New York Senate Bill S06438

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 3/13/25
• Refer: 3/13/25
• Refer: 1/7/26

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

This bill, titled the "Electronics Repair Scores Act," would amend New York’s General Business Law to require manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide a one-through-ten repair score for their products. The score would be based on criteria developed by the Attorney General and would be intended to help consumers compare how easy different devices are to repair before buying them. The bill also requires manufacturers to make repair scores and detailed score information available to retail sellers and the Attorney General, and to display the score on product packaging and on website product listing pages. The detailed score would explain how the score was calculated and what it means. The Attorney General would establish and periodically update the scoring criteria, which must consider factors such as access to technical documentation, ease of disassembly, availability and price of spare parts, and length of software support.

Impact

The bill would add new disclosure obligations to the state’s existing right-to-repair framework in General Business Law section 399-nn. Manufacturers of covered digital electronic equipment sold or used in New York would have to provide repair-related information not only to independent repair providers and owners, but also to retail sellers and the Attorney General in the form of a standardized repair score and detailed score. It would also require point-of-sale and online disclosure, affecting product labeling, packaging, and e-commerce listings for covered electronics.

Sentiment

No committee transcripts or recorded votes were provided, so there is no direct evidence of debate or formal support/opposition in the available record. Based on the bill’s purpose and structure, it appears to be a consumer-protection and transparency measure aimed at helping buyers make informed choices about repairability. The bill’s introduction and amendment history suggest it was advanced through committee without any documented recorded controversy in the materials provided.

Contention

The main potential points of contention are likely to be the Attorney General’s authority to define and update the scoring criteria, the compliance burden on manufacturers and retailers, and whether the score could oversimplify repairability across different product categories. Manufacturers may object to mandatory packaging and website disclosures, while consumer advocates and independent repair interests would likely support the measure as a way to improve transparency and competition in repair markets. Because no transcripts were provided, these concerns are inferred from the bill’s provisions rather than from documented debate.