"Danny Katz, executive director of CoPIRG, stated, 'While we were making progress at chipping away at the momentum for it, we had still been losing. So, we took nothing for granted, and I believe the incredible testimony from the broad range of cybersecurity experts, businesses, repair advocates, and environmental groups played a crucial role in this outcome.'"
"The bill SB26-090 aimed to create an exception to repair protections for 'critical infrastructure,' a term that repair advocates feared could be broadly applied to many technologies, undermining the rights established by the Consumer Right to Repair law."
A bill in Colorado, SB26-090, which sought to weaken repair protections by exempting 'critical infrastructure' from the Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment law, has failed. The bill was introduced with support from major tech companies and passed the Senate but was ultimately rejected in the House. Advocacy groups, including CoPIRG and Repair.org, rallied against the bill, emphasizing the importance of maintaining access to repair tools and documentation for digital electronics. The defeat is seen as a significant win for right-to-repair advocates.
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