I will have to read the text of this bill before I make any judgements (I haven't found a link to it, I don't believe the bill has been introduced to the Assemb

I will have to read the text of this bill before I make any judgements (I haven't found a link to it, I don't believe the bill has been introduced to the Assembly yet.) but I have a hard time understanding what they would legislate. Is it going to be availability of replacement parts? Assembly methods that make repairability easier? Documentation of signal protocols so that if Samsung decides to stop making the washing machine controller, I can make my own? I've personally repaired a number of home appliances over the past few years including a LCD TV, a clothes dryer, a remote light switch, a juice machine, an espresso maker, and a vacuum cleaner, and I've tried and failed to repair a coffee maker and an electric tea kettle. I've also evaluated a macbook air and a samsung galaxy phone for repair and found that the replacement parts were too expensive to justify. My perspective is that usually the replacement part is available but the parts cost plus the time/skill to diagnose multiplied by the potential success factor in repair makes replacement a better option in many cases. I don't have a whole lot of confidence that the government can solve this problem with legislation; any rule that would solve repairability issues with your electric tea kettle would make your phone bulkier, for example. So my guess is it's going to involve a lot of lobbying by different industries and ultimately end up toothless, misguided, and ineffective. Oh well. I guess I'll just keep on replacing fuses and repairing traces.