| Passed by the Senate March 10, 2004 YEAS 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 2004 YEAS 95 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6601 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2004 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/09/04.
AN ACT Relating to obesity lawsuits; adding a new section to chapter 7.72 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 7.72 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Any manufacturer, packer, distributor, carrier, holder,
marketer, or seller of a food or nonalcoholic beverage intended for
human consumption, or an association of one or more such entities,
shall not be subject to civil liability in an action brought by a
private party based on an individual's purchase or consumption of food
or nonalcoholic beverages in cases where liability is premised upon the
individual's weight gain, obesity, or a health condition associated
with the individual's weight gain or obesity and resulting from the
individual's long-term purchase or consumption of a food or
nonalcoholic beverage.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term "long-term
consumption" means the cumulative effect of the consumption of food or
nonalcoholic beverages, and not the effect of a single instance of
consumption.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 This act may be cited as the commonsense
consumption act.