TL;DR of the effects of the bill :

  • Require manufacturers and retailers to ensure replacement parts and repair services are available at a reasonable price.
  • Require products can be repaired with ordinary tools — without causing irreversible damage.
  • Create a specific time frame for different types of products during which manufacturers would be required to repair them.
  • Require that car manufacturers ensure their vehicles can be repaired by any mechanic, and not just at affiliated dealerships, and that those manufacturers make vehicle data needed to diagnose issues available to owners and long-term lessees, or their mechanics.
  • Allow people who purchased a vehicle within the previous three years to have that vehicle declared “seriously defective” by a court and cancel their purchase contract if major issues persist after multiple repair attempts.
  • Begin the process of establishing a universal charger that would be required to work with all electronic devices similar to that of the European Union.
  • Issue fines up to $125,000 or four times any profit they made as a result of violating the law.
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  • Lionir [he/him]OP
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    310 months ago

    I can’t say many good things about the current government but this seems really great.