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California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair (www.ifixit.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair::Right to Repair just won in Big Tech’s backyard: California’s Right to Repair Act, Senate Bill 244, has passed the state legislature on a 50–0 vote.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Headline is a bit misleading. It's not part of California state law yet. The bill needs to go back to the senate for a procedural vote, then needs to be signed into law by the Governor. It's probably a foregone conclusion that both those things will happen given the unanimous support for the bill, but I just wanted to point out that it's technically not a done-deal yet.

iFixit obviously has some vested interest in seeing this pass, but at the end of the day they've accomplished something great for the country. I can't wait to see how this actually impacts consumer products going forward.