BILL REQ. #: S-2154.2

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6077
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State of Washington

60th Legislature

2007 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Delvin, Shin, Sheldon, Hatfield, Keiser, Tom, Hobbs, Weinstein, Rasmussen, Pridemore and Murray)

READ FIRST TIME 02/23/07.

AN ACT Relating to college textbooks; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Each publisher of college textbooks shall make immediately available to faculty of institutions of higher education:
     (a) The price at which the publisher would make the products available to the store run by or in a contractual relationship with the institution of higher education that would offer the products to students; and
     (b) The history of revisions for the products, if any.
     (2) For the purposes of this section:
     (a) "Immediately available" means upon request and with any marketing materials presented to a member of the faculty.
     (b) "Products" means all versions of a textbook or set of textbooks, except custom textbooks or special editions of textbooks, available in the subject area for which a faculty member is teaching a course, including supplemental items, both when sold together or separately from a textbook.

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