{"id":47414,"date":"2025-04-16T14:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47414"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:01:15","slug":"right-to-repair-legislation-in-50-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/16\/right-to-repair-legislation-in-50-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to Repair Legislation in 50 States"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Koebler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Right to repair legislation has now been introduced in all 50 states, a milestone that, despite not all passing, shows the power of the grassroots political movement. Thursday, Wisconsin became the final state<\/u><\/a> in the country to introduce a right to repair bill. <\/p>

So far, right to repair laws have been passed in Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, Colorado, California<\/u><\/a>, and Oregon<\/u><\/a>. Another 20 states are formally considering right to repair bills during this current legislative session. The rest have previously introduced bills that have not passed; so far we have seen that many states take several years to move a given right to repair bill through the legislative process. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Karl Bode<\/a>:<\/p>\n

And in some instances the bills have been watered down post-passage, like in New York, where Governor Kathy Hochul buckled to company lobbying to make the law much weaker<\/a> while also exempting many of the most problematic industries.<\/p>

Elsewhere, state governments just aren’t really enforcing the laws so far<\/a> despite no shortage of corporate violators. Reformers can correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve yet to see a meaningful enforcement action against a major company in any of the states that have passed such legislation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n