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Panel hears bill directing BOLI to educate businesses about obligation to accept cash

2608647 · March 12, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 1196 would require the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) to run ongoing outreach and education so places of public accommodation accept cash until a high rate of compliance exists; committee heard examples and closed the public hearing with no committee vote.

Senate Bill 1196, reviewed March 12 by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, would direct the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct continuing advertising and education efforts to inform businesses and the public that places of public accommodation must accept cash for goods and services. The measure requires BOLI to continue outreach until it demonstrates a “high rate of compliance.”…

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