REFERENCE TITLE: forced labor; manufactured goods

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

HB 2657

Introduced by

Representatives Hoffman: Biasiucci, Blackman, Bolick, Burges, Carter, Chaplik, Dunn, Fillmore, Finchem, Grantham, Martinez, Nguyen, Parker, Pingerelli, Wilmeth

AN ACT

amending title 23, chapter 2, article 1, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 23-207; relating to employment practices.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-207, to read:

START_STATUTE23-207. Business entity; forced labor; attestation; civil penalty

A. Notwithstanding any other law, A business entity may not sell goods in this state or to its citizens through electronic means if the goods were manufactured using forced labor or slave labor.

B. Between January 1 and January 31 of each year, a corporate officer or agent of the corporate officer is required to annually sign and file an attestation under the penalty of perjury with the attorney general that the goods that will be sold are not the result of forced labor or slave labor.  The filing period for the attestation may not be extended for more than thirty days.

c. The attorney general shall investigate violations of this section. END_STATUTE