{"id":3353,"date":"2023-01-03T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:56:55","slug":"media-advisory-dhingra-students-to-file-bill-banning-gender-based-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2023\/01\/03\/media-advisory-dhingra-students-to-file-bill-banning-gender-based-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Dhingra, students to file bill banning gender-based pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) will file a bill Wednesday banning gender-based price discrimination. Consumer products marketed to women <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jec.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/8a42df04-8b6d-4949-b20b-6f40a326db9e\/the-pink-tax---how-gender-based-pricing-hurts-women-s-buying-power.pdf\">often<\/a> come with a higher price tag than equivalent ones marketed to men. Dhingra will be joined by students from Lake Washington High School who brought forward the idea for a bill to prevent such discrimination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/\">Sen. Manka Dhingra<\/a>, students from Lake Washington High School<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: Filing a bill to ban gender-based price discrimination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>: 4:45 pm Wednesday, Jan. 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong>:\u00a0 The Hopper, <a href=\"https:\/\/leg.wa.gov\/CodeReviser\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Office of the Code Reviser<\/a>, Joel M. Pritchard Building<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) will file a bill Wednesday banning gender-based price discrimination. Consumer products marketed to women often come with a higher price tag than equivalent ones marketed to men. Dhingra will be joined by students from Lake Washington High School who brought forward the idea for a bill to prevent such discrimination. WHO: Sen. Manka Dhingra, students from Lake Washington High School WHAT: Filing a bill to ban gender-based price discrimination. WHEN: 4:45 pm Wednesday, Jan. 4 WHERE:\u00a0 The Hopper, Office of the Code Reviser, Joel M. 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