Senate Bill 5680 will require wheelchair equipment manufacturers to provide owners and independent repair providers access to documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, and tools.

“Our office consistently receives complaints from consumers about wheelchair repair delays. In recent complaints, consumers have reported that they have been waiting two, four, five ...

Wheelchair users crowded into a State House hearing room Tuesday to speak about the loss of independence extended wheelchair repairs cause, alongside their concerns about structural deficiencies in ...

The parts pairing restriction would apply to electronics first manufactured, sold or used in the state after Jan. 1, 2026, according to the bill. The right-to-repair bill for wheelchairs aims to make ...

Advocates from Disability Rights Washington and the Here and Now Project rally outside the WA state capitol in support of the Right to Repair bill for wheelchairs. When you rely on a powered ...

Florida lawmakers are considering "right to repair" bills that would require ... When Laura-Lee Minutello’s battery is dying on her motorized wheelchair, she can’t call the manufacturer ...

And because of restrictive rules they impose through their warranties, wheelchair owners like Holmes rely on the manufacturers themselves, or their authorized vendors, to get any sort of repair ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Wheelchair users tell the I-Team, a law meant to lower wheelchair repair wait times has no teeth, giving them no way to hold companies accountable if they don’t follow ...

On Wedensday February 19, New York State Senator Patricia Fahy (D—Albany) was joined by wheelchair and disability advocates to announce she’s introducing the Consumer Wheelchair Repair Bill of ...

MEDFORD, Ore.-- The Oregon Senate overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the state’s right to repair law, including wheelchairs and “complex rehabilitation technology.” The bill would require ...

A new bill aims to change that by giving wheelchair users the right to repair their own equipment. Last year, Oregon became the fourth state in the nation to pass a right-to-repair law ...