The bill mandates that hardware manufacturers make diagnostic and repair information available to consumers and independent repair shops at “fair and reasonable terms.”The final version of the bill enjoyed rare bipartisan support, passing the state assembly 147–2 and the senate 59–4.To make this happen, the bill doesn’t include vehicles, home appliances, farm equipment or medical devices — all sectors rife with obnoxious attempts to monopolize repair via DRM or by making diagnostics either expensive or impossible.The bill has been parked for months without any movement on the desk of NY Governor Kathy Hochul.It seems likely that the bill will still pass, but lobbying has ensured that making that happen will apparently take as long as humanly possible:The Digital Fair Repair Act, the first right-to-repair bill to entirely pass through a state legislature, is awaiting New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature.Whether it’s John Deere’s restrictive crackdown on tractor repairs, or the annoying, life-risking monopolies enjoyed by many medical device manufacturers, anger on this front is sustained, bipartisan, and shows no sign of slowing down."