Where the REPAIR Act Stands for Commercial Trucks in Late 2026

The Short Version for Fleets

The REPAIR Act is the federal right to repair bill independent shops and many fleets have backed for years. It would give vehicle owners and the shops they pick the same data, tools and diagnostic access dealers get. The House bill is H.R. 1566, led by Rep. Neal Dunn of Florida. The Senate companion is S. 1379.

That full bill is stalled. What moved instead is a smaller set of repair rules inside a different bill, H.R. 7389, the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026. For truck fleets, the difference between the two is the whole story.

How the Bill Got Here In 2026

Here is the timeline from sources we read.

1. On January 13, 2026, the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on commerce, manufacturing and trade held a hearing that included H.R. 1566. NATSO reported that truck and engine makers had asked lawmakers to leave commercial vehicles out of the bill.
2. On February 10, 2026, that subcommittee voted to send H.R. 1566 to the full committee.
3. On May 21, 2026, the full committee set the REPAIR Act text aside. It passed H.R. 7389 by a 48 to 1 vote, with a narrower repair section.
4. In a September 11, 2026 update, NADA said H.R. 7389 may be added as the auto safety title of the surface transportation bill, H.R. 8870, the Build America 250 Act, and that the full House could take it up after the election. The same page says Sen. Luján offered and then withdrew S. 1379 during a Senate Commerce Committee markup.

We did not find a record of a full House vote on any of these bills as of that update. Check congress.gov for H.R. 8870 before you plan around any of this.

Full REPAIR Act Versus the Committee Version

Sources for the table are CollisionWeek, Fleet Maintenance and NADA.

What the 2015 Heavy Duty Agreement Means

Truck makers and aftermarket groups signed a voluntary agreement in 2015 on repair information and tools for heavy trucks. Fleet Maintenance reports it covers vehicles over 14,000 pounds GVWR. That is most of what a fleet thinks of as a truck, from Class 4 boxes up to Class 8 tractors.

Until now that agreement had no teeth. Nobody could be fined for ignoring it. The committee bill would make it binding and put the FTC in charge of enforcing it, according to NADA's summary, which supports that language.

Truck stop operators want more. NATSO argued in January that leaving commercial vehicles out of the REPAIR Act would limit repair access at travel centers, raise costs and slow repairs for drivers.

The Telematics Gap Is the Big Loss

Modern trucks report fault codes over the air. Under the committee bill, nothing forces an OEM to send that live data to your own shop or the independent shop you pick. The committee version omits the telematics and direct wireless data access that were in the original bill.

Rep. Dunn said the revised bill is progress but falls short on telematics. His words, as reported by Fleet Maintenance, were "I want to get the real REPAIR Act done, and I will not back down from this fight."

Two states already go further. Massachusetts and Maine have right to repair laws that add telematics data rights, though lawsuits and enforcement questions have slowed them down.

Who Wants What

• Dealers, through NADA and ATD, oppose H.R. 1566. They say it treats medium and heavy trucks like light vehicles even though trucks like school buses and cement mixers are custom built and sold mostly to businesses and governments.
• The Auto Care Association called the committee action meaningful progress but not the full fix, per Fleet Maintenance.
• NATSO wants commercial trucks fully covered and pushed to tie the bill to the surface transportation package.

What Fleet Managers Should Do Now

None of this changes your shop floor today. Here is what we would do while Congress sorts it out.

1. Write down every time an OEM portal, dealer or software vendor refuses you repair data, a reflash or a tool. Date, unit number, VIN and what was refused. If the FTC gets this job, a paper trail is how complaints get heard.
2. List which trucks in your fleet are over 14,000 pounds GVWR. Those are the units the 2015 agreement covers.
3. Price your diagnostic software and OEM subscriptions per unit per year. You need that number to judge any bill that passes.
4. Do not plan on live telematics access for an outside shop. The version with the votes does not include it.
5. Watch H.R. 8870. If the repair section rides on that bill, it moves when the highway bill moves.

What We Are Watching Next

Three things decide how this lands for trucks. First, whether the House floor version adds telematics back, which Rep. Dunn has said he will push for. Second, whether the Senate picks up S. 1379 again after it was withdrawn in markup. Third, how the FTC would read the 2015 agreement if it becomes law. We will update this page when any of those move.