HB0487 • 2026

Repair of Mobility Devices

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee ; Eskamani ; Valdés ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby ; Campbell ; Driskell ; Harris ; Hunschofsky ; Tant
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: House - Died on Second Reading Calendar
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill status indicates it 'Died on Second Reading Calendar' despite a label saying 'Passed Legislature'; this creates uncertainty about whether the law is currently active or if the effective date applies.

Right to Repair Act for Mobility Devices

This law requires companies that make mobility devices in Florida to share the parts, tools, and information needed to fix them with owners and independent repair shops on fair terms.

What This Bill Does

Requires manufacturers to provide documentation, software, firmware, parts, and tools needed to service mobility devices.
Mandates that special access codes or passwords be shared if a device has electronic security locks that block repairs during servicing.
States that digital manuals must generally be free, though physical copies can have small fees to cover actual costs of preparing and sending them.
Requires tools to be provided without requiring internet access for use, while allowing charges only for the cost of shipping physical tool copies.
Requires parts sold to independent shops or owners to cost no more than what authorized dealers pay, accounting for any discounts they receive.
Allows manufacturers to keep trade secrets private.

Who It Names or Affects

Original equipment manufacturers that make, sell, lease, or supply new mobility devices in Florida.
Independent repair providers who fix devices but are not affiliated with the device makers.
Owners of power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and power assist devices used in the state.

Terms To Know

Mobility Device: Equipment designed for people with a mobility disability, such as power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and power assist devices.
Independent Repair Provider: A business or individual in Florida that fixes mobility devices but is not owned by or affiliated with the company that made them.
Fair and Reasonable Terms: Rules stating that digital repair information must be free, tools cannot require internet access to work, and parts must cost no more than what authorized dealers pay.

Limits and Unknowns

Manufacturers do not have to share trade secrets.
The law does not change existing contracts between manufacturers and their authorized repair shops.
The provided text ends before fully explaining all rules regarding electronic security locks, though it confirms access must be granted.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

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Committee amendment H 487 Filed • Eskamani

Filed

Plain English: This amendment creates a new law called the 'Right to Repair Act for Mobility Devices' that requires manufacturers to provide independent shops and owners with parts, tools, and information needed to fix wheelchairs and scooters.

It defines key terms like 'mobility device,' which includes power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and power assist devices.
Manufacturers must provide repair manuals, diagrams, passwords, and software updates to independent repair shops at no cost for digital copies.
Special tools needed to fix these devices must be made available without requiring internet access or special authorization from the manufacturer.
Replacement parts must be sold to independent shops and owners at prices that are equal to what authorized dealers pay.

The provided text is incomplete because it cuts off in Section 4, so details about penalties for breaking these rules or specific enforcement methods are missing.
Because the full list of requirements was not included, some technical restrictions on how manufacturers must share information may be unknown.

Bill History

2026-03-13 House
• Died on Second Reading Calendar
2026-01-27 House
• Favorable by Commerce Committee • Reported out of Commerce Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-01-23 House
• Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2026-01-13 House
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2025-12-16 House
• Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Commerce Committee
2025-12-12 House
• Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
2025-12-11 House
• Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2025-12-04 House
• Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
2025-11-24 House
• Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2025-11-19 House
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Repair of Mobility Devices; Requires original equipment manufacturers to make available documentation, embedded software, firmware, parts, & tools required to service mobility devices & parts of such devices; requires original equipment manufacturers of mobility devices with electronic security locks to make available any special documentation, embedded software, firmware, parts, & tools required to access & reset locks when disabled in course of service; provides that original equipment manufacturers are not required to divulge trade secrets; limits liability of original equipment manufacturers & authorized repair providers.

