With the final races in the midterm elections decided or nearly there, the 2023 Congress will be take their oath come the new year, which means a new legislative cycle is upon us. For tire dealers and automotive repair shop owners, this means a new crop of legislators will hold the power on hot-button issues, such as right to repair, that affect their business.

To recap some of 2022 and get into issues that should be on tire dealer’s minds for 2023, we caught up with Roy Littlefield IV, vice president of government affairs for the Tire Industry Association (TIA). In this episode of What’s Treading with Tire Review, presented by AAPEX 2023, Roy delves into:

- Where the right-to-repair legislation passed in Massachusetts in 2023 stands (1:49)
- A status update on the Right-to-Repair Coalition in Maine (3:46)
- Action on the federal level on right-to-repair and what a new Congress means for this issue (5:24)
- Federal and state-level issues that tire dealers need to know about now and into 2023, including susatinability and crumb rubber bills (8:49)
- How tire dealers can get involved with TIA legislatovely and stay informed (14:48)

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