorcycles under the name of the original
1.14 equipment manufacturer; or (2) an arrangement with the original equipment manufacturer
1.15 to offer diagnostic, maintenance, or repair services for digital electronic equipment or
1.16 motorcycles on behalf of the original equipment manufacturer. An original equipment
1.17 manufacturer that offers diagnostic, maintenance, or repair services for the original equipment
1.18 manufacturer's digital electronic equipment or motorcycles is considered an authorized
1.19 repair provider with respect to the digital electronic equipment or motorcycles if the original
1.20 equipment manufacturer does not have an arrangement described in this paragraph with an
1.21 unaffiliated individual or business.
1.22 (c) "Contractor" has the meaning given in section 326B.31, subdivision 14.
1Section 1.
25-04089 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR RSI/KR
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2484NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: SEEBERGER, Rarick, Kupec, Wesenberg and Putnam)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading76003/13/2025
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection
Author added Putnam791704/07/2026

2.1 (d) "Cybersecurity" means the practice of protecting networks, devices, and data from
2.2 unauthorized access or criminal use and the practice of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity,
2.3 and availability of information.
2.4 (e) "Digital electronic equipment" or "equipment" means any hardware product that
2.5 depends, in whole or in part, on digital electronics embedded in or attached to the product
2.6 in order for the product to function, for which the original equipment manufacturer makes
2.7 available tools, parts, or documentation to authorized repair providers.
2.8 (f) "Documentation" means a manual, diagram, reporting output, service code description,
2.9 schematic diagram, or similar information made available by an original equipment
2.10 manufacturer to an authorized repair provider to facilitate diagnostic, maintenance, or repair
2.11 services for digital electronic equipment or motorcycles.
2.12 (g) "Embedded software" means any programmable instructions provided on firmware
2.13 delivered with digital electronic equipment or motorcycles, or with a part for the equipment,
2.14 in order to operate the equipment. Embedded software includes all relevant patches and
2.15 fixes made by the manufacturer of the equipment or part in order to operate the equipment.
2.16 (h) "Fair and reasonable terms" means, with respect to:
2.17 (1) parts for digital electronic equipment or motorcycles offered by an original equipment
2.18 manufacturer:
2.19 (i) costs that are fair to both parties; and
2.20 (ii) terms under which an original equipment manufacturer offers the part to an authorized
2.21 repair provider and which:
2.22 (A) is not conditioned on or imposing a substantial obligation to use or restrict the use
2.23 of the part to diagnose, maintain, or repair digital electronic equipment or motorcycles sold,
2.24 leased, or otherwise supplied by the original equipment manufacturer, including a condition
2.25 that the owner or independent repair provider become an authorized repair provider of the
2.26 original equipment manufacturer; or
2.27 (B) a requirement that a part be registered, paired with, or approved by the original
2.28 equipment manufacturer or an authorized repair provider before the part is operational or
2.29 prohibit an original equipment manufacturer from imposing any additional cost or burden
2.30 that is not reasonably necessary or is designed to be an impediment on the owner or
2.31 independent repair provider;
2.32 (2) tools, software, and documentation for digital electronic equipment or motorcycles
2.33 offered by an original equipment manufacturer:
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3.1 (i) costs that are equivalent to the lowest actual cost for which the original equipment
3.2 manufacturer offer
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