| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2024 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S8332
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
2023-S8332 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8434
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §399-nn, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
-
S6438, A3058
2023-S8332 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8332
SPONSOR: COMRIE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to promoting
consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equip-
ment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair score that
will be displayed to consumers at point of sale
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would help consumers make informed decisions regarding repair-
ability when they purchase electronic devices such as laptops, phones,
and appliances.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
The bill calls for the New York Attorney General to develop a methodol-
ogy for establishing a repairability scoring criteria from one to ten
that manufacturers would use to rate their digital electronic products.
Manufacturers would have to provide retailers with the repair score and
2023-S8332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8332
I N S E N A T E
January 18, 2024
___________
Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to promoting
consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic
equipment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair
score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Electron-
ics Repair Scores Act".
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 399-nn of the general business law is
amended by adding two new paragraphs (s) and (t) to read as follows:
(S) "REPAIR SCORE" OR "SCORE" MEANS A ONE THROUGH TEN SCORE CALCULATED
BY THE MANUFACTURER BASED ON THE REPAIR SCORING CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(T) "DETAILED SCORE" MEANS THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CALCULATION
AND MEANING OF THE REPAIR SCORE AS DEFINED BY THE SCORING CRITERIA
DEVELOPED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
§ 3. Subdivision 2 of section 399-nn of the general business law, as
amended by chapter 48 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
2. Requirements. (A) An original equipment manufacturer shall make
available to any independent repair provider and owner of digital elec-
tronic equipment manufactured by or on behalf of or sold by such
original equipment manufacturer, on fair and reasonable terms, any
documentation, parts, and tools required for the diagnosis, maintenance,
or repair of such digital electronic equipment and parts that are manu-
factured for the first time, and first sold or used in New York on or
after July first, two thousand twenty-three. Such documentation, parts,
and tools shall be made available either directly by an original equip-
ment manufacturer or via an authorized repair provider. An original
equipment manufacturer who, in the regular course of business, offers to
an owner the services of diagnosis, maintenance or repair of its own
digital electronic equipment, and who does not have an arrangement
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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I'm one of your constituents and I'm writing to ask you to support expanding the Digital Fair Repair Act in 2023.
Assembly Bill A8434
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale
Senate Bill S8332
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale
It's time to speak out for your right to repair
The FTC & New York State needs to take real action to protect repair. Add your voice and tell the FTC & New York State that it’s time to act.
I'm asking the FTC & New York State to:
Make repair easy
Make repair parts available and reasonably priced
Label products with ease of repairability