Dear Coloradans,
It's time to speak out for your right to repair
Colorado’s got the strongest Right to Repair law in the country, but a new bill’s threatening to blow a hole in it.
Colorado has spent the last few years building the strongest Right to Repair framework in the country. The state first protected repair for powered wheelchairs in 2022, then passed the nation’s first agricultural Right to Repair law in 2023, and expanded those protections to digital electronic equipment in 2024. Now SB26-090 threatens to undo that progress by carving out “information technology equipment intended for use in critical infrastructure” from Colorado’s repair law. That language may sound narrow, but it is anything but. Instead of naming a specific class of products, the bill reaches for the broad federal definition of “critical infrastructure,” a category that spans communications, IT, healthcare, energy, transportation, water, and more.
That is why this bill is so dangerous. Colorado already wrote targeted exemptions where lawmakers believed they were needed. SB26-090 takes the opposite approach, creating a vague loophole that manufacturers can stretch over time to shield major categories of equipment from repair obligations. The biggest beneficiary would be companies like Cisco, which have a clear interest in preserving tight control over service, tools, firmware, and repair pathways for enterprise and networking equipment. If this carveout passes in Colorado, it will not stay a Colorado problem. Other states will treat it as a model for weakening Right to Repair while pretending to preserve it.
Coloradans, now is the time to tell our legislators why we can’t allow Cisco to destroy all the progress we’ve won.
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Join the AssociationCommon Questions about Right to Repair
What does Right to Repair do?
Right to Repair is simple. It requires manufacturers to provide owners and independent repair businesses with fair access to service information and affordable replacement parts. So you can fix the stuff you own quickly—and get back on with your life.
That sounds great! Who would be against that?
Well, manufacturers like John Deere and Apple don’t like the idea. When your tractor breaks or your cell phone stops working, they want to be the only people who can fix it. And they get to set whatever prices they want for parts and service.
Is Right to Repair a new concept?
Nope! We already have right to repair for cars—that’s why you can take your Ford into a local mechanic. They have all the same software diagnostics and service manuals that the dealerships have. This is the result of decades of auto Right to Repair legislation—laws that have been a resounding success.
How can I get involved?
It’s time to fight for your right to repair and defend local repair jobs—the corner mom-and-pop repair shops that keep getting squeezed out. Write or call your legislator. Tell them you support the Fair Repair Act. Tell them that you believe repair should be fair, affordable, and accessible. Stand up for your right to repair in Colorado!
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