Current Bill Text

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to repair of mobility devices; 2
creating part XIV of ch. 559, F.S., entitled "Repair 3
of Mobility Devices"; creating s. 559.971, F.S.; 4
providing a short title; creating s. 559.972, F.S.; 5
providing definitions; creating s. 559.973, F.S.; 6
requiring original equipment manufacturers to make 7
available documentation, embedded software, firmware, 8
parts, and tools required to service mobility devices 9
and parts of such devices; requiring original 10
equipment manufacturers of mobility devices with 11
electronic security locks to make available any 12
special documentation, embedded software, firmware, 13
parts, and tools required to access and reset the 14
locks when disabled in the course of service; creating 15
s. 559.974, F.S.; providing that violation of the act 16
is an unlawful practice under the Florida Deceptive 17
and Unfair Trade Practices Act; creating s. 559.975, 18
F.S.; providing that original equipment manufacturers 19
are not required to divulge trade secrets; providing 20
that the act does not alter the terms of an 21
arrangement between an authorized repair provider and 22
an original equipment manufacturer; providing an 23
exception; limiting the liability of original 24
equipment manufacturers and authorized repair 25

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providers in certain circumstances; creating s. 26
559.976, F.S.; providing applicability; providing an 27
effective date. 28
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 30
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Section 1. Part XIV of chapter 559, Florida Statutes, 32
consisting of ss. 559.971-559.976, Florida Statutes, is created 33
and entitled "Repair of Mobility Devices." 34
Section 2. Section 559.971, Florida Statutes, is created 35
to read: 36
559.971 Short title.-This part may be cited as the "Right 37
to Repair Act for Mobility Devices." 38
Section 3. Section 559.972, Florida Statutes, is created 39
to read: 40
559.972 Definitions.-As used in this part, the term: 41
(1) "Authorized repair provider" means an individual or a 42
business that has an arrangement with the original equipment 43
manufacturer under which the original equipment manufacturer 44
grants to the individual or business a license to use a trade 45
name, service mark, or other proprietary identifier for the 46
purposes of servicing a mobility device under the name of the 47
original equipment manufacturer, or other arrangement with the 48
original equipment manufacturer to offer such services on behalf 49
of the original equipment manufacturer. An original equipment 50

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manufacturer that services its own mobility device, and that 51
does not have an arrangement with an unaffiliated individual or 52
business, is an authorized repair provider with respect to 53
mobility devices. 54
(2) "Documentation" means a manual, diagram, reporting 55
output, service code description, schematic diagram, security 56
code, password, or any other guidance or information used in 57
servicing a mobility device. 58
(3) "Embedded software" means programmable instructions 59
provided on firmware delivered with an electronic component of a 60
mobility device or with any part for the purpose of restoring or 61
improving operation of the mobility device or part and includes 62
all relevant patches and fixes that the original equipment 63
manufacturer makes to a mobility device or to any part for the 64
purpose of restoring or improving the mobility device or part. 65
(4) "Fair and reasonable terms" means making available 66
documentation, tools, or parts as follows: 67
(a) Documentation must be made available by the original 68
equipment manufacturer at no charge, except that when a physical 69
copy is requested, a charge may be included for the reasonable 70
actual costs of preparing and sending the copy. 71
(b) Tools must be made available by the original equipment 72
manufacturer at no charge: 73
1. Without requiring authorization or Internet access for 74
use or operation. 75

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2. Without imposing impediments to access or use. 76
3. In a manner that does not impair the efficient and 77
cost-effective performance of any such service and ensures that 78
full functionality of digital electronic equipment is enabled. 79
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However, if a tool is requested in physical form, a charge may 81
be included for the reasonable, actual costs of preparing and 82
sending the tool. 83
(c) Parts must be made available by the original equipment 84
manufacturer, either directly or through an authorized repair 85
provider, to an independent repair provider or owner at costs 86
and terms that are equivalent to the most favorable costs and 87
terms under which an original equipment manufacturer offers the 88
parts to an authorized repair provider, and that: 89
1. Accounts for: 90
a. Any discount, rebate, delivery method, functionality, 91
rights of use, incentive, preference; or 92
b. Any additional cost or impediment the original 93
equipment manufacturer imposes on an authorized repair provider. 94
2. Does not condition or impose a substantial obligation 95
or restriction that is not reasonably necessary for enabling the 96
independent repair provider or owner to service a mobility 97
device. 98
3. Is not conditioned upon an arrangement with the 99
original equipment manufacturer. 100

