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OR SB550
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Janeen Sollman
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AI Summary
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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