Senate Bill S6438

2025-2026 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

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Current Bill Status Via A3058 - Passed Senate

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 04, 2026	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1105 substituted for s6438c
Jun 04, 2026	substituted by a3058c
May 14, 2026	advanced to third reading
May 13, 2026	2nd report cal.
May 12, 2026	1st report cal.1105
Feb 26, 2026	print number 6438c
Feb 26, 2026	amend and recommit to consumer protection
Jan 08, 2026	print number 6438b
Jan 08, 2026	amend and recommit to consumer protection
Jan 07, 2026	referred to consumer protection
May 27, 2025	print number 6438a
May 27, 2025	amend and recommit to consumer protection
Mar 13, 2025	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- Jun 4, 2026 - Floor Vote
  A3058
  
  Aye
  
  39
  
  Nay
  
  21
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  2
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 4, 2026
      
      aye (39)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Bottcher
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Bynoe
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Fahy
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Webb
      
      Zellner
      
      nay (21)
      
      Ashby
      
      Borrello
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      Mattera
      
      Murray
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rolison
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      absent (1)
      
      Parker
      
      excused (2)
      
      Cooney
      
      Sutton
      
      The following Member(s) participated via videoconferencing: Krueger Brouk
  May 12, 2026 - Consumer Protection Committee Vote
  S6438
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Consumer Protection Committee Vote: May 12, 2026
      
      aye (5)
      
      Bynoe
      
      Gonzalez
      
      May
      
      Myrie
      
      Ryan
      
      nay (2)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Weber

Bill Amendments

Original

C (Active)

co-Sponsors

2025-S6438 - Details

Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §399-nn, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8332

2025-S6438 - Summary

Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale.

2025-S6438 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6438

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

supporting information for such products.  Retailers would have to
display these scores at retail locations and websites and manufacturers
would have to display these scores on their websites.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would help consumers make informed choices regarding the
purchase of electronic products while also being an important step with
regards to reducing electronic waste. It is modeled on first of its kind
legislation passed in France in 2020. According to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, "e-waste" is the fastest-growing compo-
nent of the municipal waste stream in the United States. The United
Nations Global E-Waste Monitor for 2020 reported that close to 54
million tons of e-waste were generated globally in 2019 with less than
17.5% being recycled. The remaining e-waste materials are discarded in
landfills or incinerated with harmful environmental and health impacts.
The organization U.S.PIRG estimates that better practices with regard to
electronics repairability could save the average US household approxi-
mately $400 per year.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.8434/S.8332 of 2023-24

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One year after becoming law.

2025-S6438 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6438
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01447-01-5

 S. 6438                             2
 
 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
 described  in  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of this section with an
 unaffiliated individual or business, shall be considered  an  authorized
 repair provider with respect to such equipment.
   (B)  (I) FOR DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT IS SOLD OR USED IN THIS
 STATE, AN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO  ANY
 RETAIL  SELLERS  AND  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE REPAIR SCORE AND DETAILED
 SCORE FOR SUCH DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUSIVE OF ANY UPDATES TO
 INFORMATION.
   (II) WHEN DISPLAYED BY RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS NEAR PRICING INFOR-
 MATION, THE SCORE SHALL INCLUDE THE LOGO REPRESENTATION OF THE SCORE  AS
 DEVELOPED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
   (III)  A  RETAIL  SELLER  THAT RECEIVES NOTIFICATION FROM THE ORIGINAL
 EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING  THE  PRODUCT'S
 REPAIR  SCORE  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT, WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE
 NOTIFICATION:
   (A) PROMINENTLY DISPLAY REPAIR SCORES ON THE PRODUCT OR NEAR THE PRIC-
 ING INFORMATION FOR THE PRODUCT FOR SUCH  DIGITAL  ELECTRONIC  EQUIPMENT
 WITHIN ALL RETAIL LOCATIONS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE AND INTERNET RETAIL
 WEBSITES.
   (B)  MAKE THE DETAILED SCORE AVAILABLE TO A POTENTIAL PURCHASER OF THE
 PRODUCT ON THE RETAIL SELLER'S WEBSITE NEAR PRICING INFORMATION.
   (IV) ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS  SHALL  CLEARLY  DISPLAY  REPAIR
 SCORES FOR SUCH PRODUCTS ON THEIR WEBSITE PRODUCT LISTING PAGES, AS WELL
 AS  MAKE  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DETAILED SCORES TO ALL POTENTIAL PURCHASERS
 ON EACH PRODUCT LISTING PAGE.
   (V) SCORING CRITERIA WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH
 SHALL PERIODICALLY UPDATE SUCH CRITERIA, AND A  LOGO  REPRESENTATION  OF
 SCORES.  SCORING CRITERIA SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: THE FREE
 AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS  REGARDING  THE  PRODUCT;
 EASE  OF DISASSEMBLY OF THE PRODUCT; AVAILABILITY OF SPARE PARTS FOR THE
 PRODUCT; THE PRICE OF SPARE PARTS FOR THE PRODUCT;  LENGTH  OF  SOFTWARE
 SUPPORT  BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT; AND OTHER CRITERIA SPECIFIC
 TO THE CATEGORY OF THE PRODUCT AS DETERMINED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
   § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.

