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                         SENATE BILL 6327

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By Senators Franklin and Stevens

 

Read first time 01/13/2000.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Preventing genetic discrimination.


    AN ACT Relating to genetic discrimination; and adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 49.60 RCW to read as follows:

    Information obtained from interpreting the sequence of chemical base pairs in a person's deoxyribonucleic acid by itself shall not be used to violate the rights of the person afforded in this chapter.

 


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