MN HF970

Expands Minnesota's existing right-to-repair law (section 325E.72) to include farm equipment alongside digital electronic equipment, requiring manufacturers to provide documentation, parts, and tools to independent repair providers and equipment owners on fair and reasonable terms within 60 days of first sale in Minnesota

Farm equipment manufacturers must provide tools, software, and documentation to owners at no charge, with only reasonable actual costs allowed for physical tools when requested

Prohibits manufacturers from using parts pairing, proprietary firmware, or other mechanisms to prevent installation of functional replacement parts, reduce device functionality after independent repairs, create false warnings about parts, charge additional fees for future repairs, or limit who can purchase parts or perform repairs

Excludes heavy and utility equipment from the farm equipment definition, and removes farm tractors, farm implements, and farm machinery from the existing off-road equipment exclusion that previously exempted them from right-to-repair requirements

Protects manufacturers from liability for repair-related damage caused by independent providers or owners, and does not require disclosure of trade secrets, cybersecurity-related information, or tools that would override antitheft security measures