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OR SB550

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Janeen Sollman

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Origin

Senate

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Expands Oregon's 2024 right-to-repair law beyond consumer electronics to include electric wheelchairs and complex rehabilitation technology (custom-configured mobility equipment like manual/power wheelchairs, adaptive seating systems, standing frames, and gait trainers)

  • Requires original equipment manufacturers to provide documentation, tools, and parts on fair and reasonable terms to independent repair providers and owners for diagnosing, maintaining, repairing, or updating covered consumer equipment

  • Prohibits manufacturers from using "parts pairing" software to prevent installation of functional replacement parts, reduce equipment functionality, or display misleading warnings about unidentified parts for equipment manufactured and sold after January 1, 2025

  • Exempts medical devices as defined under federal law except for electric wheelchairs and complex rehabilitation technology, as well as motor vehicles, HVAC systems, solar equipment, video game consoles, and off-road/agricultural equipment

  • Requires the Attorney General to report to the legislature by December 31, 2025 on complaints received from owners and independent repair providers regarding manufacturers that failed to provide requested repair materials

Legislative Description

Relating to a right to repair consumer equipment.

Last Action

Effective date, January 1, 2026.

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Commerce and Consumer Protection2/27/2025
Energy and Environment1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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