Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment.
HB 2963 creates Chapter 121 in Texas' Business & Commerce Code, requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide diagnostic tools and documentation to independent repair providers on "fair and reasonable terms." The law defines "digital electronic equipment" broadly as any product relying on embedded digital electronics to function. It specifically mandates that manufacturers make these tools available without restricting access to only authorized repair providers, ensuring non-manufacturer repair shops can diagnose and fix devices. This directly affects consumers seeking affordable repairs and independent repair businesses, aiming to increase repair accessibility and competition.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 20, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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Engrossed
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Jun 20, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was converted from an 'Engrossed' version to an 'Enrolled' version, which is the final version signed into law. The substantive policy content of the bill itself remains unchanged, with the primary differences being formatting adjustments, removal of amendment markup, and addition of certification signatures and voting records from the legislative process.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the text represents the final enrolled version ready for execution.
TECHNICAL
Removed amendment markup symbols and line numbers used during the legislative process, replacing them with clean, final text formatting.
Added certification statements, signatures, and voting records documenting the bill's passage by both houses and conference committee adoption.
Changed the header from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' to indicate the bill has been signed by the Governor and is now law.
Inserted a note about digital content accessibility updates (WCAG 2.1) that appears to be a system annotation rather than part of the bill text.
Floor votes · House May 10, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
77
Key actions
24
Committee
16
Amendments
9
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate adopts conference committee report
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
House adopts conference committee report
lower
May 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
House requests conference committee-reported
upper
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
House requests conference committee
lower
May 30, 2025
Introduced
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
May 28, 2025
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Business & Commerce
upper
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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