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Senate passes bill expanding civil investigative demands for Attorney General with new procedural guardrails
Summary
The Senate voted to pass substitute Senate Bill 5,925, expanding civil investigative demand (CID) authority for the Attorney General while adopting an amendment requiring documented facts and assistant attorney general approval before initiating a CID; several amendments failed and critics warned of business impacts.
The Washington State Senate on final passage approved engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5,925, a measure that expands the Attorney General's civil investigative demand (CID) authority while adding procedural standards for initiating investigations.
Senator M. Hansen, who led floor consideration of the bill, said the measure narrows and clarifies CID authority to targeted areas such as wage-theft and minimum-wage enforcement, certain constitutional issues and discrimination claims, and allows the Attorney General to obtain information before filing suit. "This bill will make it easier for the attorney general to enforce the laws we already have," Hansen said.
The Senate adopted…
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