Wins / Washington, May 2025
Washington enacts right-to-repair laws for consumer electronics and mobility devices
Partial win
Washington's Right to Repair Act makes consumer-electronics manufacturers provide parts, tools, and documentation on fair terms and bans parts-pairing software locks; a companion bill covers mobility devices.
- Where
- Washington
- When
- May 2025
- What kind
- Legislation passed
- Issue
- Right to make and repair
- Work by
- WashPIRG, The Repair Coalition, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Why this is a partial win
As in Texas, the gain to owners arrives as a mandate on manufacturers, including a ban on software locks that pair parts to devices. The ledger records the owner's widened control and names the mandate that produced it.
Sources
Where to check it. Every entry on the ledger has at least two.
HB 1483, Digital electronics right to repairWashington State Legislature
SB 5680, Mobility devices right to repairWashington State Legislature
Governor Signs Landmark Right to Repair Bills into LawWA House Democrats / Rep. Mia Gregerson
More from the ledger
Other entries from Washington and on the same issue.
Washington enacts first comprehensive statewide rules for license-plate-reader surveillanceWashington, March 2026
Washington raises the bar for forfeiture and shifts the burden onto the governmentWashington, May 2025
Texas enacts right-to-repair law for consumer electronicsTexas, June 2025
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