Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has now signed one of the strongest US right-to-repair bills into law. Oregon’s SB 1596 will take effect next year, and, like similar laws introduced in Minnesota and California, it requires device manufacturers to allow consumers and independent electronics businesses to purchase the necessary parts and equipment required to make their own device repairs.“We need to cut down the insane cycle of churning through personal electronics — and that starts by empowering repair,” Nathan Proctor, the Public Interest Research Group’s (PIRG) right to repair campaign senior director, “Oregon’s nation-leading Right to Repair law will keep devices working and off the scrap heap."