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Last December , New York became the first state in the country to require electronic device manufacturers make their repair materials available to the public.
A new report by the U.S. Public Research Interest Group graded 21 devices covered by New York’s new right-to-repair law.
In July , similar laws in Minnesota and California became enforceable; Oregon and Colorado will also be granted the legal right to repair.
Minnesota and California right-to-repair laws went into effect on July 1 .
Both ban parts pairing, the practice of serializing parts and using software to sync them with specific devices during repair.
Apple lobbied against outlawing parts pairing in both Oregon and Colorado .
It's too early to tell which devices or companies might be out of compliance.
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