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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5693

SB 5693: Agricultural supply chains

Creating transparency in agricultural supply chains.

Summary

  • Requires certain Washington State retail sellers of agricultural products to make annual disclosures on their websites' homepages about their efforts with respect to their product supply chains to evaluate and address risks of slavery and human trafficking, and to comply with the employment laws.
  • Provides for statutory damages between $500 and $7,000 for violations, punitive damages for willful violations, and other relief.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 28, 2019
  2. Out of committeeFeb 22, 2019
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Rebecca Saldaña (D-37)
Introduced
January 28, 2019 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2020
Versions
SB 5693, SSB 5693

AN ACT Relating to transparency in agricultural supply chains;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Rebecca Saldaña (D-37)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Karen Keiser D-33Bob Hasegawa D-11Senator D-47

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5693)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5693)
  4. Senate Rules "X" file.
  5. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5693)
  6. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  7. LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5693)
  8. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5693)
  9. Minority; do not pass.
  10. LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  11. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

SB 5693 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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