co-Sponsors

2025-S6438A - Details

Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §399-nn, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8332

2025-S6438A - Summary

Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale.

2025-S6438A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6438A

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

supporting information for such products.  Retailers would have to
display these scores at retail locations and websites and manufacturers
would have to display these scores on their websites.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would help consumers make informed choices regarding the
purchase of electronic products while also being an important step with
regards to reducing electronic waste. It is modeled on first of its kind
legislation passed in France in 2020. According to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, "e-waste" is the fastest-growing compo-
nent of the municipal waste stream in the United States. The United
Nations Global E-Waste Monitor for 2020 reported that close to 54
million tons of e-waste were generated globally in 2019 with less than
17.5% being recycled. The remaining e-waste materials are discarded in
landfills or incinerated with harmful environmental and health impacts.
The organization U.S.PIRG estimates that better practices with regard to
electronics repairability could save the average US household approxi-
mately $400 per year.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One year after becoming law.

2025-S6438A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6438--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Consumer  Protection
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 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,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01447-03-5

 S. 6438--A                          2
 
 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
 described  in  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of this section with an
 unaffiliated individual or business, shall be considered  an  authorized
 repair provider with respect to such equipment.
   (B)  (I) FOR DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT IS SOLD OR USED IN THIS
 STATE, AN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO  ANY
 RETAIL  SELLERS  AND  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE REPAIR SCORE AND DETAILED
 SCORE FOR SUCH DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUSIVE OF ANY UPDATES TO
 INFORMATION.
   (II) ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS SHALL PRINT THE REPAIR SCORE AND
 DETAILED SCORE ON PACKAGING OF SUCH DIGITAL  ELECTRONIC  EQUIPMENT,  THE
 SCORE SHALL INCLUDE THE LOGO REPRESENTATION OF THE SCORE AS DEVELOPED BY
 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
   (III)  ORIGINAL  EQUIPMENT  MANUFACTURERS SHALL CLEARLY DISPLAY REPAIR
 SCORES FOR SUCH PRODUCTS ON THEIR WEBSITE PRODUCT LISTING PAGES, AS WELL
 AS MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DETAILED SCORES TO ALL  POTENTIAL  PURCHASERS
 ON EACH PRODUCT LISTING PAGE.
   (IV)  SCORING  CRITERIA  WILL  BE  DETERMINED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
 WHICH SHALL PERIODICALLY UPDATE SUCH CRITERIA, AND A LOGO REPRESENTATION
 OF SCORES. SCORING CRITERIA SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT  LIMITED  TO:  THE
 FREE  AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE PROD-
 UCT; EASE OF DISASSEMBLY OF THE PRODUCT; AVAILABILITY OF SPARE PARTS FOR
 THE PRODUCT; THE PRICE OF SPARE PARTS FOR THE PRODUCT; LENGTH  OF  SOFT-
 WARE  SUPPORT  BY  THE  MANUFACTURER  OF THE PRODUCT; AND OTHER CRITERIA
 SPECIFIC TO THE CATEGORY OF THE PRODUCT AS DETERMINED  BY  THE  ATTORNEY
 GENERAL.
   §  4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.

co-Sponsors

2025-S6438B - Details

Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §399-nn, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8332

2025-S6438B - Summary

Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale.

2025-S6438B - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6438B

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 consistent with international best practices for 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 supporting information for such
products. Manufacturers would be responsible for placing the repair
score on the packaging on such products and displaying these scores on
their websites.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would help consumers make informed choices regarding the
purchase of electronic products while also being an important step with
regards to reducing electronic waste. It is modeled on first of its kind
legislation passed in France in 2020. According to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, "e-waste" is the fastest-growing compo-
nent of the municipal waste stream in the United States. The United
Nations Global

E-Waste Monitor for 2020 reported that close to 54 million tons of
e-waste were generated globally in 2019 with less than 17.5% being recy-
cled. The remaining e-waste materials are discarded in landfills or
incinerated with harmful environmental and health impacts. The organiza-
tion U.S.PIRG estimates that better practices with regard to electronics
repairability could save the average US household approximately $400 per
year.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.8434/S.8332 of 2023-24

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One year after becoming law.

2025-S6438B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6438--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Consumer  Protection
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
   Consumer  Protection  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 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,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01447-05-5

 S. 6438--B                          2
 
 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
 described  in  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of this section with an
 unaffiliated individual or business, shall be considered  an  authorized
 repair provider with respect to such equipment.
   (B)  (I) FOR DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT IS SOLD OR USED IN THIS
 STATE, AN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO  ANY
 RETAIL  SELLERS  AND  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE REPAIR SCORE AND DETAILED
 SCORE FOR SUCH DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUSIVE OF ANY UPDATES TO
 INFORMATION.
   (II) ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS SHALL PRINT THE REPAIR SCORE AND
 DETAILED SCORE ON PACKAGING OF SUCH DIGITAL  ELECTRONIC  EQUIPMENT,  THE
 SCORE SHALL INCLUDE THE LOGO REPRESENTATION OF THE SCORE AS DEVELOPED BY
 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
   (III)  ORIGINAL  EQUIPMENT  MANUFACTURERS SHALL CLEARLY DISPLAY REPAIR
 SCORES FOR SUCH PRODUCTS ON THEIR WEBSITE PRODUCT LISTING PAGES, AS WELL
 AS MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DETAILED SCORES TO ALL  POTENTIAL  PURCHASERS
 ON EACH PRODUCT LISTING PAGE.
   (IV)  SCORING  CRITERIA  WILL  BE  DETERMINED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
 WHICH SHALL PERIODICALLY UPDATE SUCH CRITERIA, AND A LOGO REPRESENTATION
 OF SCORES. SCORING CRITERIA  SHALL  APPLY  ONLY  TO  DIGITAL  ELECTRONIC
 EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND FIRST SOLD OR USED IN NEW
 YORK ON OR AFTER ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND
 WHICH  ARE ALREADY SUBJECT TO WIDELY ACCEPTED REPAIRABILITY INDEX STAND-
 ARDS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.  SCORING
 CRITERIA MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: THE FREE  AND PUBLIC AVAIL-
 ABILITY OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS REGARDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE  OF  THE
 PRODUCT;  EASE  OF DISASSEMBLY OF THE PRODUCT; AVAILABILITY OF TOOLS FOR
 REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PRODUCT; AVAILABILITY OF SPARE  PARTS  FOR
 THE  PRODUCT;  LENGTH  OF  SOFTWARE SUPPORT BY THE MANUFACTURER   OF THE
 PRODUCT; THE REPAIR OPTIONS  AVAILABLE  FOR  THE  EQUIPMENT;  AND  OTHER
 CRITERIA  CONSIDERED BY WIDELY ACCEPTED REPAIRABILITY INDEX STANDARDS IN
 OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL  MAKE  EVERY  EFFORT  TO
 INCORPORATE  THE  STANDARDS  FROM EXISTING REPAIRABILITY INDEX STANDARDS
 IMPLEMENTED IN THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY,  TO  AVOID  DUPLICATIVE  OR
 INCONSISTENT  REGULATORY  STANDARDS, UNLESS THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS
 TO ADOPT NEW OR DIFFERING STANDARDS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.

co-Sponsors

2025-S6438C (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §399-nn, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8332

2025-S6438C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale.

2025-S6438C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6438C

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 consistent with international best practices for 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 supporting information for such
products. Manufacturers would be responsible for placing the repair
score on the packaging on such products and displaying these scores on
their websites.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would help consumers make informed choices regarding the
purchase of electronic products while also being an important step with
regards to reducing electronic waste. It is modeled on first of its kind
legislation passed in France in 2020. According to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, "e-waste" is the fastest-growing compo-
nent of the municipal waste stream in the United States. The United
Nations Global E-Waste Monitor for 2020 reported that close to 54
million tons of e-waste were generated globally in 2019 with less than
17.5% being recycled. The remaining e-waste materials are discarded in
landfills or incinerated with harmful environmental and health impacts.
The organization U.S.PIRG estimates that better practices with regard to
electronics repairability could save the average US household approxi-
mately $400 per year.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.8434/S.8332 of 2023-24

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One year after becoming law.

2025-S6438C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6438--C
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Consumer  Protection
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
   Consumer  Protection  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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  NUMERICAL,  ALPHANUMERICAL,  OR
 ALPHABETICAL  SCORE  CALCULATED  BY THE MANUFACTURER BASED ON THE REPAIR
 SCORING CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
   (T) "DETAILED SCORE" MEANS THE INFORMATION REGARDING  THE  CALCULATION
 AND  MEANING  OF  THE  REPAIR  SCORE  AS DEFINED BY THE SCORING CRITERIA
 DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
   § 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01447-07-6

 S. 6438--C                          2
 
 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
 described in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this  section  with  an
 unaffiliated  individual  or business, shall be considered an authorized
 repair provider with respect to such equipment.
   (B) (I) FOR DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT IS SOLD OR USED IN  THIS
 STATE,  AN  ORIGINAL  EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY
 RETAIL SELLERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE THE REPAIR SCORE AND DETAILED
 SCORE FOR SUCH DIGITAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUSIVE OF ANY UPDATES TO
 INFORMATION.
   (II) ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS SHALL PRINT THE REPAIR SCORE AND
 DETAILED SCORE ON PACKAGING OF SUCH DIGITAL  ELECTRONIC  EQUIPMENT,  THE
 SCORE SHALL INCLUDE THE LOGO REPRESENTATION OF THE SCORE AS DEVELOPED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
   (III)  ORIGINAL  EQUIPMENT  MANUFACTURERS SHALL CLEARLY DISPLAY REPAIR
 SCORES FOR SUCH PRODUCTS ON THEIR WEBSITE PRODUCT LISTING PAGES, AS WELL
 AS MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DETAILED SCORES TO ALL  POTENTIAL  PURCHASERS
 ON EACH PRODUCT LISTING PAGE.
   (IV)  SCORING  CRITERIA WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
 WHICH SHALL PERIODICALLY UPDATE SUCH CRITERIA, AND A LOGO REPRESENTATION
 OF SCORES. SCORING CRITERIA  SHALL  APPLY  ONLY  TO  DIGITAL  ELECTRONIC
 EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND FIRST SOLD OR USED IN NEW
 YORK ON OR AFTER ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND
 WHICH  ARE ALREADY SUBJECT TO WIDELY ACCEPTED REPAIRABILITY INDEX STAND-
 ARDS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.  SCORING
 CRITERIA MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: THE FREE  AND PUBLIC AVAIL-
 ABILITY OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS REGARDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE  OF  THE
 PRODUCT;  EASE  OF DISASSEMBLY OF THE PRODUCT; AVAILABILITY OF TOOLS FOR
 REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PRODUCT; AVAILABILITY OF SPARE  PARTS  FOR
 THE  PRODUCT;  LENGTH  OF  SOFTWARE SUPPORT BY THE MANUFACTURER   OF THE
 PRODUCT; THE REPAIR OPTIONS  AVAILABLE  FOR  THE  EQUIPMENT;  AND  OTHER
 CRITERIA  CONSIDERED BY WIDELY ACCEPTED REPAIRABILITY INDEX STANDARDS IN
 OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT  TO
 INCORPORATE  THE  STANDARDS  FROM EXISTING REPAIRABILITY INDEX STANDARDS
 IMPLEMENTED IN THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY,  TO  AVOID  DUPLICATIVE  OR
 INCONSISTENT  REGULATORY  STANDARDS, UNLESS THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS
 TO ADOPT NEW OR DIFFERING STANDARDS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.

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