Florida SB 806: Consumers’ Right to Repair Certain Equipment

Bill Text

806 
Consumers’ Right to Repair Certain Equipment 
2026-01-28T11:19:46Z 
Creating the "Portable Wireless Device Repair Act"; requiring portable wireless device manufacturers to make certain items available to device owners and independent repair providers; prohibiting certain manufacturers from requiring authorized repair providers to continue purchasing certain information in a proprietary format; requiring original equipment manufacturers of agricultural equipment to make certain diagnostic and repair information available for no charge and in a certain manner to independent repair providers and owners, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 806 

 By the Committee on Agriculture; and Senator Truenow 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to consumers’ right to repair certain 
 3 equipment; providing a directive to the Division of 
 4 Law Revision; creating s. 559.971, F.S.; providing a 
 5 short title; creating s. 559.972, F.S.; defining 
 6 terms; creating s. 559.973, F.S.; requiring portable 
 7 wireless device manufacturers to make certain items 
 8 available to device owners and independent repair 
 9 providers; prohibiting certain manufacturers from 
 10 requiring authorized repair providers to continue 
 11 purchasing certain information in a proprietary 
 12 format; providing an exception; creating s. 559.974, 
 13 F.S.; providing for enforcement; providing for 
 14 damages; providing that a complaint may be filed in 
 15 circuit court under certain circumstances; providing 
 16 requirements for such complaint; providing that a 
 17 violation is a deceptive and unfair trade practice; 
 18 creating s. 559.975, F.S.; providing construction; 
 19 creating s. 559.976, F.S.; providing applicability; 
 20 creating s. 686.35, F.S.; defining terms; requiring 
 21 original equipment manufacturers of agricultural 
 22 equipment to make certain diagnostic and repair 
 23 information available for no charge and in a certain 
 24 manner to independent repair providers and owners; 
 25 prohibiting original equipment manufacturers from 
 26 excluding certain information concerning security 
 27 related functions; providing construction; providing 
 28 civil liability; providing an effective date. 
 29 
 30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 31 
 32 Section 1. The Division of Law Revision is directed to 
 33 create part XIV of chapter 559, Florida Statutes, consisting of 
 34 ss. 559.971-559.976, Florida Statutes, to be entitled “Digital 
 35 Right to Repair.” 
 36 Section 2. Section 559.971, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 37 read: 
 38 559.971 Short title.—This part may be cited as the 
 39 “Portable Wireless Device Repair Act.” 
 40 Section 3. Section 559.972, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 41 read: 
 42 559.972 Definitions.—As used in this act, the term: 
 43 (1) “Authorized repair provider” means an individual or a 
 44 business that is unaffiliated with the manufacturer and has an 
 45 arrangement with the manufacturer under which the manufacturer 
 46 grants to the individual or business a license to use a trade 
 47 name, service mark, or other proprietary identifier for the 
 48 diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of portable wireless devices 
 49 under the name of the manufacturer, or any other arrangement 
 50 with the manufacturer to offer services on behalf of the 
 51 manufacturer. A manufacturer that offers the services of 
 52 diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of portable wireless devices 
 53 manufactured by the manufacturer or on the manufacturer’s 
 54 behalf, or sold or otherwise supplied by the manufacturer, and 
 55 that does not do so exclusively through one or more arrangements 
 56 as described in this subsection with an unaffiliated individual 
 57 or business, is deemed to be an authorized repair provider of 
 58 portable wireless devices. 
 59 (2) “Documentation” means a manual, a diagram, a reporting 
 60 output, a service code description, a schematic, a security code 
 61 or a password, or any other information used in the diagnosis, 
 62 maintenance, or repair of portable wireless devices. 
 63 (3) “Fair and reasonable terms,” for purposes of obtaining 
 64 a part, a tool, or documentation, means costs and terms that are 
 65 equivalent to the most favorable costs and terms under which the 
 66 manufacturer offers the part, tool, or documentation to an 
 67 authorized repair provider, accounting for any discount, rebate, 
 68 convenient and timely means of delivery, means of enabling fully 
 69 restored and updated functionality, rights of use, or other 
 70 incentive or preference that the manufacturer offers to an 
 71 authorized repair provider or any additional cost, burden, or 
 72 impediment that the manufacturer imposes on an owner or 
 73 independent repair provider. For documentation, including any 
 74 relevant updates, the term also m