On January 1, 2025, Oregon consumers and independent repair shops must have access to manuals, parts, and tools to repair their cell phones and electronic devices.
The right-to-repair bill applies to phones sold in Oregon since July 2021 and all other electronic devices sold since July 2015.
The ‘right-to-repair’ bill prohibits companies from limiting the performance of a device if an independent repair shop or consumer uses an after-market product. Cell phone companies are also prohibited from displaying misleading warnings or alerts about unidentified parts.
Oregon Outlaws Parts Pairing
Oregon becomes the fourth state to introduce the right-to-repair bill that makes it easier for independent shops and consumers to repair electronic devices. But has taken the new law a step further than three other states by outlawing ‘parts pairing.’…