2023 House Bill 4562

Trade: consumer goods and services; digital electronic equipment repair act; create.

A bill to require certain manufacturers of certain digital electronic equipment to make diagnostic, maintenance, and repair parts, tools, and documentation available to independent repair providers and owners of that equipment; to provide remedies; to prescribe civil sanctions; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4562 would create the Digital Equipment Repair Act, which would require documentation, parts, and tools for certain electronic equipment to be made available to the owners of the equipment and independent repair providers.

Introduced in the House

May 16, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Kevin Coleman (D-25) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Erin Byrnes (D-15), Reggie Miller (D-31), Rachel Hood (D-81), Carol Glanville (D-84) and Brian BeGole (R-71)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform