Fair Repair Act

Increased Access to Repair Resources: OEMs must make documentation, parts, and tools available to both independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair (Section 2(a)).

Protection Against Reduced Device Functionality: The bill prohibits manufacturers from using parts pairing or other mechanisms to prevent the installation of functional parts or to reduce the performance of a device through replacement by an independent provider (Section 2(b)(1)-(2)).

Prevention of Deceptive Practices: Manufacturers are prohibited from creating false, misleading, deceptive, or non-dismissible alerts or warnings regarding parts (Section 2(b)(3)).

Fair Pricing and Access: The bill prevents manufacturers from using certain mechanisms to charge additional fees or increased prices for future repairs, or to limit who can purchase parts or perform repair services (Section 2(b)(4)-(5)).

Restoration of Functionality for Secure Devices: For equipment with electronic security locks or security-related functions, manufacturers must provide the documentation, tools, and parts needed to disable and reset these functions to restore full functionality (Section 4(1)).

Exclusion of Specific Industries: The Act does not apply to manufacturers of motor vehicles, motor vehicle equipment, or motor vehicle dealers (Section 4(4)).

Exclusion of Medical Device Manufacturers: The requirements of this bill do not apply to a manufacturer of a medical device (Section 4(5)).

Exclusion of Off-Road and Non-Road Vehicles: Manufacturers of items such as aircraft, motorcycles, marine vessels, and all terrain sports vehicles are not covered by this Act (Section 4(6)).

Exclusion of Safety Communications Equipment: The Act does not apply to manufacturers of safety communications equipment intended for emergency response or prevention by organizations like police, fire, or medical services (Section 4(7)).

Limitation on Trade Secret Disclosure: An OEM is not required to divulge a trade secret to an owner or independent repair provider, except as necessary to provide documentation, parts, and tools on fair and reasonable terms (Section 4(2)).

Liability Protections for Manufacturers: An OEM or authorized repair provider cannot be held liable for damages, injury, loss of data, or reduced functionality resulting from repairs or modifications performed by an independent provider or owner (Section 5(a)).