POLITICS 'Right to repair' bill passes Oregon Legislature, heads to Gov. Kotek

Try, try and try again, and eventually you might win – in the Oregon Legislature.

That was the case Monday for Sen. Janeen Sollman, D-Hillsboro, who has tried since 2021 to get the Legislature to pass a “right to repair” bill giving individuals more options to fix their own electronic gear. In a final vote, her Senate Bill 1596 passed the House with a bipartisan 42-13 vote about a week after it passed the Senate, 25-5. It now heads to Gov. Tina Kotek for her signature.

Sollman, who was listening to the discussion and watching the vote, threw her arms up afterward and declared “I’m floating” as she strolled out of the chamber.

She told the Capital Chronicle in a call that she was “super proud” of the bill and everyone who contributed to it.

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