This amendment adds specific types of security and safety systems to the list of digital products covered under the bill.
Alaska2026Passed Legislature
SB111
Consumer Digital Right to Repair Act
Last scannedSep 14, 2026, 12:32 AM
In one sentence
This law requires manufacturers of consumer products using digital electronics in Alaska to provide repair documentation, parts, and tools to owners and independent service providers.
What it does
- Requires digital product makers to share documentation, parts, and tools with independent repairers and owners that are provided to authorized service providers.
- Mandates that software updates, fixes, improvements, data changes, or firmware used in the product be included when providing repair information.
- Prohibits manufacturers from using technology that blocks replacement parts not approved by them, reduces functionality, or causes misleading alerts.
- Sets rules so that prices for parts and tools charged to independent shops cannot exceed those given to authorized dealers after discounts and rebates.
- States that agreements trying to limit these new rights are invalid.
Who it affects
- Manufacturers who make, sell, or lease digital products in Alaska
- Independent service providers who repair electronics for a living without a contract with the device maker
- Owners of consumer electronic devices
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not apply to medical devices used for diagnosing, curing, treating, or preventing disease in humans or animals.
- Motor vehicles and their parts are excluded from these requirements.
- Manufacturers do not have to provide trade secrets unless they are needed to make repair information available.
- Manufacturers do not need to provide parts that are no longer available to them.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Digital product manufacturer
- A company that makes, sells, or leases products using digital electronics.
- Independent service provider
- A business in Alaska that repairs electronic devices but does not have a license or contract with the device maker.
- Authorized service provider
- A person or company that has a license to use the manufacturer's name or a contract to repair products made by the manufacturer.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
DIGITAL PRODUCT REPAIR An Act relating to the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of consumer 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) CROSS SPONSOR(S): DIBERT2752
- (H) REFERRED TO RULES2606
- (H) FN2: ZERO(LAW)2606
- (H) AM: COULOMBE, SADDLER, D.NELSON2606
- (H) NR: CARRICK, HALL2606
- (H) DP: FRIER, FIELDS2606
- (H) L&C RPT HCS(L&C) 2DP 2NR 3AM2606
- (H) Moved HCS CSSB 111(L&C) Out of Committee -- Please Note Location Change --Text
- (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM BARNES 124Text
- (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to 08:00 am 5/14--Text
- (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124Text
- (H) L&C2504
- (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS2504
- (S) VERSION: CSSB 111(L&C) AM2581
- (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)2581
- (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2575
- (S) PASSED Y15 N52575
- (S) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING2574
- (S) AM NO 2 FAILED Y8 N122574
- (S) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC2569
Changes
Amendments
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This amendment changes the section numbers in a bill about fixing digital products and adds new rules that limit what manufacturers must provide to independent repairers while protecting them from legal liability.