The high school students behind the bill to end WA's 'pink tax'

“What I love is that [young people] question what the barriers are to the right policy,” Dhingra said. “The older we get, we forget to challenge the status quo. These kids challenge the status quo, and I think that this is so valuable.”

The student bill received a public hearing last week in the Senate Law & Justice Committee, and legislators voted it out of committee days later. Next stop will be the Senate floor.

Brionna Aho, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Bob Ferguson, said his office is still reviewing SB 5171, but noted that the issues addressed in the bill are already in violation of the Consumer Protection Improvement

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