SB 1341
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
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SB 1341: procurement; electric vehicles; forced labor
Sponsor: Senator Carroll, LD 28
House Engrossed
Overview
Provides prohibitions for a governmental entity on contracts for electric vehicles or their
components.
History
Laws 2022, Chapter 295 prohibits a public entity from entering into or renewing a contract
with a company for the acquisition or disposition of goods, information technology,
construction, services or supplies unless the contract includes a written certification that the
company does not currently, and agrees for the duration of the contract, that it will not use
the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in the People's Republic of China.
Provisions
1. Prohibits a governmental entity from entering into a contract for the procurement of
electric vehicles or their components unless the manufacturer provides a sworn
certification to the governmental entity that:
a) certifies that no entity that manufactures or assembles electric vehicles or their
components for procurement, including the production of any parts or the mining or
other sourcing of materials, knowingly used forced labor or oppressive child labor; and
b) consents to personal jurisdiction in Arizona. (Sec. 2)
2. Subjects, in addition to any other remedies available by law or equity, a manufacturer or
manufacturer's employee to a civil penalty of $10,000 per false or misleading statement
or one-half of the total price paid by the governmental entity for the electric vehicles or
their components, whichever is greater in addition to any other remedies available by law
or equity. (Sec. 2)
3. Defines:
a) electric vehicle;
b) forced labor;
c) governmental entity;
d) oppressive child labor; and
e) protected characteristic. (Sec. 2)
4. Provides legislative findings clauses. (Sec. 3)
5. Contains an applicability clause. (Sec. 4)
6. Makes a conforming change. (Sec. 1)
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