An Act to Ensure That Residents of the State Have the Right to Repair Their Own Electronic Devices
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1487
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_A_S686 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT" /t. "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 608, 
L.D. 1487, "An Act to Ensure That Residents of the State Have the Right to Repair Their 
Own Electronic Devices" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in c. 234 in § 1500-0 in subsection 1 by inserting 
after paragraph A the following: 
'B. "Authorized 3rd-party provider" means a person that is unaffiliated with an original 
equipment manufacturer and that has an arrangement with the original equipment 
manufacturer under which the original equipment manufacturer grants to the person a 
license to use a trade name to distribute documentation, paits or tools under the name 
of or on behalf of the original equipment manufacturer.' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in §1500-0 in subsection 1 in paragraph 
C in the 2nd line (page 2, line 2 in amendment) by striking out the following: "for personal, 
household, family or home office use" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in §1500-0 in subsection 1 in paragraph 
C in subparagraph (2) in the first line (page 2, line 9 in amendment) by inserting after the 
following: "intended" the following: 'primarily' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in c. 234 in § 1500-0 in subsection l in paragraph 
C in subparagraph (4) in the first line (page 2, line 13 in amendment) by striking out the 
following: "found" and inserting the following: 'intended primarily for use' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in §1500-0 in subsection 1 in paragraph 
C in subparagraph (8) in the first line (page 2, line 38 in amendment) by striking out the 
following: "Home security" and inserting the following: 'Security or life safety systems or' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in §1500-0 in subsection 1 in paragraph 
D in the 2nd line (page 3, line 2 in amendment) by inserting after the following: 
"description" the following: ', circuit schematic' 
Amend the amendment in section l in c. 234 in § 1500-0 in subsection 1 in paragraph 
in the 4th line (page 4, line 22 in amendment) by striking out the following: "may allow" 
and inserting the following: 'facilitate' 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" A-" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 608, L.D. 1487 ( 5- lo,~ 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in §1500-0 in subsection 1 in paragraph 
Q in the 2nd line (page 4, line 29 in amendment) by inse1ting after the following: 
"apparatus," the following: 'including any updates,' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in § 1500-0 in subsection 1 by relettering 
the paragraphs to read alphabetically. 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in c. 234 in § 1500-0 in subsection 2 by striking 
out all of the first blocked paragraph (page 5, lines 4 to 8 in amendment) and inse1ting the 
following: 
'An original equipment manufacturer that does not have access to documentation, patts or 
tools and does not offer services of diagnosis, maintenance or repair of patticular digital 
electronic equipment is not required to produce documentation, patts or tools for that 
patticular equipment.' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in §1500-0 in subsection 3 in paragraph 
A by striking out all of subparagraph (2) and inse1ting the following: 
'(2) 
Divulge any trade secret except as necessary to perfo11n diagnosis, 
maintenance or repair;' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 inc. 234 in §1500-0 in subsection 3 in paragraph 
A in subparagraph (5) in the 2nd line (page 5, line 33 in amendment) by striking out the 
following: "law" and inse1ting the following: 'state law, rule' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends Committee Amendment "A" to make the following changes. 
1. 
It provides a definition of "authorized 3rd-patty provider" and amends the 
definitions of "digital electronic equipment," "documentation," "patt" and "tool." 
2. It specifies that the requirements of the right to repair provisions do not require an 
original equipment manufacturer that does not have access to documentation, patts or tools 
and does not offer services of diagnosis, maintenance or repair of pa1ticular digital 
electronic equipment to produce documentation, parts or tools for that particular 
equipment. 
3. It limits the exclusion from having to provide trade secrets to those trade secrets that 
are not necessary to perform diagnosis, maintenance or repair. 
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(Senator TIPPING, M.) 
COUNTY: Penobscot 
SENATE AMENDMENT