1202-S2 AMH THAI ADAM 461

2SHB 1202 - H AMD 130

By Representative Thai

On page 4, beginning on line 1, after "Sec. 5." strike all material through "act." on line 8 and insert "Whenever the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a pattern or practice of conduct in violation of section 3 of this act is occurring, the attorney general, in the name of the state, may bring a civil action against the employer and obtain any and all appropriate relief to eliminate the pattern or practice."

EFFECT: Revises the Attorney General's authority to bring an action to remedy a pattern or practice of conduct in violation of the act by: (i) Requiring the Attorney General to have reasonable cause to believe a violation is occurring; (ii) allowing the action to be brought only against an employer and not against a peace officer; and (iii) allowing any and all appropriate relief to eliminate the pattern or practice (rather than relief to restrain and prevent the pattern or practice).

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