CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6601

Chapter 139, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



OBESITY LAWSUITS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the Senate March 10, 2004
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 4, 2004
  YEAS 95   NAYS 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

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.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved March 26, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 26, 2004 - 3:10 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6601
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Brandland, T. Sheldon, Stevens, Roach, Murray and Oke)

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.


         Passed by the Senate March 10, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 4, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 26, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 26, 2004.