No, Indiana doesn't have a right to repair law. As of November 12, 2026, the state hasn't passed one, so when your dishwasher's control board quits in your Broad Ripple kitchen, no such law makes the maker sell you the service manual.
Lawmakers tried. Three bills were filed in 2024 and 2025, all three died in committee, and not one of them named appliances.
A right to repair law makes a maker share its repair manuals and sell its parts to owners and to local shops. A few states have one. Only some of those laws reach a fridge or a washer.
It's a letdown when the part exists and you can't buy it. Here's where you stand:
- You want the maker to sell you a part or a repair manual: no Indiana right to repair law makes it do so. You can still ask.
- Your appliance is under warranty, and you'd like a local shop to fix it: a federal rule guards your warranty. See will a local repair void your appliance warranty.
- Your appliance is out of warranty: there's no warranty left to lose, so the warranty isn't a reason to skip a local shop.
- You heard another state passed a law: some have. California's names home appliances, and New York's and Texas's leave them out.
Has the right-to-repair law been passed?
Not in Indiana. Three bills with the title "Right to repair" were filed at the Statehouse, and each one stopped at the same early step.
A bill gets a first reading, and then it goes to a committee, where a small group of lawmakers decides if it moves on. None of these three came back out. The state's own records mark all three as dead.
| Bill | Year | What it covered | Where it stopped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Bill 53 | 2024 | Consumer electronic devices and farm equipment | Committee on Commerce and Technology |
| House Bill 1155 | 2024 | Farm equipment only | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development |
| House Bill 1060 | 2025 | Consumer electronic devices and farm equipment | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development |
What the last bill would have done
House Bill 1060 was the most recent try, filed in January 2025. It asked two things of a maker. The maker would've had to give owners and outside shops the same repair papers it gives its own approved shops, and sell them the same parts on fair terms.
Read the exact wording
"Requires a manufacturer of a consumer electronic device or a piece of agricultural equipment that is sold in Indiana, subject to certain exceptions, to: (1) provide to an independent service provider, or to the owner of the consumer electronic device or agricultural equipment (owner), any service documentation the manufacturer provides to its authorized service providers; and (2) make available for purchase, upon reasonable terms, any service part the manufacturer provides to its authorized service providers."
Did any bill cover appliances?
Not by name. None of the three named appliances.
But the text of House Bill 1060 came close. It counted any product that holds a microprocessor, the small computer chip that runs a control board. Most newer appliances have one. If it had passed, that wording could have reached most newer appliances.
Read the exact wording
"consumer electronic device" means a product or component of a product that: (1) contains a microprocessor; and (2) is manufactured for distribution and sale in the United States.
What about 2026?
Nothing we could find in 2026. No bill with that title is on the Indiana General Assembly's bill list for the 2026 session, which holds 935 measures.
Only two have "repair" in the short description. One is about fixing rental homes, and the other is a resolution that honors a group called Home Repairs for Good.
We checked titles and short descriptions, so a repair rule tucked inside a bill about something else wouldn't show up.
Which states have a right to repair law for appliances?
California does, by name. New York has a law too, but it leaves home appliances out. That's a big gap between two laws with the same nickname, so it's worth reading what each one says.
| State | Does it reach home appliances? | The law |
|---|---|---|
| California | Yes, by name | Public Resources Code 42488.2 |
| New York | No, they're left out | General Business Law 399-nn |
| Minnesota | As we read it, yes | Minnesota Statutes 325E.72 |
| Oregon | As we read it, yes, but not heating and cooling gear | Senate Bill 1596 (2024) |
| Colorado | As we read it, yes | House Bill 24-1121 |
| Washington | Yes, its law names appliances | Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1483 (2025) |
| Texas | No, they're left out | Business and Commerce Code chapter 121 |
California
California's law covers major home appliances, and it lists them. The list is in Business and Professions Code 9801, and it names the fridge, the freezer, the range, the microwave, the washer, the dryer and the dishwasher.
Read the exact wording
“Appliance” or “major home appliance” means any device primarily used for residential purposes, including, but not limited to, any refrigerator, freezer, range, microwave oven, washer, dryer, dishwasher, trash compactor, ice maker, dehumidifier, residential portable furnace, or room air-conditioner normally used or sold for personal, family, household, or home office use, or for use in private motor vehicles.
The rule itself is in Public Resources Code 42488.2. It covers products first made, and first sold or used in California, on or after July 1, 2021.
For a product with a wholesale price of $100 or more, the maker has to offer parts, tools and repair papers on fair terms. That duty lasts at least seven years after the last one of that model was made. Products from $50 to $99.99 get three years.
Read the exact wording
"every manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a wholesale price to the retailer, or to others outside of direct retail sale, of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, shall make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a product for at least seven years after the last date a product model or type was manufactured"
New York
New York went the other way. Its law, General Business Law 399-nn, says makers don't have to offer parts, tools or repair papers for home appliances. It names fridges, ovens and microwaves as things it leaves out.
Read the exact wording
"Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any original equipment manufacturer or authorized repair provider to make available any parts, tools, or documentation required for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of any home appliance that has a digital electronic product embedded within it, including, but not limited to, refrigerators, ovens, microwaves, air conditioning, heating units, and security devices or alarm systems including any related software and components."
Minnesota, Oregon and Colorado
These three are less clear. We'd rather say so than guess. None of their laws lists appliances as a covered product.
Each one covers products that run on digital electronics. As we read it, that reaches a newer washer or fridge, since we found no line in any of the three that leaves kitchen or laundry appliances out. That's our reading. It isn't a ruling from those states.
- Minnesota: Minnesota Statutes 325E.72 says it applies to equipment sold on or after July 1, 2021.
- Oregon: Senate Bill 1596 leaves out products that heat, vent or cool the air. We read that as heating and cooling gear, not a fridge or washer, but Oregon hasn't said.
- Colorado: House Bill 24-1121 took effect January 1, 2026, the bill summary says, and it has a long list of products it leaves out.
Washington and Texas
Both passed laws in 2025, and they split the way California and New York do.
- Washington: its law says in its opening findings that it's meant to help people fix "computers, cell phones, appliances, and other nonexempted products," and its list of left-out products doesn't name home appliances. Its rule on parts, tools and repair papers took effect January 1, 2026, for products first made and first sold or used there on or after July 1, 2021.
- Texas: its law, in effect since September 1, 2026, leaves out "a home appliance that has digital electronic equipment embedded within it, including refrigerators, ovens, microwaves."
What rights do you have in Indiana without one?
You still have the federal warranty rule. It's not a right to repair law, but it does guard your choice of who fixes your appliance.
Under 15 USC 2302(c), part of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, and the FTC's reading of the law at 16 CFR 700.10, a maker can't void your warranty just because a local shop did the work. The same goes for a part that isn't the brand's own. There are two catches. The maker can make you use its own service when that service is free under the warranty, and it can refuse to cover damage from the outside repair, if it can show the repair caused it.
That rule is about your warranty. Parts and manuals are a different matter, and Indiana has no right to repair law to cover them. Our guide on whether a local repair voids your appliance warranty has the full rule and the exact wording.
What to ask the maker
It costs nothing to ask. Call the brand's support line and have these ready:
- The model and serial number: they're on a tag inside the door or on the back.
- The part you need: the name, and the part number if you have it.
- Two plain questions: will you sell me this part, and can I get the service manual?
- Notes: write down the date, who you spoke with and what they said.
What to write down before you call a tech
If you'd rather hand the job to a pro, a few notes make the call go faster:
- The appliance: the brand, the model and about how old it is.
- What it's doing: the noise, the error code or the leak, and when it started.
- The warranty: whether it's still running, and when you bought it.