Group:FSF/Fight-to-Repair/US

Right to Repair in the US

Federal

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Vehicle_Owners%27_Right_to_Repair_Act
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act
• The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair article accessible without Javascript

States

In the United States decisions can be made on a state legislative level, so it is your local representatives that can help make a difference.

California

• https://a13.asmdc.org/press-releases/20180307-eggman-introduces-legislation-create-right-repair-electronics

Colorado

• April 2023 [1] Colorado governor signs first right-to-repair law for farmers

Hawaii

• https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1649_.HTM

Illinois

• http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB3030.htm

Iowa

• https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=87&ba=HF556

Kansas

• http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/measures/hb2122/

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Right to Repair had a significant win passing an advanced right to repair law in the recent November 2020 elections in Massachusetts, US.
• "If the car manufacturers' point is that they have built mobile surveillance platforms that non-consensually harvest so much data from us that if the wrong person gets access to them, they can destroy your life, then I think that the answer should be for them to stop spying on us with our cars," Cory Doctorow responded in an interview on WGBH.
• Kyle Wiens responded in a response on their blog, "Modern cars can send maintenance information directly to the manufacturers, cutting out local mechanics. Question 1 makes sure that consumers can continue to fix their own vehicles, or get them fixed at the shop of their choice."
• http://archive.boston.com/news/special/politics/2012/general/mass-ballot-question-1-election-results-2012.html

Minnesota

• May 2023 [2] Minnesota’s new ‘right to repair’ law is the broadest one yet
• https://www.senate.mn/departments/scr/billsumm/summary_display_from_db.php?ls=90&id=5585

Missouri

• https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills171/hlrbillspdf/2172H.01I.pdf

Nebraska

• https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_actions.php?DocumentID=31155

New Hampshire

• http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2385&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018&txtbillnumber=HB1733

New Jersey

• https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2014/Bills/S1000/829_I1.HTM

New York

• 2021-06-10 Enacts the digital fair repair act https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/s4104
• https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S618

North Carolina

• https://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/HTML/H663v0.html

Oklahoma

• http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb2551&Session=1800

Oregon

• https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2688
• https://ospirg.org/feature/orp/right-repair

South Dakota

• https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/5739

Tennessee

• http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1382.pdf

Vermont

• https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/detail/2018.1/342/Bill

Virginia

• http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB20

Washington

• June 2025 [3] Right to repair becomes law in Washington state
• http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2279.pdf