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BILL · 1997–98 SESSION

SB 5982: State purchasing contracts

Prohibiting state purchasing contracts for goods produced by forced labor, indentured labor under penal sanction, or child labor.

Summary

  • Finds that it is not in the long-term best interest of the people of Washington to spend tax dollars on goods produced, whether international or domestic, in whole or part by forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanction, or by exploiting child labor or using child labor in violation of the child labor laws of the country in which the product was made.

From the Bill Digest (SB 5982), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 24, 1997
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Adam Kline (D-37)
Introduced
February 24, 1997 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 1998
Companion bill
HB 2213

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Adam Kline (D-37)

5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Margarita Prentice D-11Lena Swanson D-35Ken Jacobsen D-46Darlene Fairley D-32Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

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SB 5982 in other sessions

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