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(5) "Firmware" means a software program or set of 101
instructions programmed on a mobility device or a part to allow 102
a mobility device or a part to communicate with itself or with 103
other computer hardware. 104
(6) "Independent repair provider" means an individual or 105
business operating in this state engaged in servicing mobility 106
devices, which is unaffiliated with an original equipment 107
manufacturer. 108
(7) "Mobility device" means equipment designed for people 109
with a mobility disability, including power wheelchairs, manual 110
wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and power assist devices for 111
manual wheelchairs. 112
(8) "Original equipment manufacturer" means an individual 113
or business that is engaged in manufacturing, selling, leasing, 114
or supplying new mobility devices. 115
(9) "Owner" means an individual or business that owns or 116
leases a mobility device purchased or used in this state. 117
(10) "Part" means any replacement part, either new or 118
used, made available by an original equipment manufacturer to 119
service a mobility device manufactured by or on behalf of, sold, 120
or otherwise supplied by the original equipment manufacturer. 121
(11) "Service," "services," or "servicing" means any 122
activity related to the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a 123
mobility device or a part thereof. 124
(12) "Tool" means any software, hardware, or other 125

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apparatus used for the service of a mobility device, including, 126
but not limited to, software or any other mechanism that 127
programs a new part, calibrates functionality, or performs any 128
other function required to return the mobility device to its 129
fully functional condition, which includes any updates. 130
(13) "Trade secret" has the same meaning as in s. 688.002. 131
Section 4. Section 559.973, Florida Statutes, is created 132
to read: 133
559.973 Requirements.— 134
(1) For the purpose of servicing mobility devices and 135
parts of mobility devices that are sold or used in this state, 136
an original equipment manufacturer must make available to any 137
independent repair provider or owner of the original equipment 138
manufacturer's mobility device, on fair and reasonable terms, 139
any documentation, embedded software, firmware, parts, and tools 140
that are necessary to service such mobility devices and parts, 141
including any updates to documentation, embedded software, 142
firmware, parts, and tools. The documentation, embedded 143
software, firmware, parts, and tools must be made available 144
either directly by the original equipment manufacturer or by an 145
authorized repair provider. 146
(2) For equipment that contains an electronic security 147
lock or other security-related function, the original equipment 148
manufacturer must make available to an independent repair 149
provider or owner, on fair and reasonable terms, any special 150

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documentation, embedded software, firmware, tools, and parts 151
required to access and reset the lock or function when disabled 152
in the course of servicing the mobility device. The 153
documentation, embedded software, firmware, parts, and tools may 154
be made available through appropriate secure release systems. 155
Section 5. Section 559.974, Florida Statutes, is created 156
to read: 157
559.974 Enforcement.—A violation of this part is 158
punishable under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade 159
Practices Act. 160
Section 6. Section 559.975, Florida Statutes, is created 161
to read: 162
559.975 Limitations.— 163
(1) This part does not require an original equipment 164
manufacturer to divulge a trade secret to an independent service 165
provider or an owner of the original equipment manufacturer's 166
mobility device. 167
(2) This part does not alter the terms of an arrangement 168
between an authorized repair provider and an original equipment 169
manufacturer, including, but not limited to, the performance or 170
provision of warranty or recall repair work by an authorized 171
repair provider on behalf of an original equipment manufacturer 172
and pursuant to such arrangement. However, any terms that waive, 173
avoid, restrict, or limit the original equipment manufacturer's 174
obligation to comply with this part are void. 175

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(3) An original equipment manufacturer and an authorized 176
repair provider are not liable for any damage or injury caused 177
by an independent repair provider or owner to a mobility device 178
that occurs during the course of service of a mobility device. 179
Section 7. Section 559.976, Florida Statutes, is created 180
to read: 181
559.976 Applicability.—This part applies with respect to 182
mobility devices sold or in use on or after July 1, 2026. 183
Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 184