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Doesn’t this mean the whole country will basically have right to repair since New York and California are such large markets and you’ll be able to order parts from there?
It is effectively the case. Given the influence that California and New York hold, and the size of their markets, they can effectively create state policy that makes national compliance a foregone conclusion. If you look at the example of “known to the state of California to cause cancer“ Labels, you can see how this works in action. 
They'll likely try to geo-lock stuff, but it opens up the floodgates for real possibilities
Sad thing is that wouldn't even be surprising. Could totally imagine an error message like: "This device is using unauthorized components not licensed for your region. Please call AppleCare for service options."
I thought the new york one only passed with some loopholes because of the governor.