This is the first bill that addresses the cost-shifting issue directly. FREE's Mickey Chandler drafted the bill's language. The Washington state bill, HB 1037, was introduced January 12th by state Reps Bush, Morris and Ruderman. The Virginia bill, HB 1668, was introduced last week by Delegate Kenneth R. Plum. We are working to improve the bill's language.
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In Maryland, Delegate George W. Owings, III introduced HB56, This bill would make it illegal for anyone to send UCE if his provider's published policy forbids it, with penalties similar to those in the Washington bill. The bill's text and current status are at . We encourage redistribution of this message or items from it, as long as they are not spammed anywhere, are on-topic for any forum to which you send them, and include our copyright notice. Press, broadcast, and Internet media may treat this material as they would a press release. For other commercial reproduction rights, contact John Levine .