ColoradoExempt Critical Infrastructure from Right to Repair
What it does
Under current law, consumers in Colorado have a right to repair all digital electronic equipment, which could include equipment that is considered critical infrastructure. The bill exempts information technology equipment that is intended for use to be used in critical infrastructure from Colorado's consumer right to repair laws. Critical infrastructure is defined as a system or asset, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of the system or asset would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
More detail
The bill authorizes the attorney general to review an exemption from Colorado's consumer right to repair laws for certain information technology equipment (equipment) that is intended to be used in critical infrastructure. In reviewing whether the equipment is exempt, the attorney general shall consider whether the equipment is actually intended to be used in a manner that qualifies as critical infrastructure and whether the equipment is sold under a business-to-business or business-to-government contract and not customarily sold in a retail setting. Any determination made by the attorney general regarding an exemption may be appealed by the manufacturer of the equipment.(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 27House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone IndefinitelyLatest
- Vote recorded Postpone Senate Bill 26-090 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-090, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment E). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 21Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans AffairsMinor
- Apr 16Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - FloorPassed Senate
- Vote recorded AMEND (L.006). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 14Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/16/2026 - No Amendments
- Apr 13Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/14/2026 - No Amendments
- Apr 10Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/13/2026 - No Amendments
- Apr 9Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2026 - No Amendments
- Apr 8Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/09/2026 - No Amendments
- Apr 7Senate Second Reading Passed - No AmendmentsMinor
- Apr 2Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-090 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & TechnologyIntroduced
- Apr 27House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone IndefinitelyLatest