Attempt to Repeal Colorado's Right-to-Repair Law Fails in Committee

A Colorado bill that would have rolled back portions of the state's landmark right-to-repair law has been defeated in committee. SB26-090 failed on a 7-to-4 vote in the Colorado House's State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee and was classified as postponed indefinitely. Colorado's Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment, which took effect in January 2026, guarantees consumers access to tools and documentation needed to fix digital electronics including phones, computers, and Wi-Fi routers. The defeated bill would have carved out an exception for critical infrastructure, a loosely defined term that repair advocates warned could be applied broadly to exempt nearly any technology. The repeal effort was backed by lobbying from companies including Cisco and IBM. It passed a Colorado Senate hearing unanimously on April 2 and cleared the full Senate on April 16. During Monday's House committee hearing, dozens of supporters and opponents offered public comments before the bill was rejected. Opposition to the repeal came from a coalition of consumer advocacy groups including PIRG, Repair.org, iFixit, and Consumer Reports, along with local businesses and environmental organizations. Danny Katz, executive director of Colorado consumer advocacy group CoPIRG, credited the diverse testimony from cybersecurity experts, repair advocates, recyclers, and individual consumers with making the difference in the committee vote.