Alaska2026Passed Legislature
HB162
Alaska Digital Right to Repair Act
Last scannedSep 12, 2026, 4:46 AM
In one sentence
This law requires manufacturers of digital products sold in Alaska to provide repair information, parts, and tools to owners and independent repair shops on terms similar to those given to authorized service providers.
What it does
- Requires manufacturers to share documentation, parts, and tools with product owners and independent service providers that are also provided to authorized service centers for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair.
- Mandates that the shared materials include any software updates, fixes, improvements, data changes, or firmware used in the product.
- Allows manufacturers to charge only reasonable actual costs for physical copies of documents or tools, while requiring digital access without fees unless a physical copy is requested.
- Permits charging prices no higher than those charged to authorized service providers after discounts and rebates are applied.
- Requires parts for power-sports equipment, industrial machinery, and engines to be provided on reasonable terms considering quality and delivery time.
- Allows manufacturers of commercial or industrial equipment to require training or certification before giving access to safety-critical systems.
- States that any agreement trying to limit these repair rights is void and unenforceable.
Who it affects
- Manufacturers of digital products manufactured, sold, or leased in Alaska.
- Owners of digital electronics who wish to diagnose, maintain, modify, or fix their own devices.
- Independent service providers that repair digital products but do not have a license or contract with the manufacturer.
Limits and unknowns
- Manufacturers do not have to provide parts that are no longer available to them.
- The law does not require manufacturers to share trade secrets as defined by other state laws.
- The official text provided is truncated and cuts off before finishing the section on how the law should be interpreted.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Digital product
- Any item that uses digital electronics to operate, including power-sports equipment and industrial machinery as specified in the law.
- Independent service provider
- A person or business in Alaska that repairs digital products but is not a manufacturer and does not have a license or contract with one.
- Authorized service provider
- A person or company with a license to use the manufacturer's name or a specific contract to repair its products, including the manufacturer itself if it offers repairs.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
DIGITAL PRODUCT REPAIR An Act relating to the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of products that use digital electronics to operate; adding an unlawful act to the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act; and providing for an effective date.
Official activity
Bill history
- (H) Heard & HeldText
- (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124Text
- (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to 10 min. Following Session --Text
- (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124Text
- (H) REFERRED TO LABOR & COMMERCE2254
- (H) FN1: ZERO(LAW)2254
- (H) AM: HOLLAND, PRAX, ST. CLAIR, MEARS, HIMSCHOOT2254
- (H) DNP: G.NELSON2254
- (H) DP: HALL2254
- (H) CRA RPT CS(CRA) NEW TITLE 1DP 1DNP 5AM2254
- (H) Moved CSHB 162(CRA) Out of CommitteeText
- (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124Text
- (H) Heard & HeldText
- (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124Text
- (H) Heard & HeldText
- (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124Text
- (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to 9:00 am --Text
- (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124Text
- (H) Heard & HeldText
- (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124Text