R2R Legislation & Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024 Priorities

Apr 11, 2024

For the North American Equipment Dealers Assn. (NAEDA), the focus of the 2024 legislative cycle is on right to repair bills across the country. As of Feb. 22, 46 right to repair bills in 20 jurisdictions have been introduced this year. Of those, 15 are agriculture-specific, while the rest focus on consumer electronics, wheelchairs, motor vehicles, broad based bills and repairability. This is roughly 30 fewer bills than 2023, according to NAEDA Director of Government Affairs Kipp McGuire.

“We definitely have our work cut out for us and some tough fights ahead, but we’re not nearly as steeped in the right to repair fight as we expected at this time,” he says.

The reason McGuire and NAEDA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Eric Wareham are seeing fewer bills in 2024 is because of the distribution of biennial legislatures across states. Texas and Montana, for example, are only in session every other year, while other states have designated years for budget and policy matters, with budget years being shorter 35-day sessions in states such as Oregon, according to Wareham.

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Video: Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard

On Friday, April 24, 2026, from 12 noon–1:00 ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Agricultural Business Development Center (ABDC), presented this webinar in the Understanding Agricultural Law Educational Series, a course designed to develop subject matter literacy and competence on fundamental issues of agricultural law for attorneys and business advisors who work with or represent agricultural or rural clients but may not necessarily specialize in agricultural law:

“Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard”

The Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, or advanced biofuels. Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and later expanded by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the RFS is implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

This webinar provides an overview of the legal authority and structure for the RFS program and explain how it works, including the program’s system of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and categories of renewable fuels. Additionally, this webinar addresses EPA annual volume requirement rulemaking and associated recent legal issues.