Dhingra bill nixing gender-biased “pink tax” clears Senate 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — March 7, 2023  OLYMPIA — Companies doing business in Washington would no longer be allowed to charge different prices for substantially similar products marketed to men and women, under legislation passed today by the Senate.  SB 5171, sponsored by Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond), would ban the practice of gender-based price discrimination, often called the “pink tax,” that sees women’s products marked up compared to ...

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