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Right to Repair laws have now been proposed in all U.S. states


With a new bill in Wisconsin, Right to Repair laws have now been introduced in all 50 US states!

Lawmakers in every state in the union have filed legislation demanding access to the parts, tools, and documentation we need for repair. Some scenes from iFixit’s eleven years of advocacy: We called on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the first bill in New York and brought a tractor to the Colorado statehouse.We’ve been boots-on-the-ground fighting for Right to Repair since the very beginning, working to develop and testifying on behalf of the first electronics bill, introduced in South Dakota in 2014. We’ve gone from a handful of passionate advocates to a nationwide call for repair autonomy,” said Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit.

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