New York Assembly Bill A03058

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/23/25
• Refer: 1/23/25
• Report Pass: 5/27/25
• Refer: 5/27/25
• Report Pass: 6/9/25
• Refer: 6/9/25
• Report Pass: 6/10/25
• Engrossed: 3/18/26
• Refer: 3/18/26

Caption

Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale.

Summary

A03058, titled the “Electronics Repair Scores Act,” would require manufacturers of digital electronic equipment sold or used in New York to provide a one-through-ten repair score, along with a more detailed explanation of that score, to retail sellers and the Attorney General. The score would be based on criteria developed and periodically updated by the Attorney General, and would reflect factors such as the availability of technical documentation, ease of disassembly, access to spare parts, spare-parts pricing, software support length, and other product-specific repairability measures. The bill also requires manufacturers to make repair scores visible to consumers at the point of sale in several ways: on product packaging, on website product listing pages, and through publicly available detailed score information. In addition, the bill continues to reinforce existing right-to-repair style obligations by requiring manufacturers to make documentation, parts, and tools available on fair and reasonable terms to independent repair providers and owners for covered digital electronic equipment first sold or used in New York on or after July 1, 2023. The act would take effect one year after becoming law.

Impact

The bill would amend section 399-nn of the General Business Law to add a consumer-facing repairability rating system for digital electronic equipment and to expand disclosure obligations for manufacturers. It would create new statutory definitions for “repair score” and “detailed score,” authorize the Attorney General to develop scoring criteria and a logo representation, and require manufacturers to provide and display those scores to retailers, consumers, and the Attorney General. The measure would affect original equipment manufacturers, retail sellers, independent repair providers, and purchasers of digital electronic devices in New York.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have generally favorable support in the Assembly, as reflected by its advancement through committee and strong final floor passage. It moved out of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, then the Codes Committee, then the Rules Committee, and ultimately passed the Assembly 97-43. The vote pattern suggests meaningful support for the bill’s consumer-choice and repair-transparency goals, though not unanimous backing.

Contention

The main points of contention likely center on the burden placed on manufacturers to calculate, update, and display repair scores, as well as the Attorney General’s authority to define and periodically revise the scoring criteria. Opponents may also object to the compliance costs associated with packaging changes, website disclosures, and the broader repair-information mandate. Supporters, by contrast, appear to view the bill as a consumer-rights and right-to-repair measure that helps buyers compare products based on repairability and long-term ownership costs.