Passed by the House March 12, 2007 Yeas 93   ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007 Yeas 45   ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2300 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 2/28/07.
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 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.