SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 6366

              As Passed Senate, February 11, 2000

Title:  An act relating to false advertising through electronic communication.

Brief Description:  Prohibiting false advertising through electronic communication.

Sponsors:  Senators Brown, Hochstatter, Roach, Spanel, Shin, Prentice, Costa, Kohl‑Welles, McAuliffe, Fraser, Thibaudeau, B. Sheldon, T. Sheldon, Bauer, Eide, Jacobsen, Gardner, Haugen, Patterson, Rasmussen, Winsley and Oke.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Energy, Technology & Telecommunications:  1/27/2000, 2/1/2000 [DP].

Passed Senate, 2/11/2000, 46-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Goings, Vice Chair; Fairley, Fraser, Hochstatter, Roach and Rossi.

Staff:  William Bridges (786-7424)

Background:  False or misleading advertising by mail, telephone, or door-to-door contacts is a misdemeanor under state law.

Summary of Bill:  False or misleading advertising by electronic communication is clarified as illegal.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  